Nacogdoches County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meNacogdoches County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.8% the month before
28,301
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
64,897
people in Nacogdoches County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$51,528
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Nacogdoches County ranks
Where Nacogdoches County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #23Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Southwest7.6 per 10,000 · of 97
Nacogdoches 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 down 1.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.7%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+354 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−595 jobs), health care (−380 jobs)
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Nacogdoches County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches 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.
- Tenet Healthcare2 open roles
- Amazon1 open role
- Dialysis Clinic1 open role
- Enhabit Home Health & Hospice1 open role
- Greif1 open role
- LifePoint Health1 open role
- Region 7 Education Service Center1 open role
Colleges in Nacogdoches County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F Austin State University | Nacogdoches | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Nacogdoches 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).
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Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler
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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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