Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Dallas fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Dallas peaked in September 2011 at 8.4% and is now 0.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Dallas 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
Dallas	7.7%	-0.3	-0.6

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: Dallas, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Dallas, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Dallas peaked in September 2011 at 273,898. There are now 23,174 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Dallas employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Dallas, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Dallas	250,724	-11,015	-18,031

Number of Unemployed Persons

Dallas, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Dallas Unemployment Rate	Dallas Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	7.7%	250,724
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	8.0%	261,739
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	8.3%	272,694
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	8.4%	273,898
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	8.3%	271,241
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	8.3%	269,407
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	8.1%	264,874
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	8.0%	259,853
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	8.0%	259,610
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	8.1%	261,824
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	8.1%	263,345
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	8.3%	267,170