Fort Bend County, TX Unemployment Rate Report

Fort Bend County, TX Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Fort Bend County, Texas has ranged from 2.4% in April 1998 to 12.8% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for Fort Bend County is 4.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Fort Bend County, TX Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Fort Bend County, TX Current Unemployment - 4.2%

Fort Bend County, TX Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2022	5.0%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.0%	3.9%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.8%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.9%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.4%	4.4%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.4%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.2%	4.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2021	7.7%	7.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.0%	7.5%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.6%	7.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.8%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.3%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.9%	6.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.4%	5.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.7%	5.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.2%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.0%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.8%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.4%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2020	3.6%	3.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.5%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.0%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.7%	13.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.8%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.8%	8.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.5%	8.3%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.2%	7.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.5%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.1%	6.7%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.4%	6.9%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.4%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2019	4.0%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.7%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.0%	3.0%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.1%	3.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.6%	3.7%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.8%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.7%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.3%	3.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.3%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.2%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2018	4.4%	4.2%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.3%	4.1%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.1%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.8%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.7%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.3%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.1%	4.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.0%	3.9%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.8%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.6%	3.5%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.5%	3.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.6%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2017	5.4%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.3%	4.8%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.9%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.6%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.5%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.7%	4.5%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.5%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.1%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.2%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.1%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2016	4.5%	4.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.5%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.6%	4.5%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.6%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.6%	4.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.4%	4.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.5%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.5%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.5%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.2%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2015	4.2%	4.7%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.0%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	3.9%	4.3%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.7%	4.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.1%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.5%	4.7%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.6%	4.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.5%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.4%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.4%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.4%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.3%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2014	5.0%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.0%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	4.7%	5.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.2%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.5%	5.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.9%	5.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.9%	5.6%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.8%	5.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.4%	4.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.2%	4.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.1%	4.5%	5.8%
12 / 2014	3.7%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2013	6.0%	6.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	5.7%	6.5%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.4%	6.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.2%	6.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.4%	6.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.0%	6.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.8%	6.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.6%	6.3%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.4%	6.1%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.3%	6.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.0%	5.7%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.7%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2012	6.5%	7.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.3%	7.1%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.0%	6.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.7%	6.4%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.9%	6.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.5%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.5%	7.3%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.1%	6.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.6%	6.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.6%	6.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.4%	6.1%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.4%	6.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2011	7.6%	8.3%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.3%	8.0%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.1%	7.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.8%	7.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.0%	7.6%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.7%	8.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.6%	8.3%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.4%	8.0%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.2%	7.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.8%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.4%	7.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.2%	6.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2010	8.0%	8.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.8%	8.4%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.8%	8.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.4%	7.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.4%	7.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.9%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.9%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.7%	8.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.4%	8.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.3%	7.8%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.6%	8.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.2%	7.8%	9.3%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2009	5.7%	6.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.8%	6.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	5.9%	6.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.6%	6.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.8%	7.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.9%	8.5%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.1%	8.6%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.1%	8.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.1%	8.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.0%	8.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.8%	8.0%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.8%	8.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2008	4.2%	4.6%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.0%	4.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.9%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.6%	3.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.9%	4.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.6%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.6%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.7%	5.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.7%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.7%	5.1%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.8%	5.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.8%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2007	4.3%	4.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.2%	4.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.8%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.7%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.7%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.4%	4.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.3%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.1%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.1%	4.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.8%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.9%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.9%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2006	5.2%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.1%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.8%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.8%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.8%	4.9%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.2%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.1%	5.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.8%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.6%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.2%	4.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.8%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2005	5.6%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.7%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.2%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.9%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.9%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.4%	5.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.3%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.1%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.5%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.1%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.4%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.9%	5.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2004	5.9%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.6%	6.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.7%	6.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.3%	5.7%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.3%	5.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.0%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.7%	6.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.4%	5.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.3%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.2%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.3%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.0%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2003	5.7%	7.0%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.8%	6.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.8%	6.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.9%	6.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.1%	6.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.1%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.7%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.5%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.3%	6.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.0%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.9%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.3%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2002	4.9%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.7%	6.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.9%	6.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.0%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.0%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.8%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.5%	6.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.4%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.2%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.2%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.4%	6.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.1%	6.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2001	3.3%	4.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.2%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.4%	4.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.4%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.5%	4.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.3%	5.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.1%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.3%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.2%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.2%	5.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.3%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.2%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2000	3.9%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.8%	4.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.7%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.3%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.6%	4.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.0%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.8%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.7%	4.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.5%	4.2%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.2%	3.9%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.1%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.7%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1999	2.8%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.9%	4.8%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.9%	4.4%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.2%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.3%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.6%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.6%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.5%	4.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.6%	4.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.3%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.1%	4.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.9%	4.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1998	3.0%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.9%	4.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.8%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.4%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.7%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.2%	5.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.1%	5.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.0%	5.1%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.0%	5.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.7%	4.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.6%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.4%	4.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1997	3.1%	6.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.1%	5.9%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.2%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.8%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.0%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.4%	5.9%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.3%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.2%	5.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.2%	5.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.0%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.8%	4.6%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.6%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1996	3.3%	6.6%	5.6%
2 / 1996	3.2%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.2%	5.9%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.0%	5.6%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.1%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.3%	6.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	3.2%	6.0%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.0%	5.4%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.0%	5.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.9%	5.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.9%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.8%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1995	4.0%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.6%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.5%	5.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.5%	5.9%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.5%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.1%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.0%	6.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.8%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.9%	6.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.6%	5.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.3%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.1%	5.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1994	4.6%	7.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.6%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.4%	6.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.5%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.5%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.0%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.0%	6.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.9%	6.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.7%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.3%	5.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.0%	5.7%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.5%	5.4%	5.5%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1993	4.9%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1993	4.9%	7.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.6%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.6%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.8%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.4%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.1%	7.4%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.8%	7.0%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.8%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.9%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.7%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.3%	6.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1992	4.3%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	4.4%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	4.3%	7.6%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.0%	7.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	4.3%	7.5%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.9%	8.4%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.9%	7.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.9%	7.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	4.9%	7.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.7%	7.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.1%	7.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.7%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1991	3.5%	6.9%	6.4%
2 / 1991	3.6%	7.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	3.5%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.3%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.6%	6.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.0%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	3.8%	7.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.7%	6.8%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.9%	6.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.9%	6.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.8%	7.0%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.8%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Fort Bend County, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1990	3.6%	6.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.5%	6.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.3%	6.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.2%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.2%	6.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.7%	6.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.6%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.7%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.8%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.5%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.5%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.3%	6.3%	6.3%