Unemployment Rate in Lee County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Lee County Compares
National Distribution
Where Lee County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Lee County: 6.5%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,691 | Athens County, OH | 6.5% |
| #2,692 | Union County, NJ | 6.5% |
| #2,693 | Trinity County, TX | 6.5% |
| #2,694 | Lee County, TX | 6.5% |
| #2,695 | Newton County, IN | 6.5% |
| #2,696 | Baltimore city, MD | 6.5% |
| #2,697 | Elliott County, KY | 6.5% |
Unemployment Rate in Lee County, Texas
Lee County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 6.5%, which ranks #2,694 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 22.8% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Texas, Lee County ranks #208 of 254 out of 254 counties. This places it in the 16th 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.