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Texarkana, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Texarkana fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2021 to 4.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Texarkana peaked in April 2020 at 13.8% and is now 9.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Texarkana unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Texas 5.2% -0.2 -2.0
Texarkana 4.8% -0.2 -1.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December 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 8,494. There are now 5,450 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Texarkana 3,044 -122 -818

Number of Unemployed Persons

Texarkana, Texas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Texas
Unemployment Rate		 Texarkana
Unemployment Rate		 Texarkana
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 5.2% 4.8% 3,044
October
2021		 4.6% 5.4% 5.0% 3,166
September
2021		 4.7% 5.6% 5.2% 3,309
August
2021		 5.2% 5.9% 5.5% 3,465
July
2021		 5.4% 6.2% 5.6% 3,575
June
2021		 5.9% 6.5% 6.2% 3,991
May
2021		 5.8% 6.6% 6.3% 4,044
April
2021		 6.0% 6.7% 6.3% 4,063
March
2021		 6.0% 6.9% 6.2% 4,001
February
2021		 6.2% 6.9% 6.1% 3,882
January
2021		 6.4% 6.8% 5.3% 3,401

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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