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Colorado County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Colorado County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Colorado County economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 9,937

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 20,736

    people in Colorado County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $68,554

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Colorado County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 2.3% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 3.9% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.1 points from a year ago

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Colorado County layoffs

  • 1

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 88

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

Layoff notices filed in Colorado County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Endeavors Eagle Lake Children's CenterTakes effect Mar 24, 2026Colorado County88—State record

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Employers hiring most in Colorado 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. Great Southern Wood-Columbus1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Texas? How to file for unemployment in Texas (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

  • Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast - Columbus

    Columbus · Comprehensive · 979-732-3299

    Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

Cities in Colorado County

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

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