Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT482642000000004A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-04-29 10:07 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 104594
1991-01-01 120122
1992-01-01 155579
1993-01-01 161783
1994-01-01 149180
1995-01-01 134325
1996-01-01 126137
1997-01-01 123223
1998-01-01 105928
1999-01-01 115518
2000-01-01 103653
2001-01-01 113071
2002-01-01 151439
2003-01-01 173166
2004-01-01 160011
2005-01-01 149445
2006-01-01 135605
2007-01-01 117441
2008-01-01 133476
2009-01-01 218455
2010-01-01 250699
2011-01-01 247038
2012-01-01 204454
2013-01-01 193572
2014-01-01 162436
2015-01-01 151206
2016-01-01 174938
2017-01-01 168383
2018-01-01 147505
2019-01-01 130612
2020-01-01 296060
2021-01-01 218817
2022-01-01 151500
2023-01-01 157585
2024-01-01 166894

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