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TEXAS NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
MONTHLY , SEASONALLY ADJUSTED , THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
Year Month Value Annual Average Year-over-Year Percent Change December-over-December Percent Change
1970 1 121.0 . . .
1970 2 144.0 . . .
1970 3 184.0 . . .
1970 4 208.0 . . .
1970 5 181.0 . . .
1970 6 236.0 . . .
1970 7 243.0 . . .
1970 8 232.0 . . .
1970 9 220.0 . . .
1970 10 225.0 . . .
1970 11 225.0 . . .
1970 12 240.0 204.92 . .
1971 1 236.0 . . .
1971 2 243.0 . . .
1971 3 241.0 . . .
1971 4 238.0 . . .
1971 5 244.0 . . .
1971 6 244.0 . . .
1971 7 223.0 . . .
1971 8 219.0 . . .
1971 9 233.0 . . .
1971 10 245.0 . . .
1971 11 219.0 . . .
1971 12 236.0 235.08 14.72 -1.67
1972 1 238.0 . . .
1972 2 236.0 . . .
1972 3 211.0 . . .
1972 4 212.0 . . .
1972 5 217.0 . . .
1972 6 216.0 . . .
1972 7 220.0 . . .
1972 8 216.0 . . .
1972 9 216.0 . . .
1972 10 216.0 . . .
1972 11 233.0 . . .
1972 12 227.0 221.50 -5.78 -3.81
1973 1 174.0 . . .
1973 2 181.0 . . .
1973 3 227.0 . . .
1973 4 212.0 . . .
1973 5 202.0 . . .
1973 6 197.0 . . .
1973 7 233.0 . . .
1973 8 202.0 . . .
1973 9 190.0 . . .
1973 10 176.0 . . .
1973 11 188.0 . . .
1973 12 174.0 196.33 -11.36 -23.35
1974 1 188.0 . . .
1974 2 222.0 . . .
1974 3 201.0 . . .
1974 4 204.0 . . .
1974 5 204.0 . . .
1974 6 213.0 . . .
1974 7 216.0 . . .
1974 8 246.0 . . .
1974 9 251.0 . . .
1974 10 262.0 . . .
1974 11 253.0 . . .
1974 12 243.0 225.25 14.73 39.66
1975 1 284.0 . . .
1975 2 251.0 . . .
1975 3 288.0 . . .
1975 4 309.0 . . .
1975 5 315.0 . . .
1975 6 306.0 . . .
1975 7 315.0 . . .
1975 8 285.0 . . .
1975 9 316.0 . . .
1975 10 317.0 . . .
1975 11 323.0 . . .
1975 12 320.0 302.42 34.26 31.69
1976 1 323.3 . . .
1976 2 325.6 . . .
1976 3 327.5 . . .
1976 4 328.9 . . .
1976 5 330.8 . . .
1976 6 331.6 . . .
1976 7 332.7 . . .
1976 8 333.2 . . .
1976 9 333.9 . . .
1976 10 333.5 . . .
1976 11 332.5 . . .
1976 12 331.2 330.39 9.25 3.51
1977 1 329.4 . . .
1977 2 326.6 . . .
1977 3 323.8 . . .
1977 4 322.3 . . .
1977 5 321.1 . . .
1977 6 320.9 . . .
1977 7 321.2 . . .
1977 8 320.6 . . .
1977 9 318.8 . . .
1977 10 317.6 . . .
1977 11 316.1 . . .
1977 12 314.2 321.05 -2.83 -5.16
1978 1 311.4 . . .
1978 2 309.1 . . .
1978 3 307.2 . . .
1978 4 305.5 . . .
1978 5 303.4 . . .
1978 6 302.0 . . .
1978 7 301.7 . . .
1978 8 301.8 . . .
1978 9 300.5 . . .
1978 10 296.7 . . .
1978 11 291.9 . . .
1978 12 286.5 301.48 -6.10 -8.81
1979 1 281.3 . . .
1979 2 278.1 . . .
1979 3 277.6 . . .
