Very High Unemployment Area
Port Arthur, TX Current Unemployment - 10.3%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Port Arthur, TX Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2022
14.2%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
12.2%
4.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
10.1%
3.9%
3.6%
4 / 2022
9.3%
3.7%
3.6%
5 / 2022
9.1%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
10.6%
4.4%
3.6%
7 / 2022
10.9%
4.3%
3.5%
8 / 2022
10.3%
4.2%
3.7%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2021
17.3%
7.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
16.9%
7.5%
6.2%
3 / 2021
16.1%
7.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
15.4%
6.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
13.7%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
15.1%
6.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
13.9%
5.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
11.9%
5.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
10.3%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
9.0%
4.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
10.4%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2021
11.8%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2020
9.6%
3.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
8.5%
3.6%
3.5%
3 / 2020
12.6%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2020
23.4%
13.0%
14.7%
5 / 2020
22.2%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
19.9%
8.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
18.7%
8.3%
10.2%
8 / 2020
14.0%
7.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
15.8%
8.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
14.2%
6.7%
6.9%
11 / 2020
14.4%
6.9%
6.7%
12 / 2020
15.6%
6.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2019
10.4%
4.1%
4.0%
2 / 2019
8.6%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2019
8.0%
3.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.9%
3.0%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.5%
3.1%
3.6%
6 / 2019
8.7%
3.7%
3.7%
7 / 2019
9.6%
3.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
9.0%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
7.8%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.7%
3.3%
3.6%
11 / 2019
7.3%
3.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
8.8%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2018
12.4%
4.2%
4.1%
2 / 2018
10.7%
4.1%
4.1%
3 / 2018
9.7%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
9.0%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
8.0%
3.6%
3.8%
6 / 2018
9.1%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
9.5%
4.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
9.3%
3.9%
3.8%
9 / 2018
8.4%
3.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
7.3%
3.5%
3.8%
11 / 2018
7.5%
3.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
9.3%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2017
13.6%
5.0%
4.7%
2 / 2017
11.7%
4.8%
4.7%
3 / 2017
10.6%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
10.6%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
9.8%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
10.1%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
10.1%
4.5%
4.3%
8 / 2017
10.4%
4.5%
4.4%
9 / 2017
12.6%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
10.1%
3.8%
4.1%
11 / 2017
10.5%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
11.5%
3.8%
4.1%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2016
10.8%
4.4%
4.9%
2 / 2016
9.9%
4.4%
4.9%
3 / 2016
9.2%
4.5%
5.0%
4 / 2016
8.9%
4.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.7%
4.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
9.6%
4.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
10.6%
5.1%
4.8%
8 / 2016
10.4%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
10.5%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
9.5%
4.6%
4.9%
11 / 2016
10.3%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
12.3%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2015
11.1%
4.7%
5.7%
2 / 2015
9.3%
4.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.6%
4.3%
5.4%
4 / 2015
9.3%
4.0%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.4%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.7%
4.7%
5.3%
7 / 2015
10.0%
4.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
10.1%
4.6%
5.1%
9 / 2015
9.5%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2015
9.5%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
10.0%
4.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
10.2%
4.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2014
15.5%
5.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
13.9%
5.7%
6.7%
3 / 2014
12.8%
5.4%
6.7%
4 / 2014
11.2%
4.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.2%
5.0%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.9%
5.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
11.7%
5.6%
6.2%
8 / 2014
11.6%
5.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
10.2%
4.9%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.5%
4.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
9.7%
4.5%
5.8%
12 / 2014
10.1%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2013
18.1%
6.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
15.2%
6.5%
7.7%
3 / 2013
14.3%
6.2%
7.5%
4 / 2013
15.4%
6.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
15.7%
6.2%
7.5%
6 / 2013
16.6%
6.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
16.4%
6.6%
7.3%
8 / 2013
16.3%
6.3%
7.2%
9 / 2013
15.2%
6.1%
7.2%
10 / 2013
14.8%
6.0%
7.2%
11 / 2013
15.5%
5.7%
6.9%
12 / 2013
15.1%
5.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2012
15.6%
7.3%
8.3%
2 / 2012
15.1%
7.1%
8.3%
3 / 2012
14.9%
6.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
16.2%
6.4%
8.2%
5 / 2012
16.7%
6.7%
8.2%
6 / 2012
18.1%
7.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
17.9%
7.3%
8.2%
8 / 2012
16.8%
6.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
15.4%
6.4%
7.8%
10 / 2012
14.8%
6.3%
7.8%
11 / 2012
14.3%
6.1%
7.7%
12 / 2012
16.9%
6.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2011
17.8%
8.3%
9.1%
2 / 2011
16.7%
8.0%
9.0%
3 / 2011
16.5%
7.7%
9.0%
4 / 2011
15.9%
7.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
16.1%
7.6%
9.0%
6 / 2011
16.3%
8.4%
9.1%
7 / 2011
15.0%
8.3%
9.0%
8 / 2011
14.9%
8.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.4%
7.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
