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Unemployment rate in Rockwall

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 29 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Rockwall · Texas · United States · World
−0.1 pp since 2015
Rockwall Texas United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Rockwall
3.6%
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 Rockwall · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 3.6% · 2025
First value 2.6% · 2000
Highest 7.0% · 2011
Lowest 2.6% · 2000
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearRockwallChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.6% ±0.0 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.6% +0.2 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.4% +0.2 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.2% −1.1 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.3% −1.7 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 6.0% +3.0 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.0% −0.2 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.2% −0.1 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.3% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.5% −0.2 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.7% −0.8 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.5% −1.2 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.7% −0.1 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.8% −1.2 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.0% +0.1 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 6.9% +0.4 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.5% +2.3 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.2% +0.5 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.7% −0.3 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.0% −0.2 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.2% −0.3 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.5% −0.6 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.1% +0.3 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.8% +1.3 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 3.5% +0.9 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.6% 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
28 Rockwall 3.5%
27 College Station 3.6%
26 Bryan 3.9%
25 Pearland 4.1%
24 Huntsville 4.1%
23 Forney 4.2%
22 Sugar Land 4.3%
21 Greenville 4.3%
20 Tyler 4.4%
19 Nacogdoches 4.4%
18 Corsicana 4.4%
17 Friendswood 4.6%
16 Conroe 4.6%
15 Texarkana 4.8%
14 Rosenberg 4.8%
13 Lake Jackson 4.8%
12 Houston 5.0%
11 Galveston 5.0%
10 Deer Park 5.2%
9 Paris 5.3%
8 Alvin 5.6%
7 Beaumont 5.8%
6 Lufkin 5.9%
5 Longview 5.9%
4 La Porte 6.0%
3 Pasadena 6.2%
2 Baytown 7.6%
1 Port Arthur 10.2%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

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.