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Cities in Texas by unemployment rate

Eagle Pass, TX had the highest unemployment rate of 134 cities in June 2026, at 9.8%. Kyle, TX had the lowest, at 3.5%. The median was 4.8% and the figure for Texas was 4.4%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest9.8Eagle Pass, TX
Lowest3.5Kyle, TX
Median4.8134 cities
Texas4.4History

Top 40 cities, June 2026

Eagle Pass, TX: 9.8 %Eagle Pass, TX9.8Port Arthur, TX: 9.6 %Port Arthur, TX9.6San Juan, TX: 8 %San Juan, TX8Weslaco, TX: 7.9 %Weslaco, TX7.9Brownsville, TX: 7.8 %Brownsville, TX7.8Baytown, TX: 7.7 %Baytown, TX7.7San Benito, TX: 7.5 %San Benito, TX7.5Pharr, TX: 7.2 %Pharr, TX7.2Lancaster, TX: 7 %Lancaster, TX7Harlingen, TX: 6.4 %Harlingen, TX6.4DeSoto, TX: 6.3 %DeSoto, TX6.3Paris, TX: 6.3 %Paris, TX6.3Del Rio, TX: 6.2 %Del Rio, TX6.2Killeen, TX: 6.2 %Killeen, TX6.2Mission, TX: 6.2 %Mission, TX6.2Texas City, TX: 6.2 %Texas City, TX6.2Lake Jackson, TX: 6 %Lake Jackson, TX6Nacogdoches, TX: 6 %Nacogdoches, TX6Edinburg, TX: 5.9 %Edinburg, TX5.9La Porte, TX: 5.9 %La Porte, TX5.9Pasadena, TX: 5.9 %Pasadena, TX5.9Beaumont, TX: 5.8 %Beaumont, TX5.8Cedar Hill, TX: 5.8 %Cedar Hill, TX5.8Duncanville, TX: 5.8 %Duncanville, TX5.8Katy, TX: 5.8 %Katy, TX5.8Missouri City, TX: 5.8 %Missouri City, TX5.8Corsicana, TX: 5.7 %Corsicana, TX5.7Deer Park, TX: 5.6 %Deer Park, TX5.6Big Spring, TX: 5.5 %Big Spring, TX5.5Lufkin, TX: 5.5 %Lufkin, TX5.5Harker Heights, TX: 5.4 %Harker Heights, TX5.4McAllen, TX: 5.4 %McAllen, TX5.4Kingsville, TX: 5.3 %Kingsville, TX5.3Longview, TX: 5.3 %Longview, TX5.3Princeton, TX: 5.3 %Princeton, TX5.3Alvin, TX: 5.2 %Alvin, TX5.2Denison, TX: 5.2 %Denison, TX5.2Houston, TX: 5.2 %Houston, TX5.2Belton, TX: 5.1 %Belton, TX5.1Friendswood, TX: 5.1 %Friendswood, TX5.1Eagle Pass, TX: 9.8 %Eagle Pass, TX9.8Port Arthur, TX: 9.6 %Port Arthur, TX9.6San Juan, TX: 8 %San Juan, TX8Weslaco, TX: 7.9 %Weslaco, TX7.9Brownsville, TX: 7.8 %Brownsville, TX7.8Baytown, TX: 7.7 %Baytown, TX7.7San Benito, TX: 7.5 %San Benito, TX7.5Pharr, TX: 7.2 %Pharr, TX7.2Lancaster, TX: 7 %Lancaster, TX7Harlingen, TX: 6.4 %Harlingen, TX6.4DeSoto, TX: 6.3 %DeSoto, TX6.3Paris, TX: 6.3 %Paris, TX6.3Del Rio, TX: 6.2 %Del Rio, TX6.2Killeen, TX: 6.2 %Killeen, TX6.2Mission, TX: 6.2 %Mission, TX6.2Texas City, TX: 6.2 %Texas City, TX6.2Lake Jackson, TX: 6 %Lake Jackson, TX6Nacogdoches, TX: 6 %Nacogdoches, TX6Edinburg, TX: 5.9 %Edinburg, TX5.9La Porte, TX: 5.9 %La Porte, TX5.9Pasadena, TX: 5.9 %Pasadena, TX5.9Beaumont, TX: 