Unemployment Rate in Lubbock County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.9%
Rank #1,965/3,222 · #144 in TX
39th
Lubbock 4.9%
TX 5.2% -5.7%
US 5.3% -7.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lubbock County's unemployment rate of 4.9% 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 Lubbock County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,962 | Will County, IL | 4.9% |
| #1,963 | Falls Church city, VA | 4.9% |
| #1,964 | Brown County, OH | 4.9% |
| #1,965 | Lubbock County, TX | 4.9% |
| #1,966 | Rio Arriba County, NM | 4.9% |
| #1,967 | DuPage County, IL | 4.9% |
| #1,968 | Arapahoe County, CO | 4.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lubbock County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 4.9%, ranking #1,965 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.0% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #144 of 254. This places it in the 39th 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.