Sherman-Denison, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sherman fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Sherman peaked in July 2011 at 8.9% and is now 0.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Sherman 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
Sherman	8.2%	-0.3	-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: Sherman, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Sherman, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Sherman peaked in September 2011 at 5,161. There are now 374 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Sherman employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Sherman, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Sherman	4,787	-185	-126

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sherman, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Sherman Unemployment Rate	Sherman Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	8.2%	4,787
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	8.5%	4,972
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	8.8%	5,138
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	8.9%	5,161
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	8.9%	5,124
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	8.9%	5,106
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	8.7%	5,031
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	8.5%	4,888
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	8.3%	4,784
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	8.3%	4,795
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	8.4%	4,825
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	8.5%	4,890