Amarillo, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Amarillo fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 5.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.3 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Amarillo peaked in December 2010 at 5.9% and is now 0.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.5% in April 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Amarillo 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
Amarillo	5.5%	-0.1	-0.4

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: Amarillo, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Amarillo, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Amarillo peaked in October 2011 at 7,808. There are now 443 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Amarillo employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Amarillo, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Amarillo	7,365	-197	-426

Number of Unemployed Persons

Amarillo, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Amarillo Unemployment Rate	Amarillo Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	5.5%	7,365
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	5.6%	7,562
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	5.9%	7,808
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	5.8%	7,766
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	5.8%	7,631
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	5.8%	7,600
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	5.6%	7,479
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	5.5%	7,386
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	5.5%	7,349
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	5.6%	7,406
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	5.7%	7,558
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	5.8%	7,728