Interactive: Texas Economy by Region October 2011

In this update of our "Texas Economy by Region" interactive, you can compare the unemployment rate from 2010 to 2011 in each county to determine whether the economy has improved or declined. We’ve also included a map of Texas cities with pop-ups that show industry changes from 2010 to 2011. The maps are color coded to indicate whether the unemployment rate in the region is healthy (less than 5 percent), fairly healthy (5 to 6 percent), lower than the state average (8.4 percent), higher than the state average, but lower than the national average or higher than the national average (9 percent). For more details about the Texas economy and overall industry changes this month, see here.

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Unemployment By County | Industry Change and Unemployment by City
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Employment by County
County Size of Workforce People Employed People Unemployed Unemployment Rate Monthly Change in Unemployment Rate Annual Change in Unemployment Rate Monthly Change in People Unemployed Annual Change in People Unemployed
Anderson 21,379 19,462 1,917 9.0% -0.7% 0% -160 -19
Andrews 7,498 7,135 363 4.8% -0.5% -1% -33 -29
Angelina 39,626 36,548 3,078 7.8% -0.5% 0% -223 45
Aransas 12,225 11,307 918 7.5% -0.5% 0% -48 40
Archer 4,959 4,645 314 6.3% -0.4% 0% -20 9
Armstrong 1,086 1,032 54 5.0% -0.7% 0% -8 2
Atascosa 19,970 18,439 1,531 7.7% -0.5% 0% -117 38
Austin 13,985 12,816 1,169 8.4% -0.5% 0% -66 53
Bailey 3,182 2,965 217 6.8% -0.2% 1% -17 9
Bandera 10,073 9,411 662 6.6% -0.6% 0% -62 -17
Bastrop 35,636 32,797 2,839 8.0% -0.6% 0% -248 -1
Baylor 1,836 1,721 115 6.3% -0.9% 0% -17 -3
Bee 12,569 11,468 1,101 8.8% -0.6% -1% -88 -20
Bell 133,678 122,632 11,046 8.3% -0.3% 1% -293 1,235
Bexar 791,560 730,687 60,873 7.7% -0.4% 0% -3,220 2,953
Blanco 4,974 4,683 291 5.9% -0.2% 1% -19 1
Borden 486 465 21 4.3% -0.5% -1% -3 -4
Bosque 8,165 7,504 661 8.1% -0.5% 0% -59 -63
Bowie 45,481 41,673 3,808 8.4% -0.2% 0% -146 144
Brazoria 153,258 140,560 12,698 8.3% -0.6% 0% -812 12
Brazos 101,050 94,852 6,198 6.1% -0.2% 0% -281 387
Brewster 5,161 4,867 294 5.7% -0.3% 0% -24 3
Briscoe 633 591 42 6.6% -0.1% 1% -3 3
Brooks 3,233 2,921 312 9.7% -0.2% 0% -9 -16
Brown 18,308 16,925 1,383 7.6% -0.3% 1% -75 50
Burleson 8,387 7,873 514 6.1% -0.7% 0% -72 -56
Burnet 22,428 20,928 1,500 6.7% -0.4% 1% -127 112
Caldwell 16,425 15,005 1,420 8.6% -0.7% 0% -120 62
Calhoun 9,975 9,067 908 9.1% -0.4% 0% -44 56
Callahan 6,705 6,299 406 6.1% -0.6% 1% -49 4
Cameron 159,435 140,401 19,034 11.9% -0.5% 1% -776 1,500
