San Angelo, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Angelo fell 0.1 percentage points in July 2020 to 7.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in San Angelo peaked in April 2020 at 11.1% and is now 4.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Angelo unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	10.2%	-0.9	+6.5
Texas	8.0%	-0.4	+4.5
San Angelo	7.1%	-0.1	+4.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2020 data as August 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 May 2020 at 5,359. There are now 1,688 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	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Angelo	3,671	-12	+2,053

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Angelo, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	San Angelo Unemployment Rate	San Angelo Unemployed
August 2020	8.4%	6.8%	—	—
July 2020	10.2%	8.0%	7.1%	3,671
June 2020	11.1%	8.4%	7.2%	3,683
May 2020	13.3%	13.0%	10.7%	5,359
April 2020	14.7%	13.5%	11.1%	5,341
March 2020	4.4%	5.1%	4.4%	2,415
February 2020	3.5%	3.5%	3.0%	1,683
January 2020	3.6%	3.5%	3.0%	1,689
December 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.1%	1,706
November 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.1%	1,694
October 2019	3.6%	3.5%	3.0%	1,679
September 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.0%	1,662