Yoakum County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Yoakum County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Yoakum County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
3,018
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
7,589
people in Yoakum County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,261
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Yoakum County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Yoakum 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

South Plains Workforce Development Board
Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Terry, Yoakum

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Laid off or looking for work in Yoakum County?

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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.