Pharr, TX Unemployment Rate Report

Pharr, TX Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Pharr, Texas has ranged from 4.6% in April 2008 to 33.1% in February 1990. The current unemployment rate for Pharr is 8.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Pharr, TX Unemployment Rate by Month

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Pharr, TX Current Unemployment - 8.2%

Pharr, TX Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2022	9.8%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	8.8%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	7.2%	3.9%	3.6%
4 / 2022	7.4%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2022	7.3%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	8.7%	4.4%	3.6%
7 / 2022	8.7%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	8.2%	4.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2021	12.8%	7.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	12.7%	7.5%	6.2%
3 / 2021	11.4%	7.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	10.0%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	10.1%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	11.6%	6.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	10.5%	5.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	9.6%	5.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	8.1%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	7.7%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	8.0%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2021	8.3%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2020	8.0%	3.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	7.1%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	10.0%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2020	20.0%	13.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.7%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	15.5%	8.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	15.4%	8.3%	10.2%
8 / 2020	11.4%	7.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	13.1%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	11.6%	6.7%	6.9%
11 / 2020	11.5%	6.9%	6.7%
12 / 2020	11.9%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2019	8.1%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.7%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.0%	3.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.3%	3.0%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.7%	3.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.0%	3.7%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.2%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	7.0%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	6.1%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.7%	3.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.3%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	7.5%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2018	8.4%	4.2%	4.1%
2 / 2018	7.5%	4.1%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.2%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	7.1%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.4%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.8%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	7.8%	4.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	7.4%	3.9%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.7%	3.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.8%	3.5%	3.8%
11 / 2018	6.2%	3.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	7.1%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2017	9.8%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.8%	4.8%	4.7%
3 / 2017	8.4%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.8%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.5%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	8.8%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	8.7%	4.5%	4.3%
8 / 2017	8.9%	4.5%	4.4%
9 / 2017	7.7%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.4%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 2017	7.0%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.3%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2016	8.8%	4.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	8.1%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.1%	4.5%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.8%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.4%	4.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	9.1%	4.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	9.0%	5.1%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.7%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	8.2%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	7.2%	4.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.9%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.9%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2015	7.7%	4.7%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.8%	4.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.5%	4.3%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.2%	4.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.4%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.4%	4.7%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.6%	4.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.3%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.6%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.4%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.0%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.2%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2014	8.6%	5.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.2%	5.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.8%	5.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.9%	4.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.1%	5.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.0%	5.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.7%	5.6%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.9%	5.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.3%	4.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.3%	4.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.0%	4.5%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.1%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2013	9.8%	6.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.1%	6.5%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.7%	6.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.7%	6.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.9%	6.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.8%	6.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.7%	6.6%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.2%	6.3%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.7%	6.1%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.9%	6.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.3%	5.7%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.0%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2012	9.7%	7.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.8%	7.1%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.5%	6.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.0%	6.4%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.9%	6.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.5%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.4%	7.3%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.6%	6.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.9%	6.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.9%	6.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.6%	6.1%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.8%	6.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2011	10.8%	8.3%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.1%	8.0%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.8%	7.7%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.5%	7.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.1%	7.6%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.2%	8.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.8%	8.3%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.6%	8.0%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.1%	7.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.6%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.3%	7.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.5%	6.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2010	10.1%	8.6%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.7%	8.4%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.7%	8.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.3%	7.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.8%	7.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.8%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.2%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.6%	8.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.0%	8.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.2%	7.8%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.6%	8.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.8%	7.8%	9.3%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2009	7.7%	6.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.7%	6.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.7%	6.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.1%	6.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.1%	7.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.0%	8.5%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.0%	8.6%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.7%	8.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.6%	8.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.2%	8.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.2%	8.0%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.4%	8.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2008	5.8%	4.6%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.2%	4.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.0%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.6%	3.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.5%	4.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.5%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.9%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.0%	5.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.8%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.3%	5.1%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.3%	5.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.0%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2007	6.0%	4.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.5%	4.5%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.0%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.9%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.8%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.0%	4.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.9%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.4%	4.3%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.5%	4.