Cities in Texas by unemployment rate

Eagle Pass, TX had the highest unemployment rate of 134 cities in March 2026, at 10.7%. Kyle, TX had the lowest, at 3%. The median was 3.9% and the figure for Texas was 4.3%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest10.7Eagle Pass, TX
Lowest3Kyle, TX
Median3.9134 cities
Texas4.3History

Top 40 cities, March 2026

Eagle Pass, TX: 10.7 %Eagle Pass, TX10.7Port Arthur, TX: 8.6 %Port Arthur, TX8.6Baytown, TX: 7 %Baytown, TX7Brownsville, TX: 6.8 %Brownsville, TX6.8Del Rio, TX: 6.6 %Del Rio, TX6.6San Juan, TX: 6.6 %San Juan, TX6.6San Benito, TX: 6.4 %San Benito, TX6.4Pharr, TX: 6 %Pharr, TX6Weslaco, TX: 6 %Weslaco, TX6Lancaster, TX: 5.7 %Lancaster, TX5.7Harlingen, TX: 5.5 %Harlingen, TX5.5Mission, TX: 5.3 %Mission, TX5.3Killeen, TX: 5.2 %Killeen, TX5.2La Porte, TX: 5.1 %La Porte, TX5.1Texas City, TX: 5.1 %Texas City, TX5.1DeSoto, TX: 5 %DeSoto, TX5Duncanville, TX: 5 %Duncanville, TX5Lake Jackson, TX: 5 %Lake Jackson, TX5Pasadena, TX: 5 %Pasadena, TX5Beaumont, TX: 4.9 %Beaumont, TX4.9Deer Park, TX: 4.9 %Deer Park, TX4.9Edinburg, TX: 4.9 %Edinburg, TX4.9Cedar Hill, TX: 4.8 %Cedar Hill, TX4.8Missouri City, TX: 4.8 %Missouri City, TX4.8Paris, TX: 4.8 %Paris, TX4.8Katy, TX: 4.7 %Katy, TX4.7Corsicana, TX: 4.6 %Corsicana, TX4.6Denison, TX: 4.5 %Denison, TX4.5Lufkin, TX: 4.5 %Lufkin, TX4.5McAllen, TX: 4.5 %McAllen, TX4.5Longview, TX: 4.4 %Longview, TX4.4Princeton, TX: 4.4 %Princeton, TX4.4Rosenberg, TX: 4.4 %Rosenberg, TX4.4Alvin, TX: 4.3 %Alvin, TX4.3Copperas Cove, TX: 4.3 %Copperas Cove, TX4.3Georgetown, TX: 4.3 %Georgetown, TX4.3Harker Heights, TX: 4.3 %Harker Heights, TX4.3Houston, TX: 4.3 %Houston, TX4.3Laredo, TX: 4.3 %Laredo, TX4.3Nacogdoches, TX: 4.3 %Nacogdoches, TX4.3Eagle Pass, TX: 10.7 %Eagle Pass, TX10.7Port Arthur, TX: 8.6 %Port Arthur, TX8.6Baytown, TX: 7 %Baytown, TX7Brownsville, TX: 6.8 %Brownsville, TX6.8Del Rio, TX: 6.6 %Del Rio, TX6.6San Juan, TX: 6.6 %San Juan, TX6.6San Benito, TX: 6.4 %San Benito, TX6.4Pharr, TX: 6 %Pharr, TX6Weslaco, TX: 6 %Weslaco, TX6Lancaster, TX: 5.7 %Lancaster, TX5.7Harlingen, TX: 5.5 %Harlingen, TX5.5Mission, TX: 5.3 %Mission, TX5.3Killeen, TX: 5.2 %Killeen, TX5.2La Porte, TX: 5.1 %La Porte, TX5.1Texas City, TX: 5.1 %Texas City, TX5.1DeSoto, TX: 5 %DeSoto, TX5Duncanville, TX: 5 %Duncanville, TX5Lake Jackson, TX: 5 %Lake Jackson, TX5Pasadena, TX: 5 %Pasadena, TX5Beaumont, TX: 4.9 %Beaumont, TX4.9Deer Park, TX: 4.9 %Deer Park, TX4.9Edinburg, TX: 