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Cities in Texas by unemployment rate

Eagle Pass, TX had the highest unemployment rate of 134 cities in September 2025, at 8.9%. Amarillo, TX had the lowest, at 3.2%. The median was 4.25% and the figure for Texas was 4.3%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest8.9Eagle Pass, TX
Lowest3.2Amarillo, TX
Median4.25134 cities
Texas4.3History

Top 40 cities, September 2025

Eagle Pass, TX: 8.9 %Eagle Pass, TX8.9Brownsville, TX: 8.6 %Brownsville, TX8.6Port Arthur, TX: 8.6 %Port Arthur, TX8.6San Benito, TX: 7.5 %San Benito, TX7.5Weslaco, TX: 7.5 %Weslaco, TX7.5Baytown, TX: 7.4 %Baytown, TX7.4San Juan, TX: 6.8 %San Juan, TX6.8Pharr, TX: 6.3 %Pharr, TX6.3Lancaster, TX: 6.1 %Lancaster, TX6.1Mission, TX: 5.8 %Mission, TX5.8DeSoto, TX: 5.6 %DeSoto, TX5.6Killeen, TX: 5.6 %Killeen, TX5.6La Porte, TX: 5.6 %La Porte, TX5.6Pasadena, TX: 5.6 %Pasadena, TX5.6Texas City, TX: 5.6 %Texas City, TX5.6Cedar Hill, TX: 5.5 %Cedar Hill, TX5.5Edinburg, TX: 5.5 %Edinburg, TX5.5Harlingen, TX: 5.5 %Harlingen, TX5.5Lake Jackson, TX: 5.5 %Lake Jackson, TX5.5Beaumont, TX: 5.4 %Beaumont, TX5.4Duncanville, TX: 5.4 %Duncanville, TX5.4Missouri City, TX: 5.3 %Missouri City, TX5.3Del Rio, TX: 5.2 %Del Rio, TX5.2Deer Park, TX: 5 %Deer Park, TX5Katy, TX: 5 %Katy, TX5McAllen, TX: 5 %McAllen, TX5Harker Heights, TX: 4.9 %Harker Heights, TX4.9Nacogdoches, TX: 4.9 %Nacogdoches, TX4.9Alvin, TX: 4.8 %Alvin, TX4.8Houston, TX: 4.8 %Houston, TX4.8Kingsville, TX: 4.8 %Kingsville, TX4.8Longview, TX: 4.8 %Longview, TX4.8Lufkin, TX: 4.8 %Lufkin, TX4.8Paris, TX: 4.8 %Paris, TX4.8Princeton, TX: 4.8 %Princeton, TX4.8Corsicana, TX: 4.7 %Corsicana, TX4.7Rosenberg, TX: 4.7 %Rosenberg, TX4.7Socorro, TX: 4.7 %Socorro, TX4.7Temple, TX: 4.7 %Temple, TX4.7Converse, TX: 4.6 %Converse, TX4.6Eagle Pass, TX: 8.9 %Eagle Pass, TX8.9Brownsville, TX: 8.6 %Brownsville, TX8.6Port Arthur, TX: 8.6 %Port Arthur, TX8.6San Benito, TX: 7.5 %San Benito, TX7.5Weslaco, TX: 7.5 %Weslaco, TX7.5Baytown, TX: 7.4 %Baytown, TX7.4San Juan, TX: 6.8 %San Juan, TX6.8Pharr, TX: 6.3 %Pharr, TX6.3Lancaster, TX: 6.1 %Lancaster, TX6.1Mission, TX: 5.8 %Mission, TX5.8DeSoto, TX: 5.6 %DeSoto, TX5.6Killeen, TX: 5.6 %Killeen, TX5.6La Porte, TX: 5.6 %La Porte, TX5.6Pasadena, TX: 5.6 %Pasadena, TX5.6Texas City, TX: 5.6 %Texas City, TX5.6Cedar Hill, TX: 5.5 %Cedar Hill, TX5.5Edinburg, TX: 5.5 %Edinburg, TX5.5Harlingen, TX: 5.5 %Harlingen, TX5.5Lake Jackson, TX: 5.5 %Lake Jackson, TX5.5Beaumont, TX: 5.4 %Beaumont, TX5.4Duncanville, TX: 5.4 %Duncanville, TX5.4Missouri City, TX: 5.3 %Missouri