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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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Port Arthur 15.8%
2 Baytown 14.1%
3 Beaumont 10.5%
4 Pasadena 10.5%
5 La Porte 10.0%
6 Galveston 9.5%
7 Lake Jackson 9.5%
8 Deer Park 9.0%
9 Alvin 8.8%
10 Houston 8.8%
11 Longview 8.5%
12 Forney 8.2%
13 Texarkana 8.2%
14 Rosenberg 8.1%
15 Lufkin 7.8%
16 Conroe 7.7%
17 Paris 7.6%
18 Katy 7.2%
19 Sugar Land 7.1%
20 Corsicana 6.9%
21 Tyler 6.8%
22 Friendswood 6.7%
23 Greenville 6.7%
24 Pearland 6.5%
25 Nacogdoches 6.4%
26 Bryan 6.3%
27 Huntsville 6.0%
28 Rockwall 6.0%
29 College Station 5.2%
30 Fate 4.6%
31 Fulshear 4.0%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

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.