1979 4 278.7 . . .
1979 5 280.4 . . .
1979 6 282.7 . . .
1979 7 286.0 . . .
1979 8 288.3 . . .
1979 9 289.8 . . .
1979 10 291.6 . . .
1979 11 294.9 . . .
1979 12 299.4 285.74 -5.22 4.49
1980 1 305.5 . . .
1980 2 313.7 . . .
1980 3 322.1 . . .
1980 4 331.4 . . .
1980 5 342.5 . . .
1980 6 352.6 . . .
1980 7 357.7 . . .
1980 8 365.0 . . .
1980 9 371.0 . . .
1980 10 377.5 . . .
1980 11 381.3 . . .
1980 12 382.4 350.23 22.57 27.75
1981 1 382.7 . . .
1981 2 381.2 . . .
1981 3 378.0 . . .
1981 4 374.2 . . .
1981 5 371.7 . . .
1981 6 369.8 . . .
1981 7 370.0 . . .
1981 8 371.9 . . .
1981 9 375.3 . . .
1981 10 379.6 . . .
1981 11 385.3 . . .
1981 12 393.1 377.74 7.85 2.78
1982 1 401.6 . . .
1982 2 410.4 . . .
1982 3 425.1 . . .
1982 4 443.6 . . .
1982 5 466.2 . . .
1982 6 491.9 . . .
1982 7 519.3 . . .
1982 8 545.9 . . .
1982 9 573.5 . . .
1982 10 597.9 . . .
1982 11 618.3 . . .
1982 12 633.7 510.61 35.18 61.21
1983 1 643.3 . . .
1983 2 648.7 . . .
1983 3 648.9 . . .
1983 4 644.1 . . .
1983 5 633.9 . . .
1983 6 622.7 . . .
1983 7 610.9 . . .
1983 8 596.4 . . .
1983 9 580.0 . . .
1983 10 563.6 . . .
1983 11 547.2 . . .
1983 12 531.8 605.95 18.67 -16.08
1984 1 519.0 . . .
1984 2 506.8 . . .
1984 3 495.1 . . .
1984 4 485.0 . . .
1984 5 477.3 . . .
1984 6 472.0 . . .
1984 7 470.3 . . .
1984 8 471.7 . . .
1984 9 477.0 . . .
1984 10 484.8 . . .
1984 11 494.2 . . .
1984 12 503.2 488.03 -19.46 -5.37
1985 1 512.3 . . .
1985 2 523.0 . . .
1985 3 533.8 . . .
1985 4 542.5 . . .
1985 5 547.7 . . .
1985 6 551.3 . . .
1985 7 555.0 . . .
1985 8 559.2 . . .
1985 9 563.9 . . .
1985 10 568.3 . . .
1985 11 572.6 . . .
1985 12 577.2 550.56 12.81 14.70
1986 1 584.6 . . .
1986 2 693.6 . . .
1986 3 708.8 . . .
1986 4 726.6 . . .
1986 5 743.0 . . .
1986 6 754.5 . . .
1986 7 760.5 . . .
1986 8 764.2 . . .
1986 9 765.2 . . .
1986 10 763.5 . . .
1986 11 759.5 . . .
1986 12 755.5 731.62 32.89 30.90
1987 1 751.9 . . .
1987 2 746.1 . . .
1987 3 739.3 . . .
1987 4 730.9 . . .
1987 5 722.7 . . .
1987 6 713.9 . . .
1987 7 702.8 . . .
1987 8 690.4 . . .
1987 9 678.7 . . .
1987 10 668.9 . . .
1987 11 660.9 . . .
1987 12 655.2 705.13 -3.62 -13.28
1988 1 650.5 . . .
1988 2 644.3 . . .
1988 3 638.6 . . .
1988 4 631.7 . . .
1988 5 623.4 . . .
1988 6 615.4 . . .
1988 7 609.1 . . .
1988 8 604.8 . . .
1988 9 601.3 . . .
1988 10 598.0 . . .
1988 11 594.8 . . .
