Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Houston fell 0.6 percentage points in May 2020 to 14.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Houston peaked in April 2020 at 14.7% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Houston unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Texas	13.0%	-0.5	+9.6
Houston	14.1%	-0.6	+10.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Houston, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Houston, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Houston in May 2020 is at a new high of 469,055. Houston employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Houston, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Houston	469,055	+1,010	+342,658

Number of Unemployed Persons

Houston, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Houston Unemployment Rate	Houston Unemployed
July 2020	10.2%	—	—	—
June 2020	11.1%	8.6%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	13.0%	14.1%	469,055
April 2020	14.7%	13.5%	14.7%	468,045
March 2020	4.4%	5.1%	5.7%	193,401
February 2020	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	131,552
January 2020	3.6%	3.5%	3.8%	131,106
December 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	131,756
November 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	131,084
October 2019	3.6%	3.5%	3.8%	130,268
September 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	129,370
August 2019	3.7%	3.5%	3.7%	128,287