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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Unemployment rate in Bryan

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 30 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 · Bryan · Texas · United States · World
±0.0 pp since 2015
Bryan 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
Bryan
3.5%
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 Bryan · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.5% · 2025
First value 5.4% · 1990
Highest 6.5% · 2010
Lowest 1.8% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBryanChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.5% +0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.4% ±0.0 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.4% −0.1 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.5% −1.3 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.8% −1.5 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 6.3% +3.4 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.9% −0.3 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.2% −0.3 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.5% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.9% +0.4 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.5% −0.5 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.0% −1.1 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.1% −0.3 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.4% −1.0 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 6.4% −0.1 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 6.5% +1.0 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 5.5% +1.8 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 3.7% +0.2 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.5% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.9% −0.3 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.2% −0.4 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.6% −0.5 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.1% +0.5 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.6% +0.6 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.0% ±0.0 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.0% +2.2 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 1.8% ±0.0 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 1.8% −0.4 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 2.2% −0.4 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 2.6% −0.5 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 3.1% +0.3 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 2.8% +0.1 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 2.7% −0.3 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 3.0% −0.5 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 3.5% −1.9 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 5.4% 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
1 Port Arthur 9.9%
2 Baytown 7.0%
3 Beaumont 6.1%
4 Pasadena 5.7%
5 Huntsville 5.5%
6 Lufkin 5.4%
7 Greenville 5.1%
8 Galveston 5.0%
9 Paris 5.0%
10 Longview 4.9%
11 Alvin 4.8%
12 La Porte 4.8%
13 Texarkana 4.8%
14 Nacogdoches 4.7%
15 Deer Park 4.6%
16 Corsicana 4.4%
17 Houston 4.3%
18 Lake Jackson 4.3%
19 Rosenberg 4.3%
20 Tyler 4.2%
21 Friendswood 3.9%
22 Conroe 3.8%
23 Rockwall 3.7%
24 Sugar Land 3.6%
25 Bryan 3.5%
26 Pearland 3.5%
27 College Station 3.2%
28 Forney 3.0%

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.