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Corpus Christi, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Corpus Christi fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2021 to 9.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.3 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Corpus Christi peaked in April 2020 at 16.2% and is now 7.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 8.1% in August 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.0 percentage points. You can also compare Corpus Christi unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.3% -0.4 +2.8
Texas 6.8% -0.1 +3.2
Corpus Christi 9.1% 0.0 +4.8
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2021 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Corpus Christi, Texas, National

Corpus Christi, Texas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Corpus Christi, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Corpus Christi peaked in April 2020 at 30,364. There are now 12,181 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 16,788 in August 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,395. Corpus Christi employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Corpus Christi, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Corpus Christi 18,183 -82 +9,271

Number of Unemployed Persons

Corpus Christi, Texas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Texas
Unemployment Rate		 Corpus Christi
Unemployment Rate		 Corpus Christi
Unemployed
March
2021		 6.0% — — —
February
2021		 6.2% 6.9% — —
January
2021		 6.3% 6.8% 9.1% 18,183
December
2020		 6.7% 6.9% 9.1% 18,265
November
2020		 6.7% 7.2% 10.1% 20,358
October
2020		 6.9% 7.3% 8.4% 16,793
September
2020		 7.8% 7.9% 9.8% 19,929
August
2020		 8.4% 6.9% 8.1% 16,788
July
2020		 10.2% 9.3% 9.6% 19,155
June
2020		 11.1% 10.2% 9.6% 19,038
May
2020		 13.3% 11.6% 15.0% 29,173
April
2020		 14.8% 12.9% 16.2% 30,364

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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