Where the labour force grew fastest across the Houston metro

the Houston metro · Data as of · ALEX Intelligence

1.0% 12-month growth in the county labour force — Waller County
#County12-month labour force growth
1Waller County1.0%
2Liberty County1.0%
3Austin County0.9%
4Fort Bend County0.7%
5Montgomery County0.6%
6Galveston County0.6%
7San Jacinto County0.6%
8Chambers County0.6%
9Brazoria County0.6%
10Harris County0.5%

Read this carefully: Not seasonally adjusted. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

Methodology

Source:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, July 2026 (county, seasonally unadjusted)
Measure
12-month labour force growth, ranked highest first across Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Waller, TX (10 ranked in total).
Universe
Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage
2026
Reproduce this query
https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/LAUCN484730000000003?startyear=2024&endyear=2026

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