Camp 5,931 5,387 544 9.2% 0.0% 0% -12 36
Carson 3,297 3,130 167 5.1% -0.4% 0% -15 -1
Cass 13,509 12,085 1,424 10.5% -0.6% 0% -86 30
Castro 3,513 3,324 189 5.4% -0.1% 0% -15 -12
Chambers 16,080 14,602 1,478 9.2% -1.1% 0% -170 163
Cherokee 21,085 19,174 1,911 9.1% -0.3% 0% -73 45
Childress 3,140 2,927 213 6.8% -0.4% 0% -19 -21
Clay 5,948 5,585 363 6.1% -0.4% 0% -27 -18
Cochran 1,288 1,165 123 9.5% -0.5% 2% -13 6
Coke 1,279 1,180 99 7.7% -0.4% -1% -7 -8
Coleman 4,148 3,836 312 7.5% 0.4% 1% 9 26
Collin 429,896 398,883 31,013 7.2% -0.4% 0% -2,006 883
Collingsworth 1,444 1,366 78 5.4% -0.4% 0% -6 -1
Colorado 10,607 9,748 859 8.1% -0.4% 1% -53 64
Comal 59,083 55,137 3,946 6.7% -0.2% 0% -127 189
Comanche 6,562 6,124 438 6.7% -0.3% 0% -42 8
Concho 1,289 1,193 96 7.4% -0.6% 0% -9 -8
Cooke 22,242 20,995 1,247 5.6% -0.4% -1% -95 -124
Coryell 25,563 23,076 2,487 9.7% -0.6% 1% -133 260
Cottle 720 666 54 7.5% -0.4% 2% -6 5
Crane 1,746 1,619 127 7.3% -0.4% 0% -6 -1
Crockett 2,040 1,923 117 5.7% -0.1% 0% -4 -14
Crosby 2,751 2,485 266 9.7% -0.4% 3% -10 77
Culberson 1,631 1,564 67 4.1% -0.2% 0% -6 -9
Dallam 3,785 3,612 173 4.6% 0.0% 0% -13 -2
Dallas 1,190,398 1,087,225 103,173 8.7% -0.2% 0% -3,224 3,155
Dawson 5,537 5,075 462 8.3% -0.6% 1% -28 33
Deaf Smith 9,123 8,597 526 5.8% -0.2% 0% -26 17
Delta 2,338 2,134 204 8.7% -0.3% -1% -8 -29
Denton 363,234 337,549 25,685 7.1% -0.4% 0% -1,632 60
DeWitt 9,162 8,534 628 6.9% -0.5% -1% -56 -83
Dickens 940 807 133 14.1% -1.1% 3% -14 18
Dimmit 4,977 4,602 375 7.5% -0.6% -2% -27 -17
Donley 1,932 1,821 111 5.7% -0.8% -1% -13 -16
Duval 5,451 4,959 492 9.0% -0.5% -2% -25 -87
Eastland 8,951 8,313 638 7.1% -0.6% -1% -46 -21
Ector 75,382 71,050 4,332 5.7% -0.5% -2% -303 -942
Edwards 937 870 67 7.2% 0.0% 1% -3 -1
El Paso 325,910 292,601 33,309 10.2% -0.4% 0% -1,200 2,458
Ellis 73,754 67,676 6,078 8.2% -0.6% 0% -441 -100
Erath 19,224 18,078 1,146 6.0% -0.5% 0% -97 -49
Falls 6,754 6,074 680 10.1% -0.4% 1% -38 34
Fannin 13,825 12,452 1,373 9.9% -0.5% 0% -73 70
Fayette 12,038 11,338 700 5.8% -0.5% 0% -69 -6
Fisher 1,941 1,820 121 6.2% -0.6% 0% -15 -7
Floyd 2,946 2,711 235 8.0% -0.7% 0% -32 -5
Foard 680 632 48 7.1% -0.1% 0% -3 -3
Fort Bend 291,154 269,001 22,153 7.6% -0.5% 0% -1,153 511
Franklin 5,144 4,742 402 7.8% -0.3% 1% -22 4
Freestone 10,134 9,485 649 6.4% -0.6% 0% -71 -8
Frio 7,797 7,258 539 6.9% -0.5% 0% -50 -17
Gaines 7,260 6,866 394 5.4% -0.4% 0% -38 -4
Galveston 148,446 134,937 13,509 9.1% -0.5% 0% -646 261
Garza 2,497 2,353 144 5.8% -0.5% 1% -15 18
Gillespie 13,653 13,003 650 4.8% -0.5% 0% -83 19
Glasscock 613 583 30 4.9% -0.7% -1% -6 -6