5.8 %Beaumont, TX5.8Cedar Hill, TX: 5.8 %Cedar Hill, TX5.8Duncanville, TX: 5.8 %Duncanville, TX5.8Katy, TX: 5.8 %Katy, TX5.8Missouri City, TX: 5.8 %Missouri City, TX5.8Corsicana, TX: 5.7 %Corsicana, TX5.7Deer Park, TX: 5.6 %Deer Park, TX5.6Big Spring, TX: 5.5 %Big Spring, TX5.5Lufkin, TX: 5.5 %Lufkin, TX5.5Harker Heights, TX: 5.4 %Harker Heights, TX5.4McAllen, TX: 5.4 %McAllen, TX5.4Kingsville, TX: 5.3 %Kingsville, TX5.3Longview, TX: 5.3 %Longview, TX5.3Princeton, TX: 5.3 %Princeton, TX5.3Alvin, TX: 5.2 %Alvin, TX5.2Denison, TX: 5.2 %Denison, TX5.2Houston, TX: 5.2 %Houston, TX5.2Belton, TX: 5.1 %Belton, TX5.1Friendswood, TX: 5.1 %Friendswood, TX5.1
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCitiesJune 2026 (%)Change on June 2025
1Eagle Pass, TX9.8-0.6 pts
2Port Arthur, TX9.6+1.5 pts
3San Juan, TX8+0.8 pts
4Weslaco, TX7.9+0.2 pts
5Brownsville, TX7.8-1.4 pts
6Baytown, TX7.7+0.6 pts
7San Benito, TX7.50 pts
8Pharr, TX7.2+0.1 pts
9Lancaster, TX7+0.9 pts
10Harlingen, TX6.4+1.1 pts
11DeSoto, TX6.3+1 pts
11Paris, TX6.3+1.7 pts
13Del Rio, TX6.2+1.3 pts
13Killeen, TX6.2+0.7 pts
13Mission, TX6.2+0.4 pts
13Texas City, TX6.2+0.8 pts
17Lake Jackson, TX6+0.8 pts
17Nacogdoches, TX6+1.2 pts
19Edinburg, TX5.9+0.5 pts
19La Porte, TX5.9+0.8 pts
19Pasadena, TX5.9+0.5 pts
22Beaumont, TX5.8+0.5 pts
22Cedar Hill, TX5.8+0.5 pts
22Duncanville, TX5.8+0.8 pts
22Katy, TX5.8+1.3 pts
22Missouri City, TX5.8+0.8 pts
27Corsicana, TX5.7+1.1 pts
28Deer Park, TX5.6+0.6 pts
29Big Spring, TX5.5+1.2 pts
29Lufkin, TX5.5+1 pts
31Harker Heights, TX5.4+0.9 pts
31McAllen, TX5.4+0.5 pts
33Kingsville, TX5.3+0.8 pts
33Longview, TX5.3+0.7 pts
33Princeton, TX5.3+1 pts
36Alvin, TX5.2+0.6 pts
36Denison, TX5.2+0.8 pts
36Houston, TX5.2+0.7 pts
39Belton, TX5.1+1.1 pts
39Friendswood, TX5.1+1.2 pts
39Huntsville, TX5.1+0.6 pts
39Laredo, TX5.1+0.3 pts
39Rosenberg, TX5.1+0.6 pts
39Temple, TX5.1+1 pts
45Copperas Cove, TX5+0.6 pts
45Farmers Branch, TX5+1 pts
45Georgetown, TX5+0.9 pts
45Schertz, TX5+1.1 pts
45Texarkana, TX5+0.3 pts
50Balch Springs, TX4.9+0.6 pts
50Cibolo, TX4.9+1 pts
50Converse, TX4.9+0.6 pts
50Corpus Christi, TX4.9+0.7 pts
50Galveston, TX4.9+0.8 pts
50Pearland, TX4.9+0.8 pts
50Waco, TX4.9+0.6 pts
57El Paso, TX4.8+0.6 pts
57Fort Worth, TX4.8+0.6 pts
57Grand Prairie, TX4.8+0.7 pts
57Greenville, TX4.8+0.6 pts
57McKinney, TX4.8+0.8 pts
57Mesquite, TX4.8+0.6 pts
57Socorro, TX4.8+0.4 pts
57Southlake, TX4.8+1 pts
57Sugar Land, TX4.8+0.8 pts
57University Park, TX4.8+0.7 pts
57Victoria, TX4.8+0.6 pts
