College Station-Bryan, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for College Station fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2012 to 5.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in College Station peaked in December 2010 at 6.7% and is now 0.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare College Station unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Texas	7.0%	-0.1	-1.0
College Station	5.8%	-0.2	-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: College Station, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

College Station, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in College Station peaked in December 2010 at 7,763. There are now 1,073 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. College Station employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in College Station, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
College Station	6,690	-132	-657

Number of Unemployed Persons

College Station, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	College Station Unemployment Rate	College Station Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	6.9%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	7.0%	5.8%	6,690
February 2012	8.3%	7.1%	6.0%	6,822
January 2012	8.3%	7.3%	6.1%	6,963
December 2011	8.5%	7.4%	6.2%	7,154
November 2011	8.7%	7.6%	6.4%	7,342
October 2011	8.9%	7.8%	6.5%	7,598
September 2011	9.0%	7.9%	6.5%	7,526
August 2011	9.1%	8.1%	6.3%	7,369
July 2011	9.1%	8.1%	6.2%	7,288
June 2011	9.1%	8.1%	6.2%	7,183
May 2011	9.0%	8.1%	6.2%	7,219
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.2%	7,241