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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Unemployment rate in Paris

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 13 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 · Paris · Texas · United States · World
−0.4 pp since 2015
Paris 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
Paris
4.6%
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 Paris · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.6% · 2025
First value 7.8% · 1990
Highest 11.1% · 2011
Lowest 3.9% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearParisChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.6% +0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 4.5% −0.5 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 5.0% −0.1 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 5.1% −1.5 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 6.6% −1.0 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.6% +3.7 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.9% −0.5 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.4% −0.5 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.9% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.3% +0.3 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.0% −1.6 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.6% −2.3 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 8.9% −1.2 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 10.1% −1.0 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 11.1% +1.0 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.1% +1.8 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.3% +2.3 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.0% +0.8 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.2% −0.8 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 6.0% −1.0 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 7.0% +0.1 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.9% −0.9 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.8% +0.4 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.4% +0.7 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 6.7% +1.4 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 5.3% −1.5 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 6.8% −0.8 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 7.6% +1.0 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 6.6% −0.5 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 7.1% −1.5 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 8.6% −0.5 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 9.1% +0.3 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 8.8% −1.2 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 10.0% +1.4 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 8.6% +0.8 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 7.8% 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

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Port Arthur 11.5%
2 Baytown 7.5%
3 Beaumont 7.5%
4 Paris 6.6%
5 Greenville 6.2%
6 Huntsville 6.2%
7 Pasadena 6.2%
8 Texarkana 6.1%
9 Galveston 5.7%
10 Nacogdoches 5.6%
11 Corsicana 5.5%
12 La Porte 5.4%
13 Alvin 5.3%
14 Deer Park 5.3%
15 Lufkin 5.2%
16 Tyler 5.2%
17 Lake Jackson 5.0%
18 Houston 4.9%
19 Longview 4.9%
20 Rockwall 4.5%
21 Friendswood 4.4%
22 Rosenberg 4.4%
23 College Station 4.1%
24 Bryan 4.0%
25 Conroe 4.0%
26 Sugar Land 4.0%
27 Pearland 3.8%
28 Forney 3.7%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

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.