South Padre Island, TX Unemployment Rate Report

South Padre Island, TX Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in South-Padre-Island, Texas has ranged from 4.7% in April 2019 to 17.0% in February 1992. The current unemployment rate for South-Padre-Island is 6.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

South Padre Island, TX Unemployment Rate by Month

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South Padre Island, TX Current Unemployment - 6.4%

South Padre Island, TX Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2022	7.6%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	7.3%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	6.1%	3.9%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.9%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2022	6.1%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.9%	4.4%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.8%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	6.4%	4.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2021	10.5%	7.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.9%	7.5%	6.2%
3 / 2021	10.0%	7.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	9.3%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	8.7%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	9.8%	6.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	8.8%	5.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.8%	5.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	7.3%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	7.0%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	6.8%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2021	6.8%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2020	6.3%	3.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.8%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	8.0%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.4%	13.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	16.0%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.9%	8.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.1%	8.3%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.3%	7.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.9%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.3%	6.7%	6.9%
11 / 2020	11.2%	6.9%	6.7%
12 / 2020	10.3%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2019	6.5%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.9%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.4%	3.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.7%	3.0%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.9%	3.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.8%	3.7%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.9%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.7%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.2%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.1%	3.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.4%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.7%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2018	6.9%	4.2%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.7%	4.1%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.3%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.1%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.8%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.9%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.6%	4.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.2%	3.9%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.7%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.2%	3.5%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.3%	3.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.7%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2017	8.2%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.8%	4.8%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.1%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.8%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.6%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.5%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.3%	4.5%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.3%	4.5%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.5%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.8%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.1%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.2%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2016	7.0%	4.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.9%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.9%	4.5%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.7%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.6%	4.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.7%	4.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	7.7%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.6%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.5%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	7.0%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.0%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.3%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2015	8.0%	4.7%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.4%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.2%	4.3%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.8%	4.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.0%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.5%	4.7%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.4%	4.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.1%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.8%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.6%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.9%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.8%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2014	9.6%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	9.4%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.8%	5.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	8.0%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.1%	5.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.8%	5.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.8%	5.6%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.6%	5.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.8%	4.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.4%	4.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.5%	4.5%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.2%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2013	11.0%	6.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.5%	6.5%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.9%	6.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.5%	6.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.8%	6.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.7%	6.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.1%	6.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.9%	6.3%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.6%	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	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2012	11.0%	7.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.8%	7.1%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.3%	6.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.8%	6.4%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.1%	6.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.9%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.8%	7.3%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.5%	6.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	10.0%	6.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.8%	6.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.7%	6.1%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.0%	6.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2011	12.1%	8.3%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.8%	8.0%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.3%	7.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.1%	7.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.3%	7.6%	9.0%
6 / 2011	12.1%	8.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	12.0%	8.3%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.9%	8.0%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.6%	7.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	11.2%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	10.8%	7.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.6%	6.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2010	11.4%	8.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.2%	8.4%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.0%	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	11.4%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.4%	8.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.1%	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	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2009	8.7%	6.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.9%	6.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.6%	6.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.8%	6.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.2%	7.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.7%	8.5%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.7%	8.6%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.6%	8.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.5%	8.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.1%	8.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.2%	8.0%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.5%	8.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2008	6.2%	4.6%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.8%	4.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.7%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.4%	3.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.9%	4.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.9%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.9%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.4%	5.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.1%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.9%	5.1%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.1%	5.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.7%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2007	6.5%	4.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.3%	4.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.6%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.5%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.5%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.5%	4.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.4%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.8%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.8%	4.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.3%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.5%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.8%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2006	7.0%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.0%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.8%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.6%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.5%	4.9%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.3%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.1%	5.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.6%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.3%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.7%	4.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.0%	4.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.7%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2005	8.9%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.7%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.1%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	7.7%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.5%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.2%	5.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.9%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.4%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.9%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.4%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.9%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.7%	5.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2004	10.2%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.1%	6.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	9.1%	6.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	8.2%	5.7%	5.6%
