Unemployment Rate in El Paso County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.7%
Rank #2,406/3,222 · #181 in TX
25th
El Paso 5.7%
TX 5.2% +9.6%
US 5.3% +8.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How El Paso County's unemployment rate of 5.7% 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 El Paso County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,403 | Payne County, OK | 5.7% |
| #2,404 | Union County, OR | 5.7% |
| #2,405 | Wyandotte County, KS | 5.7% |
| #2,406 | El Paso County, TX | 5.7% |
| #2,407 | Pittsburg County, OK | 5.7% |
| #2,408 | Allen County, OH | 5.7% |
| #2,409 | Doddridge County, WV | 5.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
El Paso County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 5.7%, ranking #2,406 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 8.1% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #181 of 254. This places it in the 25th 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.