# Unemployment: Fort Bend County, TX (U)

Unemployment: Fort Bend County, TX (U) was up 10.1% year on year in September 2025, compared with 3.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 21,769 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.1% (May 2021) to 282.2% (Apr 2020), averaging 11.1%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 21,769 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 23,291 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 24,187 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 24,550 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 21,581 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 20,249 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 20,536 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 22,146 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 22,373 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 19,723 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 21,659 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 22,439 thousands | 10.1 |
| August 2025 | 22,632 thousands | 3.7 |
| July 2025 | 21,827 thousands | −1.5 |
| June 2025 | 20,739 thousands | −1.9 |
| May 2025 | 19,419 thousands | 7.4 |
| April 2025 | 18,626 thousands | 10.4 |
| March 2025 | 19,794 thousands | 7.0 |
| February 2025 | 20,960 thousands | 4.6 |
| January 2025 | 20,406 thousands | 6.3 |
| December 2024 | 18,402 thousands | 9.9 |
| November 2024 | 20,264 thousands | 19.7 |
| October 2024 | 20,182 thousands | 13.5 |
| September 2024 | 20,384 thousands | 9.6 |

## API

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

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