# Employment: Fort Bend County, TX (U)

Employment: Fort Bend County, TX (U) was up 0.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.0% in August 2025.
The level stood at 464,355 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.3% (Apr 2020) to 16.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 3.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-TX-48157.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-fort-bend-county-tx-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 464,355 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 462,422 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 461,121 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 460,637 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 462,690 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 462,124 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 462,276 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 461,385 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 458,885 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 464,342 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 464,303 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 462,845 thousands | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 459,521 thousands | 1.0 |
| July 2025 | 460,351 thousands | 1.7 |
| June 2025 | 462,810 thousands | 1.7 |
| May 2025 | 461,279 thousands | 1.7 |
| April 2025 | 465,439 thousands | 2.2 |
| March 2025 | 462,654 thousands | 1.9 |
| February 2025 | 460,604 thousands | 2.1 |
| January 2025 | 458,915 thousands | 2.6 |
| December 2024 | 460,438 thousands | 3.5 |
| November 2024 | 459,459 thousands | 2.7 |
| October 2024 | 458,980 thousands | 3.3 |
| September 2024 | 458,605 thousands | 3.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-TX-48157.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-TX-48157.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```