57Wichita Falls, TX4.8+0.8 pts
69Conroe, TX4.7+0.7 pts
69Dallas, TX4.7+0.7 pts
69Fulshear, TX4.7+0.9 pts
69Little Elm, TX4.7+0.7 pts
69Prosper, TX4.7+0.8 pts
69Rowlett, TX4.7+0.7 pts
69Saginaw, TX4.7+0.9 pts
69San Antonio, TX4.7+0.8 pts
69Waxahachie, TX4.7+0.8 pts
78Anna, TX4.6+0.7 pts
78Arlington, TX4.6+0.6 pts
78College Station, TX4.6+0.7 pts
78Haltom City, TX4.6+0.7 pts
78Mansfield, TX4.6+0.6 pts
78Melissa, TX4.6+0.6 pts
78Sherman, TX4.6+0.9 pts
85Allen, TX4.5+0.6 pts
85Bedford, TX4.5+0.7 pts
85Coppell, TX4.5+0.7 pts
85Denton, TX4.5+0.5 pts
85Euless, TX4.5+0.7 pts
85Garland, TX4.5+0.5 pts
85Hurst, TX4.5+0.8 pts
85League City, TX4.5+0.7 pts
85Lubbock, TX4.5+0.7 pts
85Midlothian, TX4.5+0.9 pts
85Plano, TX4.5+0.6 pts
85Seguin, TX4.5+0.2 pts
85Tyler, TX4.5+0.7 pts
98Cleburne, TX4.4+0.9 pts
98Forney, TX4.4+0.8 pts
98Frisco, TX4.4+0.8 pts
98North Richland Hills, TX4.4+0.5 pts
98Pflugerville, TX4.4+0.6 pts
98Royse City, TX4.4+0.7 pts
98San Marcos, TX4.4+0.8 pts
98The Colony, TX4.4+0.6 pts
98Wylie, TX4.4+0.7 pts
107Celina, TX4.3+1 pts
107Irving, TX4.3+0.6 pts
107Odessa, TX4.3+0.7 pts
107Sachse, TX4.3+0.8 pts
111Bryan, TX4.2+0.6 pts
111Burleson, TX4.2+0.5 pts
111Carrollton, TX4.2+0.6 pts
111Colleyville, TX4.2+0.6 pts
111Flower Mound, TX4.2+0.8 pts
111Keller, TX4.2+0.7 pts
111Richardson, TX4.2+0.5 pts
111Rockwall, TX4.2+0.6 pts
119Abilene, TX4.1+0.5 pts
119Amarillo, TX4.1+1 pts
119Fate, TX4.1+0.5 pts
119Grapevine, TX4.1+0.7 pts
119Kerrville, TX4.1+0.5 pts
119Lewisville, TX4.1+0.4 pts
119New Braunfels, TX4.1+0.7 pts
119Round Rock, TX4.1+0.7 pts
127Leander, TX4+0.7 pts
128Austin, TX3.9+0.6 pts
128Cedar Park, TX3.9+0.4 pts
128San Angelo, TX3.9+0.6 pts
128Weatherford, TX3.9+0.6 pts
132Hutto, TX3.7+0.4 pts
133Midland, TX3.6+0.4 pts
134Kyle, TX3.5+0.6 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, 2026-06) [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, 2026-06. 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=2026-06. 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, 2026-06. 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=2026-06.

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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, 2026-06 [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=2026-06 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployment rate?

Eagle Pass, TX, with 9.8% in June 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployment rate?

Kyle, TX, with 3.5% in June 2026.

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