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We’re on a mission at Zippia to criss-cross the country looking for the best and worst places for jobs.
Today, we set our sites on the worst cities to find a job in Texas after looking at the best places in Texas a short while ago.
These cities did not have the grit needed to make it to the big leagues and get that big promotion we all hope to get.
After looking at the data for the 100 biggest cities in Texas, the ten worst cities to find a job in the Lone Star State are:
Brownsville Port Arthur Socorro Pharr Weslaco Harlingen Beaumont Texarkana Del Rio Mission
Read on to see how we did it.
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How We Determined The Worst Places For Jobs In The Lone Star State
After getting the data for every place in Texas, we ultimately decided to limit our analysis to the biggest places with over 5,000 people.
That left us with 100 cities.
We then ranked each place across a number of criteria from one to 100, with 1 being the worst in any given category.
Finally, we took the average rank across all criteria, with the place posting the lowest overall score gaining the title “Worst City In Texas To Find A Job”.
The criteria we looked at were:
1. Brownsville
Population: 175,210Recent Job Growth: 0.92%Future Job Growth: 33.20%
2. Port Arthur
Population: 54,022Recent Job Growth: 0.80%Future Job Growth: 30.30%
3. Socorro
Population: 31,912Recent Job Growth: 1.17%Future Job Growth: 34.80%
4. Pharr
Population: 70,119 Recent Job Growth: 1.55%Future Job Growth: 36.20%
5. Weslaco
Population: 35,720Recent Job Growth: 1.56%Future Job Growth: 34.50%
6. Harlingen
Population: 64,947Recent Job Growth: 0.92%Future Job Growth: 35.50%
7. Beaumont
Population: 117,769Recent Job Growth: 0.79%Future Job Growth: 34.80%
8. Texarkana
Population: 36,548Recent Job Growth: 0.15%Future Job Growth: 34.80%
9. Del Rio
Population: 35,471Recent Job Growth: -0.25%Future Job Growth: 34.50%
10. Mission
Population: 76,784Recent Job Growth: 1.55%Future Job Growth: 36.30%
Wrapping It Up With Friday Night Drinks
After crunching all the numbers, Brownsville took the “top” spot as the worst city in Texas for a job.
So while the economy continues to improve and jobs become available across the state of Texas, these cities lag behind.
Hopefully they can catch up before they miss their next bonus.
Detailed List Of Worst Places In Texas To Get A Job
City
Rank
Population
Recent Job Growth
Future Job Growth
brownsville 1
175,210
0.92%
33.20%
port arthur 2
54,022
0.80%
30.30%
socorro 3
31,912
1.17%
34.80%
pharr 4
70,119
1.55%
36.20%
weslaco 5
35,720
1.56%
34.50%
harlingen 6
64,947
0.92%
35.50%
beaumont 7
117,769
0.79%
34.80%
texarkana 8
36,548
0.15%
34.80%
del rio 9
35,471
-0.25%
34.50%
mission 10
76,784
1.55%
36.30%
el paso 11
650,778
1.17%
36.30%
waco 12
124,843
0.76%
36.80%
huntsville 13
38,682
0.75%
37.00%
edinburg 14
77,174
1.56%
37.60%
wichita falls 15
104,152
-0.57%
34.30%
laredo 16
236,063
1.33%
37.80%
mcallen 17
130,297
1.56%
37.70%
killeen 18
127,995
1.62%
37.20%
fort hood 19
34,795
1.62%
37.80%
nacogdoches 20
33,157
1.62%
38.60%
copperas cove 21
32,639
1.62%
37.50%
tyler 22
97,125
1.60%
38.50%
lufkin 23
35,169
1.90%
39.30%
galveston 24
48,352
2.96%
40.70%
abilene 25
118,484
0.41%
37.10%
texas city 26
45,235
2.96%
39.60%
baytown 27
71,790
2.96%
39.50%
longview 28
80,931
1.68%
39.00%
pasadena 29
149,506
2.96%
40.60%
san angelo 30
93,450
0.97%
38.30%
amarillo 31
191,118
-0.34%
36.10%
san antonio 32
1,335,287
2.21%
40.10%
temple 33
66,435
1.62%
38.90%
houston 34
2,107,449
2.96%
41.20%
lancaster 35
36,271
3.43%
40.10%
sherman 36
38,499
3.05%
41.20%
la porte 37
33,859
2.95%
41.10%
channelview 38
38,958
2.96%
41.20%
corpus christi 39
305,427
2.81%
41.40%
desoto 40
49,011
3.43%
40.90%
lubbock 41
229,428
2.29%
41.20%
dallas 42
1,207,202
3.43%
41.80%
fort worth 43
743,865
2.98%
41.30%
haltom city 44
42,511
2.98%
41.50%
cleburne 45
29,318
2.98%
41.40%
rosenberg 46
30,665
2.95%
41.80%
arlington 47
367,154
2.97%
41.40%
cedar hill 48
44,970
3.43%
41.30%
spring 49
54,997
2.96%
41.20%
missouri city 50
67,173
2.96%
41.10%
grand prairie 51
174,631
3.27%
41.60%
euless 52
51,526
2.97%
41.40%
new braunfels 53
57,776
2.21%
41.00%
duncanville 54
38,590
3.43%
41.60%
san marcos 55
46,131
2.82%
42.50%
deer park 56
32,098
2.95%
41.40%
atascocita 57
65,693
2.96%
41.20%
garland 58
227,641
3.43%
41.80%
georgetown 59
48,220
2.82%
41.50%
mission bend 60
37,352
2.96%
41.60%
round rock 61
100,764
2.82%
41.60%
schertz 62
31,934
2.21%
41.00%
conroe 63
57,380
2.95%
42.30%
hurst 64
37,572
2.97%
41.70%
north richland hills 65
63,605
2.97%
41.60%
austin 66
799,939
2.82%
42.10%
bedford 67
47,385
2.97%
41.70%
the colony 68
36,718
3.43%
42.00%
grapevine 69
46,756
2.97%
41.70%
rowlett 70
55,970
3.43%
42.00%
cedar park 71
51,664
2.82%
41.90%
irving 72
217,021
3.43%
42.60%
farmers branch 73
28,681
3.43%
42.40%
league city 74
83,026
2.95%
42.00%
friendswood 75
35,853
2.95%
41.90%
carrollton 76
120,727
3.43%
42.40%
the woodlands 77
97,951
2.96%
41.80%
pflugerville 78
47,602
2.82%
42.30%
college station 79
93,663
4.84%
46.30%
burleson 80
36,879
2.97%
42.20%
mansfield 81
55,818
2.97%
41.90%
bryan 82
76,082
4.84%
46.30%
mckinney 83
131,882
3.43%
42.50%
denton 84
115,098
3.43%
43.10%
waxahachie 85
29,760
3.44%
42.70%
lewisville 86
95,989
3.43%
42.80%
sugar land 87
79,475
2.95%
42.40%
plano 88
263,122
3.43%
42.60%
odessa 89
101,545
3.09%
43.40%
pearland 90
90,347
2.96%
42.40%
richardson 91
100,057
3.43%
42.80%
keller 92
39,763
2.97%
42.10%
victoria 93
62,869
3.69%
43.80%
coppell 94
39,212
3.44%
42.40%
allen 95
84,387
3.43%
42.70%
wylie 96
40,793
3.43%
42.80%
frisco 97
116,944
3.43%
43.10%
midland 98
112,618
3.79%
45.30%
rockwall 99
37,842
3.43%
43.40%
flower mound 100
65,330
3.43%
43.10%
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