5 / 2004	8.2%	5.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	9.1%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	8.7%	6.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.1%	5.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	8.0%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	8.0%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	8.5%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	8.5%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2003	9.8%	7.0%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.5%	6.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.4%	6.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	9.2%	6.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	9.2%	6.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	10.6%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.9%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	9.6%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	9.2%	6.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	9.1%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	9.4%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.2%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2002	9.4%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.9%	6.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.2%	6.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	8.1%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.8%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	9.2%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.9%	6.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	9.4%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	8.9%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	8.9%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	9.7%	6.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	9.5%	6.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2001	7.1%	4.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.9%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.8%	4.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.7%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.6%	4.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	8.3%	5.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	8.8%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.9%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	8.1%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	8.5%	5.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	9.0%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.5%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2000	8.3%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.3%	4.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.8%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.7%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.6%	4.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.1%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.0%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.6%	4.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.3%	4.2%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.9%	3.9%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.4%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.8%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1999	13.2%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	12.5%	4.8%	4.4%
3 / 1999	10.0%	4.4%	4.2%
4 / 1999	9.1%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	9.1%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	10.0%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	10.0%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.7%	4.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	9.2%	4.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	8.6%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	9.4%	4.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	9.2%	4.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1998	13.6%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	13.1%	4.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	13.1%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	11.8%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1998	12.0%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	14.0%	5.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	13.9%	5.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	12.9%	5.1%	4.5%
9 / 1998	12.9%	5.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	12.0%	4.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	11.3%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	12.3%	4.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1997	13.0%	6.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	13.0%	5.9%	5.2%
3 / 1997	12.5%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	11.9%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	11.8%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	13.6%	5.9%	5.0%
7 / 1997	13.9%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	12.1%	5.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	11.8%	5.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	11.5%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	11.8%	4.6%	4.6%
12 / 1997	11.5%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1996	13.8%	6.6%	5.6%
2 / 1996	13.2%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	13.8%	5.9%	5.5%
4 / 1996	12.2%	5.6%	5.6%
5 / 1996	12.9%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	13.1%	6.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	15.2%	6.0%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.7%	5.4%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.4%	5.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.3%	5.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	12.2%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	11.5%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1995	12.6%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	12.1%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	11.6%	5.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	11.8%	5.9%	5.8%
5 / 1995	12.9%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	14.0%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	14.6%	6.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	13.0%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	12.7%	6.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	12.1%	5.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	12.8%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	12.2%	5.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1994	16.4%	7.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	14.3%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	13.3%	6.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	12.4%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	12.2%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	14.0%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	14.1%	6.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	12.7%	6.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	12.0%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	11.2%	5.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	10.9%	5.7%	5.6%
12 / 1994	10.7%	5.4%	5.5%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1993	14.6%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1993	14.4%	7.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	12.9%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	12.4%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	12.6%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	14.7%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	14.8%	7.4%	6.9%
8 / 1993	13.3%	7.0%	6.8%
9 / 1993	12.9%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.9%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	13.0%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	12.9%	6.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1992	16.8%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	17.0%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	14.7%	7.6%	7.4%
4 / 1992	13.4%	7.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	13.7%	7.5%	7.6%
6 / 1992	16.1%	8.4%	7.8%
7 / 1992	16.2%	7.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	14.4%	7.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	13.7%	7.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	12.7%	7.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	13.3%	7.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	13.5%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1991	16.1%	6.9%	6.4%
2 / 1991	15.9%	7.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	15.2%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	14.6%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	15.0%	6.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	16.0%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	15.6%	7.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	14.5%	6.8%	6.9%
9 / 1991	13.9%	6.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	13.7%	6.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	14.7%	7.0%	7.0%
12 / 1991	14.8%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	South Padre Island, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1990	13.4%	6.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	13.3%	6.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	12.7%	6.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	12.1%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	11.9%	6.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	12.8%	6.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	13.5%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	12.7%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	12.5%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	11.3%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	13.0%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	13.8%	6.3%	6.3%