Within that time, 1,094 residents of Georgetown’s three ZIP codes—78626, 78628 and 78633—filed unemployment claims, data shows. Williamson County began to open businesses May 1.
The one-month snapshot is down from TWC’s March 16-April 16 report, when Georgetown had 3,113 claims, which represented the highest number of claims within a month since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The TWC also ranked Williamson County 12th out of 25 Texas counties for highest unemployment counts with 8,169 claims over the past month. At its peak between March-April 16, Williamson County had 23,211 unemployment claims.
Here is a breakdown of unemployment claims in Georgetown’s three ZIP codes as well as a combination of that data to represent the city. The mapping was developed by the TWC Labor Market and Career Information Department.
78626
Population: 34,832
Unemployment claim count: 522
Male: 251
Female: 271
78628
Population: 32,341
Unemployment claim count: 377
Male: 178
Female: 199
78633
Population: 28,080
Unemployment claim count: 195
Male: 100
Female: 95
Georgetown (three ZIP codes combined)
Population: 95,253
Unemployment claim count: 1,094
Male: 529
Female: 565
Williamson County
Population: 571,610
Unemployment claim count: 8,169
Male: 3,968
Female: 4,189
Gender unknown: 12
