Unemployment Rate in Galveston County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.7%
Rank #2,381/3,222 · #178 in TX
26th
Galveston 5.7%
TX 5.2% +8.4%
US 5.3% +6.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Galveston 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 Galveston County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,378 | Wyoming County, WV | 5.7% |
| #2,379 | Montgomery County, OH | 5.7% |
| #2,380 | Branch County, MI | 5.7% |
| #2,381 | Galveston County, TX | 5.7% |
| #2,382 | Lawrence County, PA | 5.7% |
| #2,383 | Jasper County, IA | 5.7% |
| #2,384 | Logan County, KY | 5.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Galveston County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 5.7%, ranking #2,381 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 6.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #178 of 254. This places it in the 26th 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.