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Texarkana, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Texarkana fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Texarkana peaked in April 2020 at 13.3% and is now 9.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Texarkana unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Texas 3.9% +0.1 -0.4
Texarkana 4.1% -0.1 -0.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Texarkana, Texas, National

Texarkana, Texas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Texarkana, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Texarkana peaked in April 2020 at 8,145. There are now 5,512 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Texarkana 2,633 -49 -302

Number of Unemployed Persons

Texarkana, Texas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Texas
Unemployment Rate
Texarkana
Unemployment Rate
Texarkana
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 4.1% 2,633
December
2022
3.5% 3.8% 4.2% 2,682
November
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.3% 2,736
October
2022
3.7% 3.9% 4.3% 2,770
September
2022
3.5% 3.8% 4.3% 2,775
August
2022
3.7% 3.7% 4.3% 2,780
July
2022
3.5% 3.8% 4.4% 2,788
June
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.4% 2,789
May
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.4% 2,821
April
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.4% 2,847
March
2022
3.6% 3.9% 4.5% 2,858

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.