Goliad 3,528 3,304 224 6.3% 0.4% -1% 15 -36
Gonzales 9,789 9,229 560 5.7% -0.4% 0% -55 -26
Gray 11,277 10,594 683 6.1% -0.4% -1% -56 -67
Grayson 57,992 53,054 4,938 8.5% -0.3% 0% -201 263
Gregg 68,289 63,723 4,566 6.7% -0.4% 0% -243 -21
Grimes 12,177 11,233 944 7.8% -0.7% 0% -86 -56
Guadalupe 62,056 57,622 4,434 7.1% -0.4% 0% -211 343
Hale 17,400 16,117 1,283 7.4% -0.3% 1% -89 82
Hall 1,356 1,223 133 9.8% 0.1% 0% -6 0
Hamilton 4,333 4,080 253 5.8% -0.3% 0% -20 -1
Hansford 2,732 2,605 127 4.6% -0.2% 0% -11 6
Hardeman 2,155 2,038 117 5.4% -0.6% -2% -12 -50
Hardin 28,040 25,413 2,627 9.4% -0.4% 1% -112 282
Harris 2,074,632 1,906,942 167,690 8.1% -0.5% 0% -9,711 1,688
Harrison 33,498 30,783 2,715 8.1% -0.4% 0% -138 -19
Hartley 2,484 2,374 110 4.4% -0.2% -1% -13 -22
Haskell 3,074 2,917 157 5.1% -0.3% 0% -11 5
Hays 82,519 76,703 5,816 7.0% -0.4% 0% -368 290
Hemphill 2,754 2,672 82 3.0% -0.1% 0% -3 1
Henderson 36,138 32,999 3,139 8.7% -0.4% 0% -153 194
Hidalgo 312,815 276,526 36,289 11.6% -0.7% 0% -1,874 1,453
Hill 16,072 14,723 1,349 8.4% -0.5% 1% -107 52
Hockley 12,559 11,837 722 5.7% -0.4% 0% -52 -11
Hood 26,312 24,461 1,851 7.0% -0.6% 0% -146 -53
Hopkins 17,789 16,544 1,245 7.0% -0.2% 1% -52 85
Houston 8,679 7,669 1,010 11.6% -0.1% 2% -17 179
Howard 13,936 12,978 958 6.9% -0.5% 0% -81 -16
Hudspeth 1,806 1,700 106 5.9% -0.6% 0% -14 2
Hunt 38,023 34,657 3,366 8.9% -0.6% 0% -279 133
Hutchinson 11,329 10,554 775 6.8% -0.4% -1% -39 -62
Irion 946 892 54 5.7% -0.4% 1% -4 10
Jack 5,060 4,783 277 5.5% -0.3% 0% -20 -27
Jackson 6,936 6,474 462 6.7% -0.3% 0% -36 -20
Jasper 15,676 13,873 1,803 11.5% -0.6% 1% -112 67
Jeff Davis 1,141 1,078 63 5.5% -0.1% 0% -3 4
Jefferson 119,904 106,582 13,322 11.1% -0.6% 0% -725 634
Jim Hogg 3,006 2,819 187 6.2% -0.5% -1% -15 -34
Jim Wells 21,900 20,336 1,564 7.1% -0.4% 0% -81 -127
Johnson 76,590 70,915 5,675 7.4% -0.4% 0% -332 -174
Jones 7,419 6,763 656 8.8% -0.6% 2% -53 87
Karnes 5,433 4,977 456 8.4% -1.0% -1% -51 -35
Kaufman 48,679 44,566 4,113 8.4% -0.5% 0% -222 187
Kendall 17,234 16,171 1,063 6.2% -0.6% 1% -107 105
Kenedy 241 226 15 6.2% -1.9% 3% -5 7
Kent 414 389 25 6.0% 0.2% 1% 0 0
Kerr 23,134 21,665 1,469 6.3% -0.7% 0% -130 55
Kimble 1,872 1,746 126 6.7% -0.5% 1% -16 -4
King 181 169 12 6.6% 0.3% 1% -1 0
Kinney 1,459 1,348 111 7.6% -0.5% -1% -9 -16
Kleberg 17,444 16,266 1,178 6.8% -0.3% 0% -54 -13
Knox 1,749 1,644 105 6.0% 0.1% 0% -1 -3
La Salle 3,690 3,483 207 5.6% -0.3% -3% -10 -30
Lamar 23,703 21,391 2,312 9.8% -0.7% 1% -182 87
Lamb 6,767 6,286 481 7.1% -0.4% 1% -44 22
Lampasas 10,996 10,233 763 6.9% -0.6% 1% -60 53
Lavaca 9,672 9,128 544 5.6% -0.5% -1% -59 -114
