Unemployment rate decreases to 3.2 percent in Gonzales County

Unemployment in Gonzales County decreased from 3.5 percent in June 2022 to 3.2 percent in July 2022, the lowest rate of all seven counties which comprise the Golden Crescent Workforce Development Area, according to state Labor Market Information (LMI) figures released by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).

For the entire Golden Crescent Workforce Development Area, the unemployment rate for July 2022 was 4.2 percent, slightly lower to the state average of 4.3 percent. This represented a total of 3,828 residents in Gonzales, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca and Victoria counties seeking employment out of a total workforce of 91,207 people.

After Gonzales County, Dewitt and Lavaca counties recorded the lowest unemployment at 3.5 percent, followed by Jackson County at 3.7 percent. Calhoun was 4.3 percent, Victoria was at 4.8 percent and Goliad County at 5.1 percent.

For June 2022, there were 329 individuals in Gonzales County seeking employment out of a workforce of 9,586 with 9,257 reported as employed. In May 2022, there were 279 people seeking work in Gonzales County out of an employment force of 9,678 for a total unemployment rate of 3.5 percent.

In July 2021, Gonzales County had an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent.

The 2.6 percent unadjusted unemployment rate for April 2022 was the lowest seen in Gonzales County since it was just 2.7 percent in March 2022.

Unemployment rates since April 2020 for Gonzales County are:
• May 2020, 7.8 percent.

• June 2020, 7.1 percent.

• July 2020, 6.8 percent.

• August 2020, 4.8 percent.

• September 2020, 5.9 percent.

• October 2020, 5.3 percent.

• November 2020, 5.7 percent.

• December 2020, 5.2 percent.

• January 2021, 5.6 percent.

• February 2021, 5.7 percent.

• March 2021, 5.4 percent.

• April 2021, 4.7 percent.

• May 2021, 4.5 percent.

• June 2021, 5.1 percent.

• July 2021, 4.3 percent.

• August 2021, 3.9 percent.

• September 2021, 3.8 percent.

• October 2021, 3.6 percent.

• November 2021, 3.5 percent

• December 2021, 3.2 percent

• January 2022, 3.6 percent

• February 2022, 3.4 percent

• March 2022, 2.7 percent.

• April 2022, 2.6 percent.

• May 2022, 2.9 percent.

• June 2022, 3.5 percent.

• July 2022, 3.2 percent.