Unemployment Rate in Wharton County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.9%
Rank #1,919/3,222 · #140 in TX
40th
Wharton 4.9%
TX 5.2% -7.0%
US 5.3% -8.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Wharton 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 Wharton County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,916 | Chickasaw County, MS | 4.9% |
| #1,917 | Crawford County, MO | 4.9% |
| #1,918 | Santa Clara County, CA | 4.9% |
| #1,919 | Wharton County, TX | 4.9% |
| #1,920 | Ramsey County, MN | 4.9% |
| #1,921 | Greene County, IL | 4.9% |
| #1,922 | Mason County, IL | 4.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Wharton County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 4.9%, ranking #1,919 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 8.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #140 of 254. This places it in the 40th 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.