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Unemployment rate in Forney

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 31 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2010 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2010 – 2025 percent · Forney · Texas · United States · World
+0.5 pp since 2015
Forney Texas United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Forney
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 Forney · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 3.5% · 2025
First value 5.9% · 2010
Highest 8.2% · 2020
Lowest 3.0% · 2015
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearForneyChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.5% −0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.6% +0.1 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.5% −0.7 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.2% −1.6 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.8% −2.4 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.2% +4.7 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.5% −0.5 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.0% ±0.0 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.0% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.2% +1.2 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.0% −0.7 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 3.7% −1.0 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 4.7% −0.6 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.3% −0.8 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 6.1% +0.2 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 5.9% 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
31 Fate 3.3%
30 Fulshear 3.7%
29 College Station 4.1%
28 Rockwall 4.3%
27 Bryan 4.8%
26 Pearland 5.0%
25 Huntsville 5.1%
24 Tyler 5.2%
23 Greenville 5.2%
22 Friendswood 5.2%
21 Katy 5.4%
20 Nacogdoches 5.5%
19 Conroe 5.5%
18 Sugar Land 5.6%
17 Corsicana 5.6%
16 Forney 5.8%
15 Rosenberg 6.1%
14 Houston 6.2%
13 Galveston 6.2%
12 Texarkana 6.3%
11 Lufkin 6.5%
10 Paris 6.6%
9 Longview 6.6%
8 Deer Park 7.0%
7 Alvin 7.0%
6 La Porte 7.4%
5 Lake Jackson 7.5%
4 Pasadena 7.6%
3 Beaumont 8.3%
2 Baytown 10.6%
1 Port Arthur 13.2%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

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.