Loving County, TX monthly unemployment update

Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Loving County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Loving County had a 0.4% unemployment rate in April 2023, holding steady from a month ago. Texas reported a 4.1% unemployment rate in May, which is the seventh highest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The unemployment rate in the Pecos, TX metropolitan area was 3.4%, which is 3.0 percentage points higher than Loving County. Pecos has the 279th highest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Texas
#1. Starr County: 9.2%
#2. Maverick County: 8.4%
#3. Willacy County: 7.4%
#4. Newton County: 6.9%
#5. Zavala County: 6.7%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in Texas
#1. Loving County: 0.4%
#2. King County: 0.8%
#3. Borden County: 1.4%
#3. McMullen County: 1.4%
#5. Kent County: 1.7%