Unemployment Rate in Ector County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.9%
Rank #2,465/3,222 · #183 in TX
24th
Ector 5.9%
TX 5.2% +12.0%
US 5.3% +10.5%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Ector County's unemployment rate of 5.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Ector County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,462 | Sullivan County, NY | 5.8% |
| #2,463 | Calhoun County, SC | 5.8% |
| #2,464 | East Feliciana Parish, LA | 5.9% |
| #2,465 | Ector County, TX | 5.9% |
| #2,466 | Carbon County, UT | 5.9% |
| #2,467 | Santa Isabel Municipio, PR | 5.9% |
| #2,468 | Marion County, IL | 5.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Ector County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 5.9%, ranking #2,465 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.5% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #183 of 254. This places it in the 24th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.