Unemployment Rate in Ector County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Ector County Compares
National Distribution
Where Ector County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Ector County: 5.9%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,462 | Sullivan County, NY | 5.8% |
| #2,463 | Calhoun County, SC | 5.8% |
| #2,464 | East Feliciana Parish, LA | 5.9% |
| #2,465 | Ector County, TX | 5.9% |
| #2,466 | Carbon County, UT | 5.9% |
| #2,467 | Santa Isabel Municipio, PR | 5.9% |
| #2,468 | Marion County, IL | 5.9% |
Unemployment Rate in Ector County, Texas
Ector County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 5.9%, which ranks #2,465 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 10.5% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Texas, Ector County ranks #183 of 254 out of 254 counties. This places it in the 24th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.