Laredo, Texas Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Laredo fell 0.4 percentage points in January 2021 to 8.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Laredo peaked in May 2020 at 14.3% and is now 6.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 8.0% in August 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Laredo 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 |
Laredo | 8.1% | -0.4 | +4.4 |
Unemployment Rate: Laredo, Texas, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Laredo, Texas Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Laredo peaked in May 2020 at 16,251. There are now 6,871 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Laredo employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Laredo, Texas) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Laredo | 9,380 | -512 | +4,917 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Laredo, Texas Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Texas Unemployment Rate |
Laredo Unemployment Rate |
Laredo Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
February 2021 |
6.2% | 6.9% | — | — |
January 2021 |
6.3% | 6.8% | 8.1% | 9,380 |
December 2020 |
6.7% | 6.9% | 8.5% | 9,892 |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 7.2% | 9.5% | 11,065 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 7.3% | 8.1% | 9,450 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.9% | 9.6% | 11,307 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 9,529 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 10,475 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.2% | 9.2% | 10,574 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 11.6% | 14.3% | 16,251 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 12.9% | 13.7% | 14,733 |
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. ↩