4.9 %Edinburg, TX4.9Cedar Hill, TX: 4.8 %Cedar Hill, TX4.8Missouri City, TX: 4.8 %Missouri City, TX4.8Paris, TX: 4.8 %Paris, TX4.8Katy, TX: 4.7 %Katy, TX4.7Corsicana, TX: 4.6 %Corsicana, TX4.6Denison, TX: 4.5 %Denison, TX4.5Lufkin, TX: 4.5 %Lufkin, TX4.5McAllen, TX: 4.5 %McAllen, TX4.5Longview, TX: 4.4 %Longview, TX4.4Princeton, TX: 4.4 %Princeton, TX4.4Rosenberg, TX: 4.4 %Rosenberg, TX4.4Alvin, TX: 4.3 %Alvin, TX4.3Copperas Cove, TX: 4.3 %Copperas Cove, TX4.3Georgetown, TX: 4.3 %Georgetown, TX4.3Harker Heights, TX: 4.3 %Harker Heights, TX4.3Houston, TX: 4.3 %Houston, TX4.3Laredo, TX: 4.3 %Laredo, TX4.3Nacogdoches, TX: 4.3 %Nacogdoches, TX4.3
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCitiesMarch 2026 (%)Change on March 2025
1Eagle Pass, TX10.7-1.3 pts
2Port Arthur, TX8.6+1.4 pts
3Baytown, TX7+0.8 pts
4Brownsville, TX6.8-0.2 pts
5Del Rio, TX6.6+1.7 pts
5San Juan, TX6.6+0.5 pts
7San Benito, TX6.4+0.2 pts
8Pharr, TX6+0.1 pts
8Weslaco, TX6-0.3 pts
10Lancaster, TX5.70 pts
11Harlingen, TX5.5+0.9 pts
12Mission, TX5.30 pts
13Killeen, TX5.2+0.1 pts
14La Porte, TX5.1+0.5 pts
14Texas City, TX5.1+0.3 pts
16DeSoto, TX50 pts
16Duncanville, TX50 pts
16Lake Jackson, TX5+0.3 pts
16Pasadena, TX5+0.2 pts
20Beaumont, TX4.9-0.1 pts
20Deer Park, TX4.9+0.5 pts
20Edinburg, TX4.9+0.1 pts
23Cedar Hill, TX4.8-0.1 pts
23Missouri City, TX4.80 pts
23Paris, TX4.8+0.4 pts
26Katy, TX4.7+0.2 pts
27Corsicana, TX4.60 pts
28Denison, TX4.5+0.2 pts
28Lufkin, TX4.50 pts
28McAllen, TX4.50 pts
31Longview, TX4.4+0.1 pts
31Princeton, TX4.4+0.6 pts
31Rosenberg, TX4.4+0.2 pts
34Alvin, TX4.30 pts
34Copperas Cove, TX4.3+0.2 pts
34Georgetown, TX4.3+0.4 pts
34Harker Heights, TX4.3+0.1 pts
34Houston, TX4.30 pts
34Laredo, TX4.3-0.3 pts
34Nacogdoches, TX4.3-0.1 pts
41Balch Springs, TX4.20 pts
41Converse, TX4.2+0.1 pts
41Corpus Christi, TX4.2+0.3 pts
41Friendswood, TX4.2+0.5 pts
41Pearland, TX4.2+0.4 pts
41Temple, TX4.2+0.3 pts
41Texarkana, TX4.2-0.2 pts
41Wichita Falls, TX4.2+0.1 pts
49Belton, TX4.1+0.4 pts
49Big Spring, TX4.1+0.3 pts
49Galveston, TX4.10 pts
49Grand Prairie, TX4.10 pts
49Greenville, TX4.10 pts
49Schertz, TX4.1+0.4 pts
49Socorro, TX4.1-0.2 pts
49Sugar Land, TX4.1+0.4 pts
57Anna, TX4+0.3 pts
57Cibolo, TX4+0.3 pts
57El Paso, TX40 pts
57Haltom City, TX4+0.3 pts
57Huntsville, TX4+0.1 pts
57Kingsville, TX40 pts
57Mesquite, TX4-0.1 pts
57Rowlett, TX4+0.1 pts
57Victoria, TX4+0.1 pts
66Allen, TX3.9+0.1 pts
66Arlington, TX3.90 pts
66Bedford, TX3.9+0.2 pts
