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Cities in Texas by unemployment rate

Eagle Pass, TX had the highest unemployment rate of 134 cities in January 2026, at 10.7%. Kyle, TX had the lowest, at 3.3%. The median was 4.3% and the figure for Texas was 4.3%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest10.7Eagle Pass, TX
Lowest3.3Kyle, TX
Median4.3134 cities
Texas4.3History

Top 40 cities, January 2026

Eagle Pass, TX: 10.7 %Eagle Pass, TX10.7Port Arthur, TX: 9.9 %Port Arthur, TX9.9Baytown, TX: 8.4 %Baytown, TX8.4Brownsville, TX: 7.7 %Brownsville, TX7.7San Juan, TX: 7.7 %San Juan, TX7.7San Benito, TX: 7.3 %San Benito, TX7.3Pharr, TX: 7.2 %Pharr, TX7.2Weslaco, TX: 7.2 %Weslaco, TX7.2Mission, TX: 6.2 %Mission, TX6.2La Porte, TX: 6.1 %La Porte, TX6.1Lancaster, TX: 6 %Lancaster, TX6Pasadena, TX: 6 %Pasadena, TX6Harlingen, TX: 5.9 %Harlingen, TX5.9Deer Park, TX: 5.8 %Deer Park, TX5.8Killeen, TX: 5.6 %Killeen, TX5.6Texas City, TX: 5.6 %Texas City, TX5.6Beaumont, TX: 5.5 %Beaumont, TX5.5Edinburg, TX: 5.5 %Edinburg, TX5.5Cedar Hill, TX: 5.4 %Cedar Hill, TX5.4Del Rio, TX: 5.4 %Del Rio, TX5.4DeSoto, TX: 5.4 %DeSoto, TX5.4Duncanville, TX: 5.3 %Duncanville, TX5.3Lake Jackson, TX: 5.3 %Lake Jackson, TX5.3Katy, TX: 5.2 %Katy, TX5.2Corsicana, TX: 5.1 %Corsicana, TX5.1Missouri City, TX: 5.1 %Missouri City, TX5.1Paris, TX: 5.1 %Paris, TX5.1Alvin, TX: 5 %Alvin, TX5Lufkin, TX: 5 %Lufkin, TX5McAllen, TX: 5 %McAllen, TX5Harker Heights, TX: 4.9 %Harker Heights, TX4.9Kingsville, TX: 4.9 %Kingsville, TX4.9Longview, TX: 4.9 %Longview, TX4.9Nacogdoches, TX: 4.9 %Nacogdoches, TX4.9Houston, TX: 4.8 %Houston, TX4.8Laredo, TX: 4.8 %Laredo, TX4.8Rosenberg, TX: 4.8 %Rosenberg, TX4.8Converse, TX: 4.7 %Converse, TX4.7Copperas Cove, TX: 4.7 %Copperas Cove, TX4.7Greenville, TX: 4.7 %Greenville, TX4.7Eagle Pass, TX: 10.7 %Eagle Pass, TX10.7Port Arthur, TX: 9.9 %Port Arthur, TX9.9Baytown, TX: 8.4 %Baytown, TX8.4Brownsville, TX: 7.7 %Brownsville, TX7.7San Juan, TX: 7.7 %San Juan, TX7.7San Benito, TX: 7.3 %San Benito, TX7.3Pharr, TX: 7.2 %Pharr, TX7.2Weslaco, TX: 7.2 %Weslaco, TX7.2Mission, TX: 6.2 %Mission, TX6.2La Porte, TX: 6.1 %La Porte, TX6.1Lancaster, TX: 6 %Lancaster, TX6Pasadena, TX: 6 %Pasadena, TX6Harlingen, TX: 5.9 %Harlingen, TX5.9Deer Park, TX: 5.8 %Deer Park, TX5.8Killeen, TX: 5.6 %Killeen, TX5.6Texas City, TX: 5.6 %Texas City, TX5.6Beaumont, TX: 5.5 %Beaumont, TX5.5Edinburg, TX: 5.5 %Edinburg, TX5.5Cedar