Very High Unemployment Area
Brownsville, TX Current Unemployment - 6.5%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
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1990
Brownsville, TX Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2022
7.9%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
7.4%
4.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.1%
3.9%
3.6%
4 / 2022
6.0%
3.7%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.1%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
7.1%
4.4%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.9%
4.3%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.5%
4.2%
3.7%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2021
11.2%
7.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
11.6%
7.5%
6.2%
3 / 2021
10.4%
7.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
9.7%
6.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
8.8%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
10.2%
6.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
8.7%
5.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
8.0%
5.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.4%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.0%
4.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.9%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2021
7.0%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2020
6.9%
3.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.2%
3.6%
3.5%
3 / 2020
8.5%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2020
17.6%
13.0%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.8%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
12.9%
8.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
13.0%
8.3%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.3%
7.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
10.8%
8.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
10.0%
6.7%
6.9%
11 / 2020
10.3%
6.9%
6.7%
12 / 2020
10.4%
6.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2019
6.8%
4.1%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.1%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.6%
3.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.9%
3.0%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.1%
3.1%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.0%
3.7%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.2%
3.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.1%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.6%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.5%
3.3%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.8%
3.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
6.2%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2018
7.2%
4.2%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.9%
4.1%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.5%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.4%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.9%
3.6%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.1%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.7%
4.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.3%
3.9%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.6%
3.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.2%
3.5%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.4%
3.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.9%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2017
8.9%
5.0%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.2%
4.8%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.4%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
7.2%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.8%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.9%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
7.6%
4.5%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.6%
4.5%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.8%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.9%
3.8%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.2%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.3%
3.8%
4.1%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2016
7.4%
4.4%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.2%
4.4%
4.9%
3 / 2016
7.3%
4.5%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.1%
4.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.1%
4.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.5%
4.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.4%
5.1%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.4%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.2%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.5%
4.6%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.7%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
8.1%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2015
8.0%
4.7%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.3%
4.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.2%
4.3%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.6%
4.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.7%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 2015
7.2%
4.7%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.2%
4.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.9%
4.6%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.6%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.4%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.8%
4.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.9%
4.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2014
9.6%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.6%
5.7%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.0%
5.4%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.0%
4.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.2%
5.0%
6.3%
6 / 2014
8.7%
5.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.8%
5.6%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.4%
5.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.3%
4.9%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.2%
4.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.5%
4.5%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.3%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2013
10.3%
6.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
9.7%
6.5%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.4%
6.2%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.1%
6.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.5%
6.2%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.4%
6.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.7%
6.6%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.5%
6.3%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.5%
6.1%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.6%
6.0%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.3%
5.7%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.0%
5.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2012
10.5%
7.3%
8.3%
2 / 2012
10.3%
7.1%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.8%
6.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.4%
6.4%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.6%
6.7%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.6%
7.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.8%
7.3%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.3%
6.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.6%
6.4%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.3%
6.3%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.2%
6.1%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.5%
6.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2011
12.1%
8.3%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.9%
8.0%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.3%
7.7%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.2%
7.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
11.2%
7.6%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.8%
8.4%
9.1%
7 / 2011
11.6%
8.3%
9.0%
8 / 2011
11.5%
8.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
11.1%
7.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.6%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.3%
7.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
10.2%
6.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2010
11.2%
8.6%
9.8%
2 / 2010
11.0%
8.4%
9.8%
3 / 2010
10.9%
8.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
10.6%
7.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.6%
7.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.5%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.5%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
11.7%
8.2%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.2%
8.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
10.9%
7.8%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.5%
8.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
11.4%
7.8%
9.3%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2009
8.9%
6.4%
7.8%
2 / 2009
9.2%
6.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
9.0%
6.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
8.1%
6.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
9.4%
7.3%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.9%
8.5%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.9%
8.6%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.8%
8.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.7%
8.3%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.3%
8.1%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.5%
8.0%
9.9%
12 / 2009
10.9%
8.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2008
6.3%
4.6%
5.0%
2 / 2008
5.9%
4.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
5.8%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.4%
3.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.0%
4.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.1%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
7.2%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.5%
5.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.2%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.0%
5.1%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.2%
5.2%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.0%
5.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2007
6.7%
4.7%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.4%
4.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.7%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.5%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.5%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.6%
4.6%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.5%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.9%