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.0%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.1%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.4%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2006	6.0%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.0%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.5%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.6%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.6%	4.9%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.4%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.6%	5.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.2%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.9%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.3%	4.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.5%	4.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.3%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2005	7.1%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.7%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.3%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.7%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.9%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.0%	5.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.7%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.3%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.8%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.4%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.9%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.7%	5.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2004	9.4%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.6%	6.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.5%	6.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.4%	5.7%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.2%	5.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.2%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	8.2%	6.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.5%	5.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	7.2%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.9%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	7.5%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.9%	5.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2003	10.6%	7.0%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.9%	6.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.3%	6.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.5%	6.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.3%	6.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.7%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.5%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	9.1%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	8.7%	6.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.1%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	8.6%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.6%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2002	10.2%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.3%	6.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.0%	6.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	8.7%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	8.2%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	9.5%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	9.5%	6.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	9.1%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	8.7%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	8.4%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	9.6%	6.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	9.9%	6.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2001	9.1%	4.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.8%	4.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	8.2%	4.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.5%	4.3%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.9%	4.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	8.5%	5.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	8.7%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	8.6%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	8.2%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.8%	5.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.8%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	9.2%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 2000	9.7%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.4%	4.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	8.4%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	7.4%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	7.2%	4.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.8%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.9%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	7.8%	4.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	7.3%	4.2%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.8%	3.9%	3.9%
11 / 2000	7.9%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	7.4%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1999	22.2%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	20.8%	4.8%	4.4%
3 / 1999	18.3%	4.4%	4.2%
4 / 1999	15.9%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	15.0%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	17.0%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	17.3%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 1999	15.9%	4.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	16.3%	4.8%	4.2%
10 / 1999	15.1%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	16.4%	4.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	16.8%	4.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1998	24.6%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	23.3%	4.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	22.3%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	19.2%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1998	18.2%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	21.2%	5.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	20.6%	5.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	21.6%	5.1%	4.5%
9 / 1998	21.7%	5.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	20.1%	4.7%	4.5%
11 / 1998	20.3%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	20.5%	4.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1997	25.7%	6.0%	5.3%
2 / 1997	24.7%	5.9%	5.2%
3 / 1997	22.6%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	19.3%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	18.9%	5.1%	4.9%
6 / 1997	20.9%	5.9%	5.0%
7 / 1997	21.1%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	20.1%	5.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	20.4%	5.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	19.0%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	20.3%	4.6%	4.6%
12 / 1997	21.2%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1996	27.7%	6.6%	5.6%
2 / 1996	26.0%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	24.1%	5.9%	5.5%
4 / 1996	21.5%	5.6%	5.6%
5 / 1996	20.3%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	21.5%	6.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	21.7%	6.0%	5.5%
8 / 1996	21.3%	5.4%	5.1%
9 / 1996	21.6%	5.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	20.3%	5.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	22.7%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	21.8%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1995	25.0%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	24.5%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	22.8%	5.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	21.6%	5.9%	5.8%
5 / 1995	22.2%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	22.4%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 1995	23.7%	6.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	23.2%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	23.2%	6.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	22.3%	5.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	24.5%	6.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	24.3%	5.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1994	28.0%	7.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	27.1%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	25.2%	6.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	21.6%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	20.2%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	22.5%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	23.4%	6.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	22.6%	6.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	22.4%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	21.0%	5.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	20.6%	5.7%	5.6%
12 / 1994	21.9%	5.4%	5.5%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1993	28.5%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1993	28.2%	7.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	25.6%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	22.1%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	21.1%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	22.5%	7.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	24.1%	7.4%	6.9%
8 / 1993	22.9%	7.0%	6.8%
9 / 1993	23.3%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	22.9%	6.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	22.7%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	24.6%	6.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1992	31.5%	8.1%	7.3%
2 / 1992	31.7%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	28.7%	7.6%	7.4%
4 / 1992	24.5%	7.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	23.2%	7.5%	7.6%
6 / 1992	24.7%	8.4%	7.8%
7 / 1992	25.7%	7.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	24.4%	7.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	24.9%	7.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	23.1%	7.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	23.1%	7.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	26.0%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1991	30.7%	6.9%	6.4%
2 / 1991	30.2%	7.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	28.2%	6.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	24.2%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	21.9%	6.8%	6.9%
6 / 1991	22.0%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	22.5%	7.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	22.1%	6.8%	6.9%
9 / 1991	23.4%	6.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	24.0%	6.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	26.6%	7.0%	7.0%
12 / 1991	27.8%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Pharr, TX%	Texas%	National %
1 / 1990	30.2%	6.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	33.1%	6.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	30.4%	6.2%	5.2%
4 / 1990	26.9%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	22.6%	6.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	21.9%	6.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	22.8%	6.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	22.9%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	24.0%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	22.4%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	27.0%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	27.4%	6.3%	6.3%