Jobless Rates Up Over the Year in Most Oklahoma Counties in January

In January, Love County posted Oklahoma’s highest county unemployment rate of 7.0 percent. McIntosh County reported the second-highest rate for the month. Texas County reported the lowest unemployment rate of 2.6 percent in January. Unemployment rates in January were higher than a year earlier in 76 out of 77 of Oklahoma’s counties and unchanged in one county.

Read the full January 2026 Oklahoma Employment and Unemployment Report