Unemployment Rate in Walker County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.9%
Rank #3,018/3,222 · #241 in TX
6th
Walker 8.9%
TX 5.2% +70.0%
US 5.3% +67.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Walker County's unemployment rate of 8.9% 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 Walker County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,015 | Navajo County, AZ | 8.8% |
| #3,016 | Chugach Census Area, AK | 8.9% |
| #3,017 | Richland Parish, LA | 8.9% |
| #3,018 | Walker County, TX | 8.9% |
| #3,019 | Casey County, KY | 8.9% |
| #3,020 | Catahoula Parish, LA | 8.9% |
| #3,021 | Calhoun County, WV | 8.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Walker County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 8.9%, ranking #3,018 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 67.6% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #241 of 254. This places it in the 6th 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.