High Unemployment Area
Mcallen, TX Current Unemployment - 5.1%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
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1991
1990
Mcallen, TX Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2022
5.8%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.4%
4.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.4%
3.9%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.6%
3.7%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.7%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.4%
4.4%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.3%
4.3%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.1%
4.2%
3.7%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2021
7.8%
7.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.4%
7.5%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.9%
7.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
7.1%
6.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.8%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.7%
6.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.9%
5.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.4%
5.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.9%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.7%
4.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.1%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.9%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2020
5.0%
3.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.5%
3.6%
3.5%
3 / 2020
6.3%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2020
15.9%
13.0%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.5%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.7%
8.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.6%
8.3%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.5%
7.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.6%
8.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.5%
6.7%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.8%
6.9%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.5%
6.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2019
5.0%
4.1%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.3%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.1%
3.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.5%
3.0%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.7%
3.1%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.4%
3.7%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.7%
3.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.4%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.1%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.9%
3.3%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.3%
3.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.4%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2018
5.1%
4.2%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.0%
4.1%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.9%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.6%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.3%
3.6%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.1%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.0%
4.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.9%
3.9%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.4%
3.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.1%
3.5%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.1%
3.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.5%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2017
5.8%
5.0%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.8%
4.8%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.5%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.1%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.1%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.8%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.5%
3.8%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.6%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.6%
3.8%
4.1%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2016
5.2%
4.4%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.0%
4.4%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.1%
4.5%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.0%
4.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.9%
4.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.7%
4.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.0%
5.1%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.0%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.8%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.2%
4.6%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.1%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.4%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2015
5.2%
4.7%
5.7%
2 / 2015
4.9%
4.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
4.7%
4.3%
5.4%
4 / 2015
4.5%
4.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
4.9%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.4%
4.7%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.5%
4.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.2%
4.6%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.1%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2015
4.9%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
4.8%
4.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
4.5%
4.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2014
6.3%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
6.2%
5.7%
6.7%
3 / 2014
6.0%
5.4%
6.7%
4 / 2014
5.5%
4.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
5.7%
5.0%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.1%
5.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
6.3%
5.6%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.0%
5.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.5%
4.9%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.1%
4.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
4.9%
4.5%
5.8%
12 / 2014
4.6%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2013
7.6%
6.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
7.3%
6.5%
7.7%
3 / 2013
7.1%
6.2%
7.5%
4 / 2013
6.8%
6.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
6.9%
6.2%
7.5%
6 / 2013
7.5%
6.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
7.4%
6.6%
7.3%
8 / 2013
6.9%
6.3%
7.2%
9 / 2013
6.7%
6.1%
7.2%
10 / 2013
6.6%
6.0%
7.2%
11 / 2013
6.3%
5.7%
6.9%
12 / 2013
5.8%
5.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2012
7.6%
7.3%
8.3%
2 / 2012
7.4%
7.1%
8.3%
3 / 2012
7.2%
6.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
6.9%
6.4%
8.2%
5 / 2012
7.4%
6.7%
8.2%
6 / 2012
8.2%
7.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
8.1%
7.3%
8.2%
8 / 2012
7.7%
6.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
7.1%
6.4%
7.8%
10 / 2012
7.1%
6.3%
7.8%
11 / 2012
6.8%
6.1%
7.7%
12 / 2012
6.8%
6.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2011
8.3%
8.3%
9.1%
2 / 2011
8.1%
8.0%
9.0%
3 / 2011
8.0%
7.7%
9.0%
4 / 2011
7.8%
7.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
7.8%
7.6%
9.0%
6 / 2011
8.8%
8.4%
9.1%
7 / 2011
8.7%
8.3%
9.0%
8 / 2011
8.4%
8.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
8.1%
7.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
7.7%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
7.4%
7.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
7.2%
6.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2010
8.5%
8.6%
9.8%
2 / 2010
8.3%
8.4%
9.8%
3 / 2010
8.3%
8.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
8.0%
7.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
8.1%
7.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
8.5%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
8.8%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
8.3%
8.2%
9.5%
9 / 2010
8.1%
8.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
8.0%
7.8%
9.4%
11 / 2010
8.3%
8.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
7.9%
7.8%
9.3%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2009
6.3%
6.4%
7.8%
2 / 2009
6.3%
6.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
6.2%
6.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
5.6%
6.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
6.6%
7.3%
9.4%
6 / 2009
7.9%
8.5%
9.5%
7 / 2009
7.9%
8.6%
9.5%
8 / 2009
7.6%
8.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
7.6%
8.3%
9.8%
10 / 2009
7.4%
8.1%
10.0%
11 / 2009
7.3%
8.0%
9.9%
12 / 2009
7.3%
8.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2008
4.7%
4.6%
5.0%
2 / 2008
4.5%
4.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
4.3%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
3.9%
3.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
4.4%
4.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.0%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
5.3%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
5.4%
5.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
5.1%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2008
5.0%
5.1%
6.5%
11 / 2008
5.3%
5.2%
6.8%
12 / 2008
5.5%
5.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2007
5.0%
4.7%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.9%
4.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.5%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.3%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.2%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.8%
4.6%
4.6%
7 / 2007
4.9%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.5%
4.3%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.5%
4.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.2%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.4%
4.1%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.6%
4.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2006
5.2%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.5%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.3%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.4%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.3%
4.9%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.7%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.7%
5.4%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.2%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.9%
