Cooke County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meCooke County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
22,800
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,473
people in Cooke County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,472
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Cooke County ranks
Where Cooke County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #6Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southwest3.4% · of 100
Cooke County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 12.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: mining & energy (+1,013 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Cooke County. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Denison announces update on Waterloo Pool closure, including plans to remove old infrastructureKXII on MSN · Oct 6, 2026
Learn and get funded in Cooke County
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Cooke County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Cooke County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Cooke 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.
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- BSC Administration1 open role
- Excel Gens1 open role
- Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers1 open role
- GAF1 open role
- Select Water Solutions1 open role
- Snelling1 open role
- Thinking Ahead1 open role
- UniFirst1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cooke 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).
- Texoma Workforce Development Board/Dba Workforce Solutions Texoma
Cooke, Fannin, Grayson
Workforce Solutions Texoma
Gainesville · Affiliate · 940-665-1121
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Cities in Cooke County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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