66Conroe, TX3.9+0.2 pts
66Dallas, TX3.90 pts
66Farmers Branch, TX3.90 pts
66Fort Worth, TX3.90 pts
66Little Elm, TX3.9+0.1 pts
66San Antonio, TX3.9+0.2 pts
66Southlake, TX3.9+0.2 pts
66Waxahachie, TX3.9+0.1 pts
77Euless, TX3.8+0.1 pts
77Fulshear, TX3.80 pts
77Garland, TX3.80 pts
77Hurst, TX3.8+0.1 pts
77League City, TX3.8+0.2 pts
77Mansfield, TX3.8-0.1 pts
77McKinney, TX3.8+0.2 pts
77North Richland Hills, TX3.8+0.1 pts
77Plano, TX3.80 pts
77Saginaw, TX3.8+0.2 pts
77Seguin, TX3.8+0.1 pts
77Sherman, TX3.8+0.3 pts
77Tyler, TX3.8+0.2 pts
77Waco, TX3.80 pts
91Cleburne, TX3.7+0.2 pts
91Denton, TX3.7+0.1 pts
91Frisco, TX3.7+0.1 pts
91Melissa, TX3.70 pts
91Prosper, TX3.7-0.1 pts
91The Colony, TX3.7-0.2 pts
97Coppell, TX3.6-0.1 pts
97Fate, TX3.60 pts
97Forney, TX3.6+0.2 pts
97Irving, TX3.6-0.1 pts
97Midlothian, TX3.60 pts
97Odessa, TX3.6+0.2 pts
97Pflugerville, TX3.6-0.1 pts
97Richardson, TX3.6+0.1 pts
97Sachse, TX3.6-0.3 pts
97University Park, TX3.6-0.2 pts
97Wylie, TX3.60 pts
108Amarillo, TX3.5+0.4 pts
108Carrollton, TX3.50 pts
108Celina, TX3.5+0.3 pts
108Kerrville, TX3.50 pts
108Lewisville, TX3.5-0.1 pts
108New Braunfels, TX3.5+0.3 pts
108Royse City, TX3.5+0.2 pts
115Burleson, TX3.4-0.1 pts
115Cedar Park, TX3.40 pts
115Colleyville, TX3.4-0.3 pts
115Flower Mound, TX3.40 pts
115Grapevine, TX3.4-0.1 pts
115Leander, TX3.4+0.1 pts
121Austin, TX3.30 pts
121Bryan, TX3.3+0.1 pts
121College Station, TX3.3-0.2 pts
121Hutto, TX3.3+0.1 pts
121Keller, TX3.3-0.2 pts
121Lubbock, TX3.30 pts
121Rockwall, TX3.3-0.1 pts
121Round Rock, TX3.30 pts
121San Marcos, TX3.3-0.2 pts
130Abilene, TX3.2-0.2 pts
130San Angelo, TX3.2+0.1 pts
132Midland, TX3.1+0.2 pts
132Weatherford, TX3.1-0.1 pts
134Kyle, TX3+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, 2026-03) [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, 2026-03. 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=2026-03. 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, 2026-03. 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=2026-03.

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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, 2026-03 [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=2026-03 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployment rate?

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

Which city has the lowest unemployment rate?

Kyle, TX, with 3% in March 2026.

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