San Angelo, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Angelo fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in San Angelo peaked in September 2011 at 6.8% and is now 0.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Angelo 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
San Angelo	6.0%	-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: San Angelo, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Angelo, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Angelo peaked in September 2011 at 3,727. There are now 387 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. San Angelo employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Angelo, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Angelo	3,340	-146	-270

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Angelo, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	San Angelo Unemployment Rate	San Angelo Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	6.0%	3,340
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	6.3%	3,486
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	6.7%	3,674
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	6.8%	3,727
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	6.7%	3,666
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	6.7%	3,612
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	6.4%	3,501
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.3%	3,437
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.3%	3,445
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	6.4%	3,521
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	6.5%	3,596
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	6.6%	3,624