Unemployment Rate in Polk County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Polk County Compares
National Distribution
Where Polk County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Polk County: 8.0%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,948 | Radford city, VA | 8.0% |
| #2,949 | Hudspeth County, TX | 8.0% |
| #2,950 | Oscoda County, MI | 8.0% |
| #2,951 | Polk County, TX | 8.0% |
| #2,952 | Jefferson County, OR | 8.1% |
| #2,953 | Genesee County, MI | 8.1% |
| #2,954 | Nye County, NV | 8.1% |
Unemployment Rate in Polk County, Texas
Polk County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 8.0%, which ranks #2,951 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 51.9% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Texas, Polk County ranks #232 of 254 out of 254 counties. This places it in the 8th 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.