Lee 9,650 9,033 617 6.4% -0.4% 0% -47 31
Leon 7,982 7,357 625 7.8% -0.3% 1% -45 22
Liberty 32,907 29,577 3,330 10.1% -0.6% 0% -163 40
Limestone 11,960 11,152 808 6.8% -0.5% 0% -77 37
Lipscomb 1,663 1,582 81 4.9% -0.3% 0% -7 -1
Live Oak 5,559 5,226 333 6.0% -0.5% -1% -31 -13
Llano 8,202 7,573 629 7.7% -0.6% 1% -53 14
Loving 49 45 4 8.2% 0.8% -1% 0 0
Lubbock 147,789 138,943 8,846 6.0% -0.4% 0% -649 412
Lynn 2,787 2,582 205 7.4% -0.6% 1% -23 12
Madison 5,563 5,125 438 7.9% -0.3% 0% -37 1
Marion 5,149 4,678 471 9.1% -0.7% -1% -34 -14
Martin 2,326 2,200 126 5.4% -0.2% 0% -7 -4
Mason 2,301 2,189 112 4.9% -0.6% 0% -17 -11
Matagorda 18,004 15,983 2,021 11.2% -0.5% 0% -125 2
Maverick 23,341 20,341 3,000 12.9% -0.1% 0% -7 -107
McCulloch 4,220 3,953 267 6.3% -0.1% 0% -6 14
McLennan 118,273 109,294 8,979 7.6% -0.4% 1% -456 773
McMullen 475 447 28 5.9% -0.2% -1% 0 2
Medina 20,603 19,029 1,574 7.6% -0.7% 0% -137 43
Menard 960 899 61 6.4% -0.3% -1% -6 -14
Midland 79,288 75,726 3,562 4.5% -0.4% -1% -308 -252
Milam 10,639 9,598 1,041 9.8% -0.4% -1% -70 -109
Mills 2,265 2,120 145 6.4% -0.6% 1% -20 1
Mitchell 3,540 3,246 294 8.3% -0.6% 0% -30 3
Montague 10,243 9,606 637 6.2% -0.3% 0% -41 -60
Montgomery 231,156 214,540 16,616 7.2% -0.4% 0% -922 363
Moore 11,879 11,353 526 4.4% -0.3% 0% -44 -22
Morris 6,296 5,592 704 11.2% -0.4% -2% -31 -55
Motley 659 614 45 6.8% 0.1% 1% -1 6
Nacogdoches 32,363 30,133 2,230 6.9% -0.2% 1% -113 180
Navarro 22,184 20,186 1,998 9.0% -0.5% 0% -124 80
Newton 5,820 5,024 796 13.7% -0.5% 2% -38 66
Nolan 7,800 7,273 527 6.8% -0.3% 1% -32 22
Nueces 174,957 162,056 12,901 7.4% -0.5% 0% -810 -10
Ochiltree 5,717 5,477 240 4.2% -0.3% -1% -21 -17
Oldham 899 845 54 6.0% 0.0% 0% -3 -1
Orange 42,681 38,097 4,584 10.7% -0.8% 0% -350 204
Palo Pinto 14,096 13,032 1,064 7.5% -0.5% 0% -70 -36
Panola 13,982 12,987 995 7.1% -0.2% 0% -44 53
Parker 55,993 52,022 3,971 7.1% -0.4% 0% -217 -109
Parmer 4,565 4,337 228 5.0% 0.0% 1% -15 19
Pecos 9,178 8,677 501 5.5% -0.2% -2% -31 -105
Polk 18,228 16,445 1,783 9.8% -0.7% 0% -134 4
Potter 58,970 55,197 3,773 6.4% -0.4% 0% -263 113
Presidio 3,848 3,337 511 13.3% -1.1% -3% -51 -99
Rains 5,101 4,635 466 9.1% -0.5% 0% -30 6
Randall 70,724 67,239 3,485 4.9% -0.3% 0% -222 152
Reagan 2,791 2,712 79 2.8% -0.5% -2% -11 -16
Real 1,395 1,295 100 7.2% -0.2% 2% -8 9
Red River 5,730 5,027 703 12.3% -0.3% 2% -32 61
Reeves 4,768 4,273 495 10.4% -0.2% 0% -25 0
Refugio 4,254 4,010 244 5.7% -0.8% -1% -35 -34
Roberts 589 568 21 3.6% -0.3% -1% -2 -5
Robertson 7,480 6,909 571 7.6% -0.8% 0% -73 -56
Rockwall 40,769 37,840 2,929 7.2% -0.4% 0% -190 28