13.9%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
14.2%
7.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
14.6%
6.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2010
15.5%
8.6%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.3%
8.4%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.5%
8.3%
9.9%
4 / 2010
14.0%
7.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
14.3%
7.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
14.3%
8.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.1%
8.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.4%
8.2%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.9%
8.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
14.7%
7.8%
9.4%
11 / 2010
16.0%
8.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
16.9%
7.8%
9.3%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2009
12.1%
6.4%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.9%
6.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
11.8%
6.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.0%
6.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.0%
7.3%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.9%
8.5%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.3%
8.6%
9.5%
8 / 2009
14.9%
8.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.5%
8.3%
9.8%
10 / 2009
14.2%
8.1%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.5%
8.0%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.2%
8.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2008
8.6%
4.6%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.4%
4.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.3%
4.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.2%
3.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.7%
4.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.8%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.0%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.9%
5.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.2%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2008
10.9%
5.1%
6.5%
11 / 2008
10.3%
5.2%
6.8%
12 / 2008
11.3%
5.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2007
7.9%
4.7%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.0%
4.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.5%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.7%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.6%
4.6%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.7%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.2%
4.3%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.2%
4.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.6%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.8%
4.1%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.1%
4.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2006
9.0%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.0%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.4%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.4%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.2%
4.9%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.3%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.2%
5.4%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.4%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
7.3%
4.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.6%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.8%
4.4%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.0%
4.1%
4.4%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2005
10.2%
5.9%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.9%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 2005
9.1%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
8.7%
5.2%
5.2%
5 / 2005
8.4%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
9.5%
5.7%
5.0%
7 / 2005
9.5%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
9.1%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2005
8.8%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2005
14.6%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
10.7%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
9.6%
5.0%
4.9%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2004
13.9%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2004
13.4%
6.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
13.4%
6.2%
5.8%
4 / 2004
12.6%
5.7%
5.6%
5 / 2004
12.8%
5.7%
5.6%
6 / 2004
13.9%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
13.9%
6.2%
5.5%
8 / 2004
13.3%
5.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
13.0%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
12.7%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
13.0%
5.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
12.7%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2003
14.2%
7.0%
5.8%
2 / 2003
13.8%
6.8%
5.9%
3 / 2003
13.7%
6.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
13.4%
6.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
13.4%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
15.7%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
15.0%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
14.3%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
14.1%
6.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
13.5%
6.3%
6.0%
11 / 2003
13.6%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
13.2%
5.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2002
12.6%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.8%
6.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
11.8%
6.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
12.2%
6.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
12.7%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2002
13.8%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
13.9%
6.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
13.7%
6.5%
5.7%
9 / 2002
13.0%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
12.6%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2002
13.1%
6.4%
5.9%
12 / 2002
13.1%
6.2%
6.0%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2001
10.5%
4.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
10.0%
4.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
10.3%
4.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
10.9%
4.3%
4.4%
5 / 2001
11.5%
4.4%
4.3%
6 / 2001
13.0%
5.3%
4.5%
7 / 2001
12.7%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
13.0%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
