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If you request unemployment benefits, you must search for work. You must make a minimum number of work search activities in every week for which you request payment.

Your Workforce Development Board determines the minimum number of work search activities required. This number is based on labor market conditions in your area. Thus, the required number of activities varies by county. This number may change as employment conditions change.

When you apply for unemployment benefits we mail you a letter with the required number of work search activities you need to make each week. This letter also tells you the date the work search requirement becomes effective. You should rely on the letter TWC sends for your number of required work search activities, rather than this list.

You can record your work search activities on the Work Search Log (En Español).

County
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Required Work Searches
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Effective Date
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Date Updated
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Anderson 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Andrews 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Angelina 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
Aransas 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Archer 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Armstrong 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Atascosa 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Austin 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Bailey 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Bandera 5 4/2/2022 5/25/2023
Bastrop 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Baylor 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Bee 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Bell 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Bexar 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Blanco 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Borden 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Bosque 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Bowie 4 2/8/2021 2/8/2021
Brazoria 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Brazos 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Brewster 3 2/7/2021 2/5/2021
Briscoe 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Brooks 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Brown 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Burleson 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Burnet 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Caldwell 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Calhoun 4 11/8/2021 11/8/2021
Callahan 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Cameron 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Camp 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Carson 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Cass 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Castro 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Chambers 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Cherokee 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Childress 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Clay 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Cochran 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Coke 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Coleman 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Collin 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Collingsworth 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Colorado 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Comal 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Comanche 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Concho 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Cooke 5 5/23/2021 6/24/2021
Coryell 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Cottle 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Crane 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Crockett 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Crosby 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Culberson 3 2/7/2021 2/5/2021
Dallam 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Dallas 3 5/30/2021 6/24/2021
Dawson 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
DeWitt 4 11/8/2021 11/8/2021
Deaf Smith 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Delta 4 2/8/2021 2/8/2021
Denton 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Dickens 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Dimmit 2 7/10/2022 5/25/2023
Donley 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Duval 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Eastland 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Ector 5 2/28/2021 6/24/2021
Edwards 1 7/10/2022 5/25/2023
El Paso 3 2/7/2021 2/5/2021
Ellis 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Erath 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Falls 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Fannin 5 5/23/2021 6/24/2021
Fayette 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Fisher 2 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Floyd 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Foard 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Fort Bend 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Franklin 4 2/8/2021 2/8/2021
Freestone 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Frio 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Gaines 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Galveston 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Garza 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Gillespie 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Glasscock 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Goliad 4 11/8/2021 11/8/2021
Gonzales 4 11/8/2021 11/8/2021
Gray 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Grayson 5 5/23/2021 6/24/2021
Gregg 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Grimes 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Guadalupe 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Hale 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Hall 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hamilton 1 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hansford 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hardeman 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Hardin 5 8/29/2021 5/25/2023
Harris 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Harrison 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hartley 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Haskell 2 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hays 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hemphill 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Henderson 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hidalgo 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hill 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hockley 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Hood 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Hopkins 4 2/8/2021 2/8/2021
Houston 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
Howard 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Hudspeth 3 2/7/2021 2/5/2021
Hunt 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Hutchinson 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Irion 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Jack 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Jackson 4 11/8/2021 11/8/2021
Jasper 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
Jeff Davis 3 2/7/2021 2/5/2021
Jefferson 5 8/29/2021 5/25/2023
Jim Hogg 1 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Jim Wells 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Johnson 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Jones 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Karnes 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Kaufman 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Kendall 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Kenedy 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Kent 2 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Kerr 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Kimble 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
King 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Kinney 1 7/10/2022 5/25/2023
Kleberg 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Knox 2 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
La Salle 1 5/11/2021 5/25/2023
Lamar 4 2/8/2021 2/8/2021
Lamb 3 12/9/2020 12/7/2020
Lampasas 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Lavaca 4 11/8/2021 11/8/2021
Lee 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Leon 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Liberty 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Limestone 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Lipscomb 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Live Oak 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Llano 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Loving 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Lubbock 5 11/20/2022 11/18/2022
Lynn 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Madison 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Marion 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Martin 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Mason 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Matagorda 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Maverick 3 7/10/2022 5/25/2023
McCulloch 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
McLennan 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
McMullen 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Medina 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Menard 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Midland 5 2/28/2021 6/24/2021
Milam 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Mills 1 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Mitchell 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Montague 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Montgomery 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Moore 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Morris 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Motley 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Nacogdoches 5 3/1/2022 3/2/2022
Navarro 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Newton 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
Nolan 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Nueces 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Ochiltree 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Oldham 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Orange 5 8/29/2021 5/25/2023
Palo Pinto 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Panola 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Parker 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Parmer 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Pecos 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Polk 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
Potter 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Presidio 3 2/7/2021 2/5/2021
Rains 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Randall 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Reagan 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Real 1 7/10/2022 5/25/2023
Red River 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Reeves 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Refugio 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
Roberts 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Robertson 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Rockwall 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Runnels 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Rusk 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Sabine 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
San Augustine 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
San Jacinto 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
San Patricio 3 4/1/2021 5/25/2023
San Saba 1 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Schleicher 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Scurry 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Shackelford 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Shelby 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
Sherman 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Smith 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Somervell 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Starr 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Stephens 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Sterling 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Stonewall 2 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Sutton 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Swisher 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Tarrant 3 3/25/2021 5/25/2023
Taylor 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Terrell 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Terry 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Throckmorton 2 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Titus 4 2/8/2021 2/8/2021
Tom Green 3 3/3/2021 5/25/2023
Travis 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Trinity 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
Tyler 5 3/1/2022 3/1/2022
Upshur 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Upton 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Uvalde 3 7/10/2022 5/25/2023
Val Verde 3 7/10/2022 5/25/2023
Van Zandt 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Victoria 4 11/8/2021 11/8/2021
Walker 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Waller 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Ward 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Washington 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Webb 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Wharton 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Wheeler 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Wichita 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Wilbarger 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Willacy 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Williamson 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Wilson 5 4/3/2022 5/25/2023
Winkler 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Wise 5 2/7/2021 2/23/2021
Wood 3 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Yoakum 3 12/8/2020 12/7/2020
Young 3 3/14/2021 3/9/2021
Zapata 1 11/1/2020 11/5/2020
Zavala 2 7/10/2022 5/25/2023
Required Number of Work Search Activities by County