Hill, TX: 5.4 %Cedar Hill, TX5.4Del Rio, TX: 5.4 %Del Rio, TX5.4DeSoto, TX: 5.4 %DeSoto, TX5.4Duncanville, TX: 5.3 %Duncanville, TX5.3Lake Jackson, TX: 5.3 %Lake Jackson, TX5.3Katy, TX: 5.2 %Katy, TX5.2Corsicana, TX: 5.1 %Corsicana, TX5.1Missouri City, TX: 5.1 %Missouri City, TX5.1Paris, TX: 5.1 %Paris, TX5.1Alvin, TX: 5 %Alvin, TX5Lufkin, TX: 5 %Lufkin, TX5McAllen, TX: 5 %McAllen, TX5Harker Heights, TX: 4.9 %Harker Heights, TX4.9Kingsville, TX: 4.9 %Kingsville, TX4.9Longview, TX: 4.9 %Longview, TX4.9Nacogdoches, TX: 4.9 %Nacogdoches, TX4.9Houston, TX: 4.8 %Houston, TX4.8Laredo, TX: 4.8 %Laredo, TX4.8Rosenberg, TX: 4.8 %Rosenberg, TX4.8Converse, TX: 4.7 %Converse, TX4.7Copperas Cove, TX: 4.7 %Copperas Cove, TX4.7Greenville, TX: 4.7 %Greenville, TX4.7
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCitiesJanuary 2026 (%)Change on January 2025
1Eagle Pass, TX10.7+1.2 pts
2Port Arthur, TX9.9+1.1 pts
3Baytown, TX8.4+1.4 pts
4Brownsville, TX7.7+2 pts
4San Juan, TX7.7+0.7 pts
6San Benito, TX7.3+1.7 pts
7Pharr, TX7.2+1 pts
7Weslaco, TX7.2+0.6 pts
9Mission, TX6.2+0.6 pts
10La Porte, TX6.1+1 pts
11Lancaster, TX6+0.4 pts
11Pasadena, TX6+0.6 pts
13Harlingen, TX5.9+1.1 pts
14Deer Park, TX5.8+0.9 pts
15Killeen, TX5.6+0.6 pts
15Texas City, TX5.6+0.2 pts
17Beaumont, TX5.5+0.3 pts
17Edinburg, TX5.5+0.4 pts
19Cedar Hill, TX5.4+0.3 pts
19Del Rio, TX5.4+0.3 pts
19DeSoto, TX5.4+0.2 pts
22Duncanville, TX5.3+0.3 pts
22Lake Jackson, TX5.3+0.6 pts
24Katy, TX5.2+0.8 pts
25Corsicana, TX5.1+0.4 pts
25Missouri City, TX5.1+0.2 pts
25Paris, TX5.1+0.4 pts
28Alvin, TX5+0.2 pts
28Lufkin, TX5+0.3 pts
28McAllen, TX5+0.4 pts
31Harker Heights, TX4.9+0.5 pts
31Kingsville, TX4.9+0.5 pts
31Longview, TX4.9+0.1 pts
31Nacogdoches, TX4.9+0.4 pts
35Houston, TX4.8+0.3 pts
35Laredo, TX4.8+0.4 pts
35Rosenberg, TX4.8+0.4 pts
38Converse, TX4.7+0.6 pts
38Copperas Cove, TX4.7+0.7 pts
38Greenville, TX4.7+0.3 pts
38Princeton, TX4.7+0.5 pts
38Socorro, TX4.7+0.3 pts
43Belton, TX4.6+0.4 pts
43Corpus Christi, TX4.6+0.4 pts
43Huntsville, TX4.6+0.4 pts
43Temple, TX4.6+0.3 pts
43Texarkana, TX4.60 pts
48Balch Springs, TX4.5+0.3 pts
48El Paso, TX4.5+0.4 pts
48Galveston, TX4.5+0.1 pts
48Schertz, TX4.5+0.6 pts
48Southlake, TX4.5+0.4 pts
48Victoria, TX4.5+0.3 pts
54Big Spring, TX4.4+0.6 pts
54Conroe, TX4.4+0.4 pts
54Georgetown, TX4.4+0.3 pts
54Pearland, TX4.4+0.4 pts
54Waxahachie, TX4.4+0.4 pts
59Cibolo, TX4.3+0.4 pts
59Cleburne, TX4.3+0.7 pts