City, TX5.3Del Rio, TX: 5.2 %Del Rio, TX5.2Deer Park, TX: 5 %Deer Park, TX5Katy, TX: 5 %Katy, TX5McAllen, TX: 5 %McAllen, TX5Harker Heights, TX: 4.9 %Harker Heights, TX4.9Nacogdoches, TX: 4.9 %Nacogdoches, TX4.9Alvin, TX: 4.8 %Alvin, TX4.8Houston, TX: 4.8 %Houston, TX4.8Kingsville, TX: 4.8 %Kingsville, TX4.8Longview, TX: 4.8 %Longview, TX4.8Lufkin, TX: 4.8 %Lufkin, TX4.8Paris, TX: 4.8 %Paris, TX4.8Princeton, TX: 4.8 %Princeton, TX4.8Corsicana, TX: 4.7 %Corsicana, TX4.7Rosenberg, TX: 4.7 %Rosenberg, TX4.7Socorro, TX: 4.7 %Socorro, TX4.7Temple, TX: 4.7 %Temple, TX4.7Converse, TX: 4.6 %Converse, TX4.6
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCitiesSeptember 2025 (%)Change on September 2024
1Eagle Pass, TX8.9+2 pts
2Brownsville, TX8.6+3.3 pts
2Port Arthur, TX8.60 pts
4San Benito, TX7.5+1.9 pts
4Weslaco, TX7.5+1 pts
6Baytown, TX7.4+0.7 pts
7San Juan, TX6.8+0.2 pts
8Pharr, TX6.3+0.8 pts
9Lancaster, TX6.1+0.4 pts
10Mission, TX5.8+0.3 pts
11DeSoto, TX5.6+0.3 pts
11Killeen, TX5.6+0.1 pts
11La Porte, TX5.6+0.6 pts
11Pasadena, TX5.6+0.4 pts
11Texas City, TX5.6+0.5 pts
16Cedar Hill, TX5.5+0.3 pts
16Edinburg, TX5.5+0.5 pts
16Harlingen, TX5.5+0.7 pts
16Lake Jackson, TX5.5+0.4 pts
20Beaumont, TX5.4+0.1 pts
20Duncanville, TX5.4+0.5 pts
22Missouri City, TX5.3+0.4 pts
23Del Rio, TX5.20 pts
24Deer Park, TX5+0.7 pts
24Katy, TX5+0.5 pts
24McAllen, TX5+0.7 pts
27Harker Heights, TX4.9+0.8 pts
27Nacogdoches, TX4.9+0.6 pts
29Alvin, TX4.8+0.6 pts
29Houston, TX4.8+0.2 pts
29Kingsville, TX4.8+0.5 pts
29Longview, TX4.8-0.1 pts
29Lufkin, TX4.8+0.4 pts
29Paris, TX4.8+0.4 pts
29Princeton, TX4.8+0.7 pts
36Corsicana, TX4.7+0.1 pts
36Rosenberg, TX4.7+0.2 pts
36Socorro, TX4.7+0.5 pts
36Temple, TX4.7+0.7 pts
40Converse, TX4.6+0.7 pts
40El Paso, TX4.6+0.6 pts
40Laredo, TX4.6+0.7 pts
40Texarkana, TX4.60 pts
44Balch Springs, TX4.5+0.6 pts
44Belton, TX4.5+0.8 pts
44Copperas Cove, TX4.5+0.5 pts
44Galveston, TX4.5-0.2 pts
44Huntsville, TX4.5+0.5 pts
49Corpus Christi, TX4.4+0.2 pts
49Denison, TX4.4-0.5 pts
49Georgetown, TX4.4+0.4 pts
49Grand Prairie, TX4.4+0.1 pts
49Little Elm, TX4.4+0.4 pts
49Mesquite, TX4.4+0.2 pts
49Southlake, TX4.4+0.3 pts
49Sugar Land, TX4.4+0.4 pts
49Victoria, TX4.4+0.3 pts
58Big Spring, TX4.3+0.7 pts
58Conroe, TX4.3+0.4 pts
58Dallas, TX4.3+0.1 pts
58Friendswood, TX4.3+0.4 pts
58Greenville, TX4.3+0.2 pts
58Mansfield, TX4.3+0.4 pts
58Pearland, TX4.3+0.1 pts
58Schertz, TX4.3+0.5 pts
58Waco, TX4.3+0.4 pts
58Waxahachie, TX4.3+0.3 pts
68Allen, TX4.2+0.3 pts
68Arlington, TX4.2+0.1 pts
68Bedford, TX4.2+0.1 pts
68Cibolo, TX4.2+0.5 pts
68Fort Worth, TX4.2+0.2 pts
68Melissa, TX4.2+0.9 pts
