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12 Republican2 Independent53 Unknown affiliation 60 Democratic12 Republican2 Independent53 Unknown affiliation John Whitmire (Democratic) has been Mayor of Houston since 1 Jan 2024. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 4.9% of the labour force, 0.5 percentage points higher than when John Whitmire took office in January 2024; Texas's moved +0.4 percentage points over the same months. Among the 106 cities with a year or more of figures, Houston ranks 6th on the fall in violent crime and 96th of 116 on pay growth. Under Sylvester Turner (2016 to 2024) the unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points. Since day zero typical home value fell 1.6% a year, 4.4% in all.
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