59Dallas, TX4.3+0.2 pts
59Denison, TX4.30 pts
59Friendswood, TX4.3+0.3 pts
59Grand Prairie, TX4.30 pts
59Haltom City, TX4.3+0.3 pts
59Hurst, TX4.3+0.4 pts
59Little Elm, TX4.3+0.4 pts
59Mesquite, TX4.3+0.1 pts
59Sugar Land, TX4.3+0.3 pts
70Anna, TX4.2+0.5 pts
70Arlington, TX4.2+0.1 pts
70Denton, TX4.2+0.2 pts
70Farmers Branch, TX4.2+0.2 pts
70Fort Worth, TX4.2+0.2 pts
70Garland, TX4.2+0.2 pts
70League City, TX4.2+0.5 pts
70Mansfield, TX4.2+0.3 pts
70Prosper, TX4.2+0.3 pts
70Saginaw, TX4.2+0.5 pts
70San Antonio, TX4.2+0.3 pts
70Sherman, TX4.2+0.6 pts
70Tyler, TX4.2+0.3 pts
70Waco, TX4.2+0.1 pts
70Wichita Falls, TX4.2+0.2 pts
85Allen, TX4.1+0.1 pts
85Bedford, TX4.1+0.1 pts
85Fulshear, TX4.1+0.2 pts
85McKinney, TX4.1+0.4 pts
85Melissa, TX4.1+0.3 pts
85Plano, TX4.1+0.2 pts
85Rowlett, TX4.1-0.1 pts
85Seguin, TX4.1+0.1 pts
85The Colony, TX4.1+0.3 pts
85University Park, TX4.10 pts
95College Station, TX4+0.2 pts
95Euless, TX4+0.1 pts
95Fate, TX4+0.6 pts
95North Richland Hills, TX40 pts
95Richardson, TX4+0.3 pts
95Wylie, TX4+0.3 pts
101Colleyville, TX3.9+0.2 pts
101Frisco, TX3.9+0.2 pts
101Irving, TX3.9+0.1 pts
101Midlothian, TX3.9+0.2 pts
101Odessa, TX3.9+0.3 pts
101Pflugerville, TX3.9+0.2 pts
101Sachse, TX3.90 pts
101San Marcos, TX3.9+0.2 pts
109Coppell, TX3.80 pts
109Keller, TX3.8+0.4 pts
109Lewisville, TX3.8+0.2 pts
109Rockwall, TX3.8+0.2 pts
113Abilene, TX3.7+0.1 pts
113Burleson, TX3.7+0.1 pts
113Carrollton, TX3.7+0.1 pts
113Celina, TX3.7+0.6 pts
113Forney, TX3.7+0.3 pts
113Grapevine, TX3.7+0.1 pts
113Kerrville, TX3.7-0.1 pts
113Leander, TX3.7+0.2 pts
113Lubbock, TX3.7+0.1 pts
113New Braunfels, TX3.7+0.4 pts
123Bryan, TX3.6+0.1 pts
123Cedar Park, TX3.6+0.2 pts
123Hutto, TX3.6+0.2 pts
126Austin, TX3.5+0.1 pts
126Flower Mound, TX3.50 pts
126Round Rock, TX3.5+0.1 pts
126Royse City, TX3.5-0.1 pts
126San Angelo, TX3.5+0.1 pts
126Weatherford, TX3.5-0.1 pts
132Midland, TX3.4+0.3 pts
133Amarillo, TX3.3+0.2 pts
133Kyle, TX3.3+0.3 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, 2026-01) [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, 2026-01. 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=2026-01. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which city has the highest unemployment rate?

Eagle Pass, TX, with 10.7% in January 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployment rate?

Kyle, TX, with 3.3% in January 2026.

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