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Unemployment rate in Conroe

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 21 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Conroe · Texas · United States · World
+0.2 pp since 2015
Conroe Texas United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Conroe
4.0%
Texas
4.2%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Conroe · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.0% · 2025
First value 5.2% · 1990
Highest 8.6% · 2003
Lowest 3.3% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearConroeChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.0% +0.2 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.8% +0.1 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.7% ±0.0 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.7% −1.8 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.5% −2.2 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.7% +4.4 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.3% −0.3 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.6% −0.6 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.2% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.6% +0.8 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.8% −0.2 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.0% −1.1 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.1% −0.3 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.4% −1.3 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 6.7% +0.1 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 6.6% +0.6 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.0% +2.1 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 3.9% +0.2 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.7% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.1% −0.2 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.3% −3.6 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 7.9% −0.7 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 8.6% +0.9 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.7% +1.7 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 6.0% +0.4 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 5.6% +2.0 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.6% ±0.0 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.6% −0.5 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 4.1% −0.3 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 4.4% −0.3 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.7% −0.6 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 5.3% −1.0 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 6.3% −0.5 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 6.8% +1.1 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 5.7% +0.5 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 5.2% 6.4% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
9 Alvin 4.6%
2 Baytown 7.0%
4 Beaumont 5.2%
30 Bryan 3.5%
27 College Station 3.8%
21 Conroe 4.0%
10 Corsicana 4.6%
7 Deer Park 4.8%
28 Fate 3.6%
31 Forney 3.5%
22 Friendswood 4.0%
26 Fulshear 3.9%
19 Galveston 4.2%
20 Greenville 4.2%
14 Houston 4.5%
18 Huntsville 4.3%
11 Katy 4.6%
5 La Porte 5.2%
6 Lake Jackson 5.0%
15 Longview 4.5%
12 Lufkin 4.6%
8 Nacogdoches 4.7%
13 Paris 4.6%
3 Pasadena 5.3%
23 Pearland 4.0%
1 Port Arthur 8.1%
29 Rockwall 3.6%
17 Rosenberg 4.4%
24 Sugar Land 4.0%
16 Texarkana 4.5%
25 Tyler 4.0%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2025

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.