68Rowlett, TX4.2+0.2 pts
75Anna, TX4.1+0.4 pts
75Colleyville, TX4.1+0.4 pts
75Coppell, TX4.1+0.2 pts
75Euless, TX4.1+0.3 pts
75Farmers Branch, TX4.10 pts
75Fulshear, TX4.1+0.4 pts
75Garland, TX4.1+0.2 pts
75Haltom City, TX4.1+0.3 pts
75League City, TX4.1+0.5 pts
75McKinney, TX4.1+0.4 pts
75North Richland Hills, TX4.1+0.3 pts
75Plano, TX4.1+0.2 pts
75Prosper, TX4.1+0.2 pts
75Saginaw, TX4.1+0.3 pts
75San Antonio, TX4.1+0.3 pts
75Seguin, TX4.1+0.3 pts
75Tyler, TX4.1+0.2 pts
75University Park, TX4.1+0.3 pts
75Wichita Falls, TX4.1+0.3 pts
94College Station, TX4+0.4 pts
94Denton, TX4+0.1 pts
94Hurst, TX4+0.1 pts
94Richardson, TX4+0.2 pts
94The Colony, TX4+0.2 pts
94Wylie, TX4+0.5 pts
100Frisco, TX3.9+0.2 pts
100Irving, TX3.9+0.1 pts
100Keller, TX3.9+0.6 pts
100Lewisville, TX3.9+0.1 pts
100Odessa, TX3.9+0.4 pts
100Rockwall, TX3.9+0.3 pts
100Royse City, TX3.9+0.9 pts
100Sachse, TX3.9+0.1 pts
108Burleson, TX3.8+0.2 pts
108Carrollton, TX3.8+0.2 pts
108Midlothian, TX3.8+0.6 pts
108Pflugerville, TX3.8-0.1 pts
112Abilene, TX3.7+0.2 pts
112Cedar Park, TX3.7+0.2 pts
112Cleburne, TX3.7+0.3 pts
112Fate, TX3.7+0.1 pts
112Forney, TX3.7-0.1 pts
112Grapevine, TX3.7+0.1 pts
112Kerrville, TX3.7+0.2 pts
112Lubbock, TX3.7+0.2 pts
112San Marcos, TX3.7+0.2 pts
112Sherman, TX3.70 pts
122Austin, TX3.6+0.1 pts
122Celina, TX3.6+0.7 pts
122Flower Mound, TX3.6-0.1 pts
122Leander, TX3.6+0.1 pts
122Round Rock, TX3.6+0.1 pts
127Bryan, TX3.5+0.2 pts
127Weatherford, TX3.5+0.2 pts
129Hutto, TX3.4+0.2 pts
129Midland, TX3.4+0.4 pts
129New Braunfels, TX3.4+0.2 pts
129San Angelo, TX3.4+0.2 pts
133Kyle, TX3.3+0.4 pts
134Amarillo, TX3.2+0.1 pts

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About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03) (Cities in Texas by unemployment rate, 2025-09) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Texas by unemployment rate, 2025-09. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/texas-cities?period=2025-09. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Cities in Texas by unemployment rate, 2025-09. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/texas-cities?period=2025-09.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Texas by unemployment rate, 2025-09 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/texas-cities?period=2025-09 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployment rate?

Eagle Pass, TX, with 8.9% in September 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployment rate?

Amarillo, TX, with 3.2% in September 2025.

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