Unemployment Rate in Zapata County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Zapata County Compares
National Distribution
Where Zapata County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Zapata County: 7.3%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,858 | San Lorenzo Municipio, PR | 7.3% |
| #2,859 | Hardy County, WV | 7.3% |
| #2,860 | Wayne County, MO | 7.3% |
| #2,861 | Zapata County, TX | 7.3% |
| #2,862 | Boone County, IL | 7.4% |
| #2,863 | Putnam County, FL | 7.4% |
| #2,864 | Bayamón Municipio, PR | 7.4% |
Unemployment Rate in Zapata County, Texas
Zapata County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 7.3%, which ranks #2,861 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 38.7% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Texas, Zapata County ranks #222 of 254 out of 254 counties. This places it in the 11th 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.