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Unemployment rate in Greenville

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 20 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Greenville · Texas · United States · World
−0.9 pp since 2015
Greenville 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
Greenville
4.2%
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 Greenville · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.2% · 2025
First value 6.7% · 1990
Highest 9.6% · 2012
Lowest 3.6% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearGreenvilleChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.2% +0.2 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 4.0% +0.1 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.9% +0.1 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.8% −1.4 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.2% −1.5 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 6.7% +3.1 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.6% −0.2 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.8% −0.3 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.1% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.3% −0.8 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.1% −1.1 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.2% −1.7 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.9% −1.7 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 9.6% +0.2 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.4% +0.2 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.2% +1.2 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.0% +2.7 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.3% +0.6 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.7% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 5.1% −0.3 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.4% −1.4 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.8% −0.9 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.7% +0.6 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.1% +1.6 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.5% +0.7 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.8% +0.9 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.9% −0.2 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 4.1% −0.9 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 5.0% −1.1 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 6.1% −0.1 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 6.2% −2.0 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 8.2% +0.4 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 7.8% −1.0 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 8.8% +1.2 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 7.6% +0.9 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 6.7% 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

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
9 Alvin 4.1%
2 Baytown 6.6%
4 Beaumont 4.9%
28 Bryan 2.9%
25 College Station 3.0%
20 Conroe 3.3%
18 Corsicana 3.5%
8 Deer Park 4.2%
19 Forney 3.5%
21 Friendswood 3.3%
10 Galveston 3.9%
16 Greenville 3.6%
14 Houston 3.7%
22 Huntsville 3.3%
5 La Porte 4.8%
3 Lake Jackson 5.0%
13 Longview 3.8%
11 Lufkin 3.9%
15 Nacogdoches 3.7%
12 Paris 3.9%
6 Pasadena 4.8%
26 Pearland 3.0%
1 Port Arthur 8.4%
27 Rockwall 3.0%
17 Rosenberg 3.6%
23 Sugar Land 3.3%
7 Texarkana 4.6%
24 Tyler 3.3%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

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.