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Longview, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Longview fell 0.3 percentage points in August 2021 to 6.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Longview peaked in April 2020 at 12.2% and is now 6.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Longview unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate August 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 5.2% -0.2 -3.2
Texas 5.9% -0.3 -1.0
Longview 6.2% -0.3 -0.8
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with August 2021 data as September metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Longview, Texas, National

Longview, Texas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Longview, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Longview peaked in April 2020 at 11,286. There are now 5,294 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Longview employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Longview, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons August 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Longview 5,992 -253 -725

Number of Unemployed Persons

Longview, Texas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Texas
Unemployment Rate		 Longview
Unemployment Rate		 Longview
Unemployed
September
2021		 4.8% — — —
August
2021		 5.2% 5.9% 6.2% 5,992
July
2021		 5.4% 6.2% 6.5% 6,245
June
2021		 5.9% 6.5% 7.4% 7,082
May
2021		 5.8% 6.6% 7.5% 7,250
April
2021		 6.1% 6.7% 7.7% 7,434
March
2021		 6.0% 6.9% 7.8% 7,512
February
2021		 6.2% 6.9% 7.8% 7,482
January
2021		 6.3% 6.8% 7.7% 7,417
December
2020		 6.7% 6.9% 7.8% 7,465
November
2020		 6.7% 7.2% 7.9% 7,615
October
2020		 6.9% 7.3% 8.0% 7,819

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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