12.5%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2001
12.0%
5.4%
5.3%
11 / 2001
12.1%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
11.9%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 2000
11.7%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2000
11.4%
4.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
11.1%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
10.2%
4.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
10.8%
4.3%
4.0%
6 / 2000
11.6%
4.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
11.3%
4.5%
4.0%
8 / 2000
11.0%
4.4%
4.1%
9 / 2000
10.1%
4.2%
3.9%
10 / 2000
9.5%
3.9%
3.9%
11 / 2000
10.1%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
9.0%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1999
11.0%
4.9%
4.3%
2 / 1999
11.4%
4.8%
4.4%
3 / 1999
12.7%
4.4%
4.2%
4 / 1999
12.8%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
13.1%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
15.0%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
14.2%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 1999
13.7%
4.7%
4.2%
9 / 1999
13.7%
4.8%
4.2%
10 / 1999
13.2%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 1999
13.0%
4.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
12.6%
4.2%
4.0%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1998
11.9%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.9%
4.9%
4.6%
3 / 1998
11.1%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 1998
10.2%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1998
10.4%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 1998
12.1%
5.5%
4.5%
7 / 1998
11.3%
5.3%
4.5%
8 / 1998
11.4%
5.1%
4.5%
9 / 1998
11.7%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
10.9%
4.7%
4.5%
11 / 1998
10.7%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
10.1%
4.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1997
13.2%
6.0%
5.3%
2 / 1997
12.2%
5.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
12.5%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 1997
11.7%
5.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
11.5%
5.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.7%
5.9%
5.0%
7 / 1997
12.0%
5.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
11.4%
5.3%
4.8%
9 / 1997
11.6%
5.2%
4.9%
10 / 1997
11.0%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
10.8%
4.6%
4.6%
12 / 1997
10.7%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1996
15.6%
6.6%
5.6%
2 / 1996
14.4%
6.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
13.7%
5.9%
5.5%
4 / 1996
13.7%
5.6%
5.6%
5 / 1996
14.1%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
14.7%
6.0%
5.3%
7 / 1996
15.0%
6.0%
5.5%
8 / 1996
13.7%
5.4%
5.1%
9 / 1996
13.4%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
12.8%
5.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
12.9%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 1996
12.0%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1995
14.5%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1995
13.2%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
13.2%
5.7%
5.4%
4 / 1995
13.8%
5.9%
5.8%
5 / 1995
13.6%
5.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
15.3%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 1995
16.0%
6.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
15.4%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
15.2%
6.2%
5.6%
10 / 1995
14.6%
5.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
14.7%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
14.4%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1994
16.3%
7.5%
6.6%
2 / 1994
15.9%
7.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
15.7%
6.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
15.3%
6.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
15.2%
6.3%
6.1%
6 / 1994
16.5%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 1994
16.5%
6.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
15.1%
6.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
14.4%
6.2%
5.9%
10 / 1994
13.9%
5.8%
5.8%
11 / 1994
14.0%
5.7%
5.6%
12 / 1994
12.6%
5.4%
5.5%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1993
17.1%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1993
16.9%
7.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
16.6%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
15.9%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
16.1%
6.9%
7.1%
6 / 1993
17.9%
7.7%
7.0%
7 / 1993
16.7%
7.4%
6.9%
8 / 1993
15.7%
7.0%
6.8%
9 / 1993
15.9%
6.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
15.6%
6.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
15.5%
6.7%
6.6%
12 / 1993
14.2%
6.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1992
14.1%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
13.8%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
12.7%
7.6%
7.4%
4 / 1992
12.6%
7.2%
7.4%
5 / 1992
13.1%
7.5%
7.6%
6 / 1992
14.8%
8.4%
7.8%
7 / 1992
14.5%
7.9%
7.7%
8 / 1992
13.7%
7.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
13.4%
7.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
13.3%
7.1%
7.3%
11 / 1992
15.1%
7.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
14.9%
7.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1991
11.1%
6.9%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.6%
7.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.0%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.3%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.5%
6.8%
6.9%
6 / 1991
11.8%
7.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
11.5%
7.0%
6.8%
8 / 1991
11.3%
6.8%
6.9%
9 / 1991
11.5%
6.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.8%
6.8%
7.0%
11 / 1991
11.5%
7.0%
7.0%
12 / 1991
11.4%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Port Arthur, TX%
Texas%
National %
1 / 1990
11.8%
6.6%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.6%
6.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
10.9%
6.2%
5.2%
4 / 1990
11.0%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
11.7%
6.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
12.3%
6.5%
5.2%
7 / 1990
12.0%
6.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
11.7%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1990
11.4%
6.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
10.1%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.7%
6.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
10.1%
6.3%
6.3%