Galveston County Coronavirus Unemployment: 21,725 (March 7, 2020 – May 9, 2020)
Regional Unemployment Rate: 14.2% (April 2020)
- Represents 452,336 individuals looking for a new job
- UP from 5.5% last month
- UP from 3.3% from last year
- HIGHER than the statewide rate of 13%
- HIGHER than the national rate of 14.4%
Monthly Change
Employers in the Houston-Galveston region lost 312,100 jobs in April 2020.
- All major industries in the region experienced job loss in April
Year-over-Year Change
This represents a decrease of 265,700 jobs from April 2019 to April 2020, the largest decline on record
| More local workforce economy statistics can be found at Workforce Solutions. |
Updated: 2020-05-26