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Polk County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Polk County’s unemployment rate is 5.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Polk County economy

  • 5.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.3% the month before

  • 21,701

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 51,780

    people in Polk County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $59,066

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 27%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Polk County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Polk County 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

Employers hiring most in Polk County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Corrigan-Camden Independent School District1 open role
  2. FDRsafety1 open role
  3. Naskila Casino1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions Deep East Texas - Polk County

    Livingston · Affiliate

    M-F 8am-5pm

Cities in Polk County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Polk County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Texas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.