Texarkana, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Texarkana fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Texarkana peaked in August 2011 at 7.9% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Texarkana 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
Texarkana	7.3%	-0.3	-0.1

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: Texarkana, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Texarkana, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Texarkana peaked in September 2011 at 5,178. There are now 329 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Texarkana employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Texarkana, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Texarkana	4,849	-142	+17

Number of Unemployed Persons

Texarkana, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Texarkana Unemployment Rate	Texarkana Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	7.3%	4,849
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	7.6%	4,991
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	7.9%	5,155
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	7.9%	5,178
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	7.9%	5,111
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	7.8%	5,052
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	7.6%	4,970
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	7.5%	4,851
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	7.4%	4,809
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	7.3%	4,795
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	7.3%	4,771
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	7.3%	4,817