Hopkins County Unemployment Once Again Lowest In Region
January 19, 2024 – The State of Texas Unemployment final tally is in for December 2023 and shows that Hopkins County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate for the NorthEast Texas Workforce Development Area (WDA) that contains nine counties. Hopkins County reported a 2.7% rate of workers looking for jobs which proved to be 499 hopeful applicants out of the labor force of 18,629. The county with the highest rate in our...
Hopkins County Unemployment Continues Downward Trend
December 30, 2023 – The latest unemplyment numbers are in and Hopkins County continues to report the lowest percentages in the immediate North East Texas area. Hopkins County reported an unemplyment rate in November 2023 of 2.8% dropping from 3.2% in October 2023. The new November number was also much lower than one year ago as the November 2022 percentage was reported as 4.1%. Only 533 Hopkins County work hopefuls reported to...
Hopkins County Unemployment Goes Up But Still Below Texas Average
October 5, 2023 – In the latest report from August 2023, Hopkins County posted an unemployment rate of 3.8%, compared to a rate of 3.7% in July 2023. The new August number is and increase as well over one year ago as the August 2022 rate came in at 3.3%. Hopkins County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in our nine-county region which includes the counties of Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Morris, Red River and...
Changes in Unemployment Rate in Texas – Updated WalletHub Study
With inflation remaining high and the U.S. gaining 223,000 jobs in December, fewer than in the previous month, WalletHub released updated rankings for its report on Changes in Unemployment Rate by State, along with a WalletHub Q&A. In order to take stock of how unemployment rates are changing throughout the U.S., WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on six key metrics that compare unemployment rate...
Hopkins County Unemployment Rate Unchanged From October To November 2022
Franklin County Has Lowest Jobless Rate in 9-County Workforce Development Area; Hopkins Delta Counties Tied for Second Lowest Rate In Northeast Texas WDA Last Month Franklin County’s 3.5% unemployment rate was the lowest in Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area and even lower than the overall state jobless average of 3.7% for November 2022. While a 0.1% increase from October 2022, Franklin County’s November 2022...
Hopkins County, Franklin Counties Have Lowest September 2022 Unemployment Rates In WDA
Hopkins County had the lowest September 2022 unemployment rate in the 9-county Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area. Franklin County in a close second to Hopkins 3.1 unemployment rate with a 3.4 September 2022 unemployment. That makes at least the fourth consecutive month in 2022 that Hopkins County’s rate has been the lowest in the area, according to the latest Texas Labor Market Information compiled for Texas Workforce...
Hopkins County’s Unemployment Rate Is Lowest In NET Workforce Area For 2nd Straight Month
Hopkins County’s unemployment rate continued to be the lowest in Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area for the second straight month in August, according to the latest Texas Labor Market Information report. Overall, the number of people unemployed in Texas actually dropped from 632,432 in July 2022 to 607,1211 unemployed in August 2022, both down from August 2021 when 781,301 were unemployed across the state. Although fewer...
Hopkins County Has Lowest July 2022 Unemployment Rate In Workforce Area
Hopkins County’s 3.3% July 2022 unemployment rate was the lowest in the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area, with Franklin County in second at 3.4%, followed by Delta County’s 4.2%. These were the only three counties among the nine in NETWDA that were below the state July 2022 unemployment average of 4.3% and Texas’ seasonally adjusted average of 4%, but only the Hopkins and Franklin counties were below the US...
Northeast Texas WDA Unemployment Rates Rose In June 2022, But Remain Lower Than June 2021 Rates
Unemployment in Northeast Texas Workforce Development area rose for the second consecutive month, but the June 2022 unemployment rates were still below June 2021 unemployment rates for all nine counties in the WDA. Franklin and Hopkins continued in June 2022 to have the lowest unemployment rates in NETWDA and both county’s 3.5% unemployment rates are still below the overall state unemployment rate of 4.4% for June 2022,...
Unemployment Up In May 2022 Across The State, Including In Hopkins, Surrounding Counties
Seasonally unadjusted unemployment as a whole was up slightly across the state in May 2022, including in the 9-County Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area, which includes Hopkins County. Texas & Northeast Texas WDA In fact, the Northeast Texas WDA’s 4.1% unemployment rate is slightly higher than the overall state average of 3.8% last month, according to the Local Area Unemployment Statistics reported for May 2022 on...
