Unemployment Rate in Fort Bend County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.0%
Rank #2,051/3,222 · #150 in TX
36th
Fort Bend 5.0%
TX 5.2% -3.4%
US 5.3% -4.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Fort Bend County's unemployment rate of 5.0% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Fort Bend County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,048 | Ford County, KS | 5.0% |
| #2,049 | Ogle County, IL | 5.0% |
| #2,050 | Kittson County, MN | 5.0% |
| #2,051 | Fort Bend County, TX | 5.0% |
| #2,052 | Aguada Municipio, PR | 5.0% |
| #2,053 | Madison County, KY | 5.1% |
| #2,054 | Cumberland County, TN | 5.1% |
About Unemployment Rate
Fort Bend County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, ranking #2,051 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 4.8% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Texas, it ranks #150 of 254. This places it in the 36th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.