Unemployment Rate in Newton County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.3%
Rank #2,977/3,222 · #235 in TX
8th
Newton 8.3%
TX 5.2% +57.9%
US 5.3% +55.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Newton County's unemployment rate of 8.3% 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 Newton County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,974 | Crosby County, TX | 8.2% |
| #2,975 | Dallas County, AR | 8.2% |
| #2,976 | Throckmorton County, TX | 8.3% |
| #2,977 | Newton County, TX | 8.3% |
| #2,978 | Aleutians East Borough, AK | 8.3% |
| #2,979 | Madison County, ID | 8.3% |
| #2,980 | Macon County, AL | 8.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Newton County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 8.3%, ranking #2,977 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 55.7% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #235 of 254. This places it in the 8th 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.