Runnels 4,457 4,105 352 7.9% -2.4% 0% -125 -13
Rusk 25,424 23,618 1,806 7.1% -0.4% 0% -68 -21
Sabine 3,281 2,769 512 15.6% -0.5% 1% -32 -13
San Augustine 3,658 3,222 436 11.9% -0.1% 1% -18 46
San Jacinto 10,612 9,625 987 9.3% -0.7% 0% -67 -31
San Patricio 32,143 29,389 2,754 8.6% -0.5% -1% -159 -294
San Saba 2,309 2,110 199 8.6% 0.1% 0% -3 10
Schleicher 1,527 1,445 82 5.4% -0.8% -2% -11 -32
Scurry 8,186 7,744 442 5.4% -0.5% -1% -35 -33
Shackelford 2,209 2,121 88 4.0% -0.5% -1% -11 -20
Shelby 13,244 12,234 1,010 7.6% -0.3% 0% -61 23
Sherman 1,407 1,337 70 5.0% -0.2% 0% -8 1
Smith 105,906 96,894 9,012 8.5% 0.2% 1% 458 1,200
Somervell 4,271 3,943 328 7.7% -1.0% 1% -45 23
Starr 25,322 21,372 3,950 15.6% 0.1% -1% 22 -174
Stephens 4,611 4,262 349 7.6% -0.7% 1% -38 40
Sterling 765 732 33 4.3% -0.4% 0% -3 -5
Stonewall 821 784 37 4.5% -0.4% -1% -5 -5
Sutton 2,774 2,653 121 4.4% -0.4% 0% -15 -39
Swisher 3,505 3,273 232 6.6% -0.4% 1% -23 20
Tarrant 926,154 852,876 73,278 7.9% -0.4% 0% -3,857 530
Taylor 64,680 60,385 4,295 6.6% -0.4% 0% -262 -76
Terrell 385 352 33 8.6% -0.4% 1% -3 3
Terry 5,853 5,411 442 7.6% -0.4% 1% -35 47
Throckmorton 994 937 57 5.7% -0.2% 1% -4 5
Titus 14,225 13,142 1,083 7.6% -0.3% 0% -58 -11
Tom Green 53,983 50,568 3,415 6.3% -0.5% 0% -275 5
Travis 570,680 531,263 39,417 6.9% -0.3% 0% -2,102 1,446
Trinity 5,734 5,199 535 9.3% -0.4% 1% -39 30
Tyler 8,469 7,526 943 11.1% -0.7% 1% -74 67
Upshur 20,623 19,170 1,453 7.0% -0.5% -1% -68 -100
Upton 1,904 1,817 87 4.6% -0.2% 0% -7 -2
Uvalde 11,684 10,545 1,139 9.7% -0.2% 1% -44 83
Val Verde 20,909 19,120 1,789 8.6% -0.1% 0% -53 -88
Van Zandt 25,696 23,742 1,954 7.6% -0.4% 0% -113 38
Victoria 47,293 44,318 2,975 6.3% -0.4% -1% -247 -220
Walker 28,066 25,773 2,293 8.2% -0.5% 1% -152 195
Waller 17,296 15,787 1,509 8.7% -0.4% 0% -54 104
Ward 4,975 4,638 337 6.8% -0.7% -1% -33 -45
Washington 17,212 16,186 1,026 6.0% -0.4% 0% -84 -16
Webb 98,885 91,235 7,650 7.7% -0.5% 0% -399 -136
Wharton 20,946 19,088 1,858 8.9% -0.3% 1% -99 51
Wheeler 3,328 3,193 135 4.1% -0.1% 0% -7 -4
Wichita 60,551 56,057 4,494 7.4% -0.4% 0% -231 -140
Wilbarger 7,700 7,280 420 5.5% -0.3% -1% -33 -72
Willacy 9,464 8,097 1,367 14.4% -0.7% 2% -89 272
Williamson 218,254 202,333 15,921 7.3% -0.4% 0% -932 951
Wilson 19,515 18,127 1,388 7.1% -0.8% 0% -159 -17
Winkler 3,387 3,186 201 5.9% -0.7% -1% -15 -40
Wise 28,587 26,585 2,002 7.0% -0.5% 0% -135 -86
Wood 18,262 16,683 1,579 8.6% -0.5% 1% -96 86
Yoakum 4,071 3,864 207 5.1% -0.5% -1% -22 -22
Young 9,474 8,890 584 6.2% -0.3% -1% -35 -77
Zapata 5,779 5,267 512 8.9% -0.7% -1% -34 -41
Zavala 4,096 3,500 596 14.6% -2.5% -1% -107 6