Unemployment Rate in Fort Bend County, TX
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Fort Bend County Compares
National Distribution
Where Fort Bend County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Fort Bend County: 5.0%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #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% |
Unemployment Rate in Fort Bend County, Texas
Fort Bend County, Texas has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, which ranks #2,051 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 4.8% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Texas, Fort Bend County ranks #150 of 254 out of 254 counties. This places it in the 36th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.