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Unemployment rate in Longview

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 15 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 · Longview · Texas · United States · World
−0.4 pp since 2015
Longview 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
Longview
4.5%
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 Longview · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.5% · 2025
First value 8.3% · 1990
Highest 10.6% · 1992
Lowest 3.8% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearLongviewChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.5% −0.2 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 4.7% +0.4 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 4.3% ±0.0 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.3% −2.3 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 6.6% −1.9 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.5% +4.7 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.8% −0.4 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.2% −1.1 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.3% −0.6 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.9% +1.0 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.9% ±0.0 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.9% −1.0 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.9% −0.3 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.2% −1.3 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.5% −0.8 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.3% +1.0 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 7.3% +3.2 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.1% +0.2 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.9% −0.8 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.7% −0.4 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.1% −1.4 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.5% −1.3 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.8% +0.1 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.7% +1.7 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 6.0% ±0.0 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 6.0% −1.8 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 7.8% +0.3 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 7.5% ±0.0 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 7.5% −0.2 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 7.7% −0.3 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 8.0% −1.2 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 9.2% −1.0 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 10.2% −0.4 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 10.6% +1.2 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 9.4% +1.1 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 8.3% 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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Port Arthur 10.2%
2 Baytown 7.6%
3 Pasadena 6.2%
4 La Porte 6.0%
5 Longview 5.9%
6 Lufkin 5.9%
7 Beaumont 5.8%
8 Alvin 5.6%
9 Paris 5.3%
10 Deer Park 5.2%
11 Galveston 5.0%
12 Houston 5.0%
13 Lake Jackson 4.8%
14 Rosenberg 4.8%
15 Texarkana 4.8%
16 Conroe 4.6%
17 Friendswood 4.6%
18 Corsicana 4.4%
19 Nacogdoches 4.4%
20 Tyler 4.4%
21 Greenville 4.3%
22 Sugar Land 4.3%
23 Forney 4.2%
24 Huntsville 4.1%
25 Pearland 4.1%
26 Bryan 3.9%
27 College Station 3.6%
28 Rockwall 3.5%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

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.