4.3%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.9%
4.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.5%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.6%
4.1%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.9%
4.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2006
7.0%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.1%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.8%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.5%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.4%
4.9%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.3%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
7.0%
5.4%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.6%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.2%
4.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.8%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.0%
4.4%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.8%
4.1%
4.4%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2005
9.0%
5.9%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.8%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.2%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.5%
5.2%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.4%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.4%
5.7%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.0%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.4%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.0%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.4%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.0%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.5%
5.0%
4.9%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2004
11.5%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
10.4%
6.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
10.4%
6.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
9.4%
5.7%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.3%
5.7%
5.6%
6 / 2004
10.3%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
9.8%
6.2%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.2%
5.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
9.1%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
9.1%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.7%
5.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
9.7%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2003
11.2%
7.0%
5.8%
2 / 2003
10.8%
6.8%
5.9%
3 / 2003
10.7%
6.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
10.5%
6.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.4%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
12.0%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.3%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.9%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
10.5%
6.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
10.3%
6.3%
6.0%
11 / 2003
10.7%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
10.4%
5.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2002
10.7%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
10.1%
6.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
10.5%
6.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
9.2%
6.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.9%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2002
10.5%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
10.2%
6.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
10.7%
6.5%
5.7%
9 / 2002
10.2%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
10.1%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.0%
6.4%
5.9%
12 / 2002
10.8%
6.2%
6.0%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2001
8.1%
4.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.8%
4.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.8%
4.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.7%
4.3%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.6%
4.4%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.4%
5.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
10.0%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
9.0%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
9.2%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.7%
5.4%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.3%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
9.7%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2000
9.5%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2000
9.5%
4.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
8.8%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
7.7%
4.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.6%
4.3%
4.0%
6 / 2000
8.1%
4.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.9%
4.5%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.6%
4.4%
4.1%
9 / 2000
7.2%
4.2%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.8%
3.9%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.3%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.7%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1999
15.1%
4.9%
4.3%
2 / 1999
14.3%
4.8%
4.4%
3 / 1999
11.5%
4.4%
4.2%
4 / 1999
10.6%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
10.5%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
11.6%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
11.6%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 1999
10.1%
4.7%
4.2%
9 / 1999
10.6%
4.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
10.0%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 1999
10.9%
4.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
10.6%
4.2%
4.0%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1998
15.6%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
15.0%
4.9%
4.6%
3 / 1998
15.0%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 1998
13.6%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1998
13.8%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 1998
16.1%
5.5%
4.5%
7 / 1998
15.9%
5.3%
4.5%
8 / 1998
14.8%
5.1%
4.5%
9 / 1998
14.8%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
13.8%
4.7%
4.5%
11 / 1998
13.1%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
14.2%
4.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1997
15.0%
6.0%
5.3%
2 / 1997
14.9%
5.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
14.3%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 1997
13.7%
5.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
13.6%
5.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
15.6%
5.9%
5.0%
7 / 1997
16.0%
5.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
13.9%
5.3%
4.8%
9 / 1997
13.6%
5.2%
4.9%
10 / 1997
13.3%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
13.6%
4.6%
4.6%
12 / 1997
13.3%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1996
15.8%
6.6%
5.6%
2 / 1996
15.2%
6.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
15.9%
5.9%
5.5%
4 / 1996
14.0%
5.6%
5.6%
5 / 1996
14.8%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
15.0%
6.0%
5.3%
7 / 1996
17.4%
6.0%
5.5%
8 / 1996
13.4%
5.4%
5.1%
9 / 1996
13.2%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
13.1%
5.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
14.0%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 1996
13.3%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1995
14.5%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1995
13.9%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
13.4%
5.7%
5.4%
4 / 1995
13.6%
5.9%
5.8%
5 / 1995
14.9%
5.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
16.1%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 1995
16.8%
6.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
15.0%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
14.6%
6.2%
5.6%
10 / 1995
13.9%
5.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
14.8%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
14.1%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1994
18.7%
7.5%
6.6%
2 / 1994
16.4%
7.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
15.2%
6.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
14.2%
6.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
14.1%
6.3%
6.1%
6 / 1994
16.1%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 1994
16.2%
6.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
14.6%
6.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
13.8%
6.2%
5.9%
10 / 1994
12.9%
5.8%
5.8%
11 / 1994
12.6%
5.7%
5.6%
12 / 1994
12.3%
5.4%
5.5%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1993
16.7%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1993
16.5%
7.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
14.8%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
14.2%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
14.5%
6.9%
7.1%
6 / 1993
16.8%
7.7%
7.0%
7 / 1993
16.9%
7.4%
6.9%
8 / 1993
15.3%
7.0%
6.8%
9 / 1993
14.8%
6.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
14.8%
6.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
14.9%
6.7%
6.6%
12 / 1993
14.8%
6.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1992
19.1%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
19.4%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
16.9%
7.6%
7.4%
4 / 1992
15.4%
7.2%
7.4%
5 / 1992
15.7%
7.5%
7.6%
6 / 1992
18.4%
8.4%
7.8%
7 / 1992
18.5%
7.9%
7.7%
8 / 1992
16.5%
7.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
15.8%
7.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
14.6%
7.1%
7.3%
11 / 1992
15.3%
7.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
15.5%
7.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1991
18.4%
6.9%
6.4%
2 / 1991
18.1%
7.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
17.4%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
16.8%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
17.1%
6.8%
6.9%
6 / 1991
18.3%
7.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
17.8%
7.0%
6.8%
8 / 1991
16.6%
6.8%
6.9%
9 / 1991
16.0%
6.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
15.7%
6.8%
7.0%
11 / 1991
16.8%
7.0%
7.0%
12 / 1991
16.9%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Brownsville, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1990
15.4%
6.6%
5.4%
2 / 1990
15.3%
6.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
14.6%
6.2%
5.2%
4 / 1990
13.9%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
13.7%
6.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
14.7%
6.5%
5.2%
7 / 1990
15.5%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
14.6%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1990
14.4%
6.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
13.0%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
14.9%
6.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
15.8%
6.3%
6.3%