Unemployment Rate in Kent County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Kent County Compares
National Distribution
Where Kent County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Kent County: 8.5%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,989 | Fayette County, AL | 8.4% |
| #2,990 | De Baca County, NM | 8.4% |
| #2,991 | Franklin County, FL | 8.5% |
| #2,992 | Kent County, TX | 8.5% |
| #2,993 | Barbour County, WV | 8.5% |
| #2,994 | Allendale County, SC | 8.5% |
| #2,995 | Logan County, WV | 8.5% |
Unemployment Rate in Kent County, Texas
Kent County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 8.5%, which ranks #2,992 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 59.9% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Texas, Kent County ranks #237 of 254 out of 254 counties. This places it in the 7th 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.