4.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.4%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.7%
4.4%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.5%
4.1%
4.4%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2005
6.1%
5.9%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.1%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.7%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.3%
5.2%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.3%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.8%
5.7%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.8%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.5%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.0%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.5%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.9%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.9%
5.0%
4.9%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2004
7.7%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.0%
6.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.0%
6.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.1%
5.7%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.9%
5.7%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.7%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.6%
6.2%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.1%
5.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.8%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.6%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.1%
5.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.4%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2003
8.7%
7.0%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.1%
6.8%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.6%
6.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.0%
6.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.8%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.9%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.7%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.4%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.1%
6.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.6%
6.3%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.0%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.0%
5.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2002
8.4%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.6%
6.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.4%
6.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.1%
6.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.7%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.8%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.8%
6.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.4%
6.5%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.1%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.8%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.8%
6.4%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.1%
6.2%
6.0%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2001
7.4%
4.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.2%
4.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.7%
4.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.1%
4.3%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.7%
4.4%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.9%
5.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
7.1%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
7.0%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.7%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.4%
5.4%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.2%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
7.5%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2000
7.9%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.7%
4.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.9%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.0%
4.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.9%
4.3%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.4%
4.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.4%
4.5%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.4%
4.4%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.9%
4.2%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.5%
3.9%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.4%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.0%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1999
13.7%
4.9%
4.3%
2 / 1999
12.8%
4.8%
4.4%
3 / 1999
11.1%
4.4%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.5%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
9.0%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.3%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
10.4%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.6%
4.7%
4.2%
9 / 1999
9.8%
4.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
9.0%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 1999
9.9%
4.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
10.1%
4.2%
4.0%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1998
15.5%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
14.5%
4.9%
4.6%
3 / 1998
13.8%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 1998
11.7%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1998
11.0%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 1998
13.1%
5.5%
4.5%
7 / 1998
12.7%
5.3%
4.5%
8 / 1998
13.3%
5.1%
4.5%
9 / 1998
13.4%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
12.3%
4.7%
4.5%
11 / 1998
12.5%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
12.6%
4.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1997
16.2%
6.0%
5.3%
2 / 1997
15.5%
5.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
14.0%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 1997
11.8%
5.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
11.5%
5.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.9%
5.9%
5.0%
7 / 1997
13.0%
5.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
12.3%
5.3%
4.8%
9 / 1997
12.5%
5.2%
4.9%
10 / 1997
11.6%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
12.5%
4.6%
4.6%
12 / 1997
13.1%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1996
17.6%
6.6%
5.6%
2 / 1996
16.4%
6.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
15.0%
5.9%
5.5%
4 / 1996
13.3%
5.6%
5.6%
5 / 1996
12.5%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
13.2%
6.0%
5.3%
7 / 1996
13.4%
6.0%
5.5%
8 / 1996
13.2%
5.4%
5.1%
9 / 1996
13.4%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
12.4%
5.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
14.1%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 1996
13.5%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1995
15.7%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1995
15.4%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
14.1%
5.7%
5.4%
4 / 1995
13.3%
5.9%
5.8%
5 / 1995
13.7%
5.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
13.9%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 1995
14.8%
6.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
14.4%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
14.4%
6.2%
5.6%
10 / 1995
13.8%
5.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
15.4%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
15.2%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1994
17.8%
7.5%
6.6%
2 / 1994
17.2%
7.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
15.9%
6.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
13.4%
6.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
12.4%
6.3%
6.1%
6 / 1994
14.0%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 1994
14.6%
6.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
14.0%
6.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
13.9%
6.2%
5.9%
10 / 1994
13.0%
5.8%
5.8%
11 / 1994
12.7%
5.7%
5.6%
12 / 1994
13.5%
5.4%
5.5%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1993
18.2%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1993
18.0%
7.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
16.2%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
13.7%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
13.0%
6.9%
7.1%
6 / 1993
14.0%
7.7%
7.0%
7 / 1993
15.1%
7.4%
6.9%
8 / 1993
14.2%
7.0%
6.8%
9 / 1993
14.5%
6.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
14.2%
6.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
14.1%
6.7%
6.6%
12 / 1993
15.4%
6.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1992
20.4%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
20.6%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
18.4%
7.6%
7.4%
4 / 1992
15.3%
7.2%
7.4%
5 / 1992
14.4%
7.5%
7.6%
6 / 1992
15.5%
8.4%
7.8%
7 / 1992
16.2%
7.9%
7.7%
8 / 1992
15.3%
7.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
15.7%
7.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
14.4%
7.1%
7.3%
11 / 1992
14.4%
7.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
16.4%
7.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1991
19.9%
6.9%
6.4%
2 / 1991
19.5%
7.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
18.0%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
15.2%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
13.6%
6.8%
6.9%
6 / 1991
13.7%
7.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
13.9%
7.0%
6.8%
8 / 1991
13.7%
6.8%
6.9%
9 / 1991
14.6%
6.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
15.0%
6.8%
7.0%
11 / 1991
16.8%
7.0%
7.0%
12 / 1991
17.7%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Mcallen, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1990
19.4%
6.6%
5.4%
2 / 1990
21.7%
6.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
19.6%
6.2%
5.2%
4 / 1990
17.1%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
14.0%
6.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
13.5%
6.5%
5.2%
7 / 1990
14.2%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
14.2%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1990
15.0%
6.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
13.9%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
17.1%
6.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
17.4%
6.3%
6.3%