Hays County ranks #7 of 60 U.S. countys on county unemployment rate

the San Marcos-New Braunfels market · Data as of · ALEX Intelligence

4.0% county unemployment rate (July 2026) — Hays County
#CountyUnemployment rate
1Midland County3.4%
2Randall County3.5%
3Tom Green County3.8%
4Travis County3.9%
5Parker County3.9%
6Taylor County3.9%
7Hays County4.0%
8Williamson County4.1%
9Rockwall County4.2%
10Denton County4.3%

Read this carefully: Not seasonally adjusted. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

Methodology

Source:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, July 2026 (county, seasonally unadjusted)
Measure
Unemployment rate, ranked lowest first across the 60 most populous counties in TX, together with this market's own counties (60 ranked in total).
Universe
Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage
2026
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https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/LAUCN482090000000003?startyear=2024&endyear=2026

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