Unemployment Rate in Willacy County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.5%
Rank #2,895/3,222 · #226 in TX
10th
Willacy 7.5%
TX 5.2% +44.0%
US 5.3% +42.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Willacy County's unemployment rate of 7.5% 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 Willacy County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,892 | Clark County, NV | 7.5% |
| #2,893 | Coal County, OK | 7.5% |
| #2,894 | Montgomery County, GA | 7.5% |
| #2,895 | Willacy County, TX | 7.5% |
| #2,896 | North Slope Borough, AK | 7.5% |
| #2,897 | San Joaquin County, CA | 7.6% |
| #2,898 | St. Bernard Parish, LA | 7.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Willacy County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 7.5%, ranking #2,895 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 42.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #226 of 254. This places it in the 10th 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.