Abilene, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Abilene fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Abilene peaked in September 2011 at 7.2% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Abilene unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Texas	7.8%	-0.3	-0.5
Abilene	6.6%	-0.3	-0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Abilene, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Abilene, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Abilene peaked in September 2011 at 5,694. There are now 474 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Abilene employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Abilene, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Abilene	5,220	-212	-351

Number of Unemployed Persons

Abilene, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Abilene Unemployment Rate	Abilene Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	6.6%	5,220
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	6.9%	5,432
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	7.2%	5,664
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	7.2%	5,694
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	7.1%	5,607
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	7.0%	5,540
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	6.8%	5,429
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.5%	5,321
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.5%	5,316
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	6.5%	5,380
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	6.5%	5,453
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	6.6%	5,529