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Unemployment rate in Beaumont

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 4 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 · Beaumont · Texas · United States · World
−0.9 pp since 2015
Beaumont 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
Beaumont
5.2%
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 Beaumont · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 5.2% · 2025
First value 6.9% · 1990
Highest 10.5% · 2011
Lowest 4.9% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBeaumontChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 5.2% ±0.0 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 5.2% +0.1 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 5.1% ±0.0 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 5.1% −3.2 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 8.3% −2.2 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 10.5% +5.6 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.9% −0.4 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.3% −0.8 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 6.1% +0.3 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.8% −0.3 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 6.1% −1.4 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 7.5% −1.9 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 9.4% ±0.0 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 9.4% −1.1 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 10.5% +0.3 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.2% +1.8 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.4% +2.4 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.0% +0.9 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.1% −0.6 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 5.7% −1.6 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 7.3% −0.8 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 8.1% −0.5 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 8.6% +0.8 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.8% +0.7 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 7.1% +0.6 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 6.5% −1.6 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 8.1% +1.3 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 6.8% −0.5 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 7.3% −1.3 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 8.6% −0.4 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 9.0% −0.5 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 9.5% −0.6 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 10.1% +1.5 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 8.6% +1.9 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 6.7% −0.2 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 6.9% 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

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.