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Unemployment rate in Forney

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 31 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2010 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2010 – 2025 percent · Forney · Texas · United States · World
+0.5 pp since 2015
Forney Texas United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Forney
3.5%
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 Forney · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 3.5% · 2025
First value 5.9% · 2010
Highest 8.2% · 2020
Lowest 3.0% · 2015
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearForneyChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.5% −0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.6% +0.1 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.5% −0.7 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.2% −1.6 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.8% −2.4 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.2% +4.7 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.5% −0.5 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.0% ±0.0 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.0% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.2% +1.2 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.0% −0.7 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 3.7% −1.0 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 4.7% −0.6 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.3% −0.8 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 6.1% +0.2 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 5.9% 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
11 Alvin 4.8%
2 Baytown 7.0%
3 Beaumont 6.1%
25 Bryan 3.5%
27 College Station 3.2%
22 Conroe 3.8%
16 Corsicana 4.4%
15 Deer Park 4.6%
28 Forney 3.0%
21 Friendswood 3.9%
8 Galveston 5.0%
7 Greenville 5.1%
17 Houston 4.3%
5 Huntsville 5.5%
12 La Porte 4.8%
18 Lake Jackson 4.3%
10 Longview 4.9%
6 Lufkin 5.4%
14 Nacogdoches 4.7%
9 Paris 5.0%
4 Pasadena 5.7%
26 Pearland 3.5%
1 Port Arthur 9.9%
23 Rockwall 3.7%
19 Rosenberg 4.3%
24 Sugar Land 3.6%
13 Texarkana 4.8%
20 Tyler 4.2%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

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.