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Unemployment rate in College Station

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 27 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 · College Station · Texas · United States · World
+0.6 pp since 2015
College Station 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
College Station
3.8%
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 College Station · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.8% · 2025
First value 5.6% · 1990
Highest 6.3% · 2010
Lowest 1.8% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCollege StationChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.8% +0.2 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.6% ±0.0 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.6% +0.2 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.4% −0.7 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.1% −1.1 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 5.2% +2.2 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.0% −0.1 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.1% −0.2 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.3% −0.3 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.6% +0.4 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.2% −0.9 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.1% −0.8 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 4.9% −0.2 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.1% −1.0 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 6.1% −0.2 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 6.3% +0.9 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 5.4% +1.3 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.1% +0.3 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.8% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.2% −0.1 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.3% −0.2 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.5% −0.5 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.0% +0.5 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.5% +0.6 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 3.9% ±0.0 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.9% +2.0 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 1.9% +0.1 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 1.8% −0.5 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 2.3% −0.4 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 2.7% −0.5 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 3.2% +0.3 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 2.9% +0.1 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 2.8% −0.3 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 3.1% −0.6 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 3.7% −1.9 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 5.6% 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

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
31 Fate 3.4%
30 Bryan 3.4%
29 Rockwall 3.6%
28 Forney 3.6%
27 College Station 3.6%
26 Fulshear 3.7%
25 Tyler 3.8%
24 Conroe 3.8%
23 Sugar Land 3.9%
22 Pearland 4.0%
21 Greenville 4.0%
20 Friendswood 4.0%
19 Huntsville 4.1%
18 Katy 4.2%
17 Lufkin 4.3%
16 Rosenberg 4.4%
15 Texarkana 4.5%
14 Paris 4.5%
13 Nacogdoches 4.5%
12 Houston 4.5%
11 Galveston 4.5%
10 Alvin 4.5%
9 Corsicana 4.6%
8 Longview 4.7%
7 Deer Park 4.7%
6 Lake Jackson 4.9%
5 La Porte 5.0%
4 Pasadena 5.2%
3 Beaumont 5.2%
2 Baytown 6.9%
1 Port Arthur 8.6%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

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.