More than 6,500 residents who live within the four ZIP codes that make up Community Impact Newspaper’s Keller-Roanoke-Northeast Fort Worth coverage area filed for unemployment insurance between March 18-April 18, according to data from the Texas Workforce Commission.

The commission released a new interactive mapping tool in late April that breaks down unemployment insurance claims at the ZIP code level.

According to the data, 6,815 unemployment insurance claimants reside within the Keller-Roanoke-Northeast Fort Worth area, which accounts for roughly 3.85% of the area’s total population of 176,899.


During the same time period, Tarrant County had 91,089 unemployment insurance claims, which accounts for roughly 4.41% of the county’s total population of 2,064,380. Denton County had 40,336 unemployment insurance claims, which accounts for roughly 4.68% of the county's total population of 861,357.

Of the total number of claimants in the Keller-Roanoke-Northeast Fort Worth area, 2,797 were men, and 4,018 were women. Additionally, 5,355 claimants were considered monetarily eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits, and 1,460 were not.


According to the data, ZIP code 76244 had the most claimants, with 3,220 residents filing for benefits, while ZIP code 76177 had the highest percentage of claimants as compared to its total population, at roughly 6.16%.

In addition, ZIP code 76177 had the lowest number of claimants, with 1,010 people filing for benefits, while ZIP code 76248 had the lowest percentage of claimants as compared to its total population, at roughly 2.83%.

Here are the number of unemployment insurance claimants for Keller-Roanoke-Northeast Fort Worth-area ZIP codes, per April 27 data and population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

  • 76262: 1,408 UI claimants, or roughly 3.50% of the population of 40,215

  • 76248: 1,177 UI claimants, or roughly 2.83% of the population of 41,516

  • 76244: 3,220 UI claimants, or roughly 4.08% of the population of 78,783

  • 76177: 1,010 UI claimants, or roughly 6.16% of the population of 16,385

  • Total: 6,815 UI claimants, or roughly 3.85% of the population of 176,899


To file for unemployment insurance with the Texas Workforce Commission, click here or call 800-939-6631. To view more than 484,000 job openings across the state of Texas, click here.