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Zapata, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

Zapata is in Zapata County.

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Zapata layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Zapata in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Zapata. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Workforce Solutions South TX - Zapata

    Zapata · Affiliate · 956-765-1804

    M-F 8a-5p

Zapata County economy

  • 6.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    6.7% the month before

  • 4,692

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 13,855

    people in Zapata County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $36,527

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 26%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: WARN notices from Texas’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.