Unemployment Rate in Houston County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.9%
Rank #1,235/3,222 · #30 in TN
62th
Houston 3.9%
TN 4.7% -17.1%
US 5.3% -27.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Houston County's unemployment rate of 3.9% 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 Houston County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,232 | Jefferson County, WV | 3.8% |
| #1,233 | Massac County, IL | 3.8% |
| #1,234 | Appanoose County, IA | 3.9% |
| #1,235 | Houston County, TN | 3.9% |
| #1,236 | Walker County, GA | 3.9% |
| #1,237 | Fulton County, OH | 3.9% |
| #1,238 | Essex County, VA | 3.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Houston County, Tennessee has a unemployment rate of 3.9%, ranking #1,235 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 27.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #30 of 95. This places it in the 62th 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.