1988 12 592.3 617.02 -12.50 -9.60
1989 1 589.2 . . .
1989 2 585.9 . . .
1989 3 581.7 . . .
1989 4 576.3 . . .
1989 5 569.7 . . .
1989 6 563.8 . . .
1989 7 560.0 . . .
1989 8 558.4 . . .
1989 9 557.2 . . .
1989 10 557.2 . . .
1989 11 557.3 . . .
1989 12 557.5 567.85 -7.97 -5.88
1990 1 558.5 . . .
1990 2 558.8 . . .
1990 3 555.9 . . .
1990 4 551.4 . . .
1990 5 547.3 . . .
1990 6 543.2 . . .
1990 7 541.3 . . .
1990 8 542.2 . . .
1990 9 545.5 . . .
1990 10 551.2 . . .
1990 11 559.9 . . .
1990 12 567.0 551.86 -2.82 1.70
1991 1 574.5 . . .
1991 2 584.3 . . .
1991 3 591.2 . . .
1991 4 595.9 . . .
1991 5 600.1 . . .
1991 6 604.0 . . .
1991 7 609.6 . . .
1991 8 617.3 . . .
1991 9 626.2 . . .
1991 10 636.5 . . .
1991 11 649.1 . . .
1991 12 661.0 612.48 10.98 16.57
1992 1 672.5 . . .
1992 2 681.7 . . .
1992 3 686.3 . . .
1992 4 687.6 . . .
1992 5 686.9 . . .
1992 6 688.1 . . .
1992 7 688.8 . . .
1992 8 686.0 . . .
1992 9 684.5 . . .
1992 10 683.0 . . .
1992 11 681.4 . . .
1992 12 682.8 684.14 11.70 3.30
1993 1 682.6 . . .
1993 2 678.6 . . .
1993 3 674.3 . . .
1993 4 669.5 . . .
1993 5 664.5 . . .
1993 6 659.5 . . .
1993 7 655.4 . . .
1993 8 652.6 . . .
1993 9 648.9 . . .
1993 10 645.8 . . .
1993 11 643.3 . . .
1993 12 643.5 659.87 -3.55 -5.75
1994 1 643.0 . . .
1994 2 640.0 . . .
1994 3 634.9 . . .
1994 4 629.3 . . .
1994 5 624.7 . . .
1994 6 619.4 . . .
1994 7 613.9 . . .
1994 8 609.1 . . .
1994 9 604.3 . . .
1994 10 598.8 . . .
1994 11 594.4 . . .
1994 12 592.6 617.02 -6.49 -7.92
1995 1 590.1 . . .
1995 2 587.9 . . .
1995 3 587.6 . . .
1995 4 587.8 . . .
1995 5 588.2 . . .
1995 6 588.0 . . .
1995 7 587.4 . . .
1995 8 586.7 . . .
1995 9 585.5 . . .
1995 10 585.7 . . .
1995 11 585.0 . . .
1995 12 581.7 586.80 -4.90 -1.82
1996 1 578.0 . . .
1996 2 574.6 . . .
1996 3 571.0 . . .
1996 4 567.6 . . .
1996 5 564.4 . . .
1996 6 561.6 . . .
1996 7 558.7 . . .
1996 8 555.1 . . .
1996 9 552.6 . . .
1996 10 550.0 . . .
1996 11 548.2 . . .
1996 12 546.0 560.66 -4.45 -6.14
1997 1 546.3 . . .
1997 2 544.8 . . .
1997 3 542.3 . . .
1997 4 539.9 . . .
1997 5 537.1 . . .
1997 6 534.4 . . .
1997 7 532.1 . . .
1997 8 529.0 . . .
1997 9 524.9 . . .
1997 10 520.7 . . .
1997 11 514.7 . . .
1997 12 509.6 531.32 -5.23 -6.67
1998 1 504.6 . . .
1998 2 499.7 . . .
1998 3 497.3 . . .
1998 4 496.1 . . .
1998 5 494.3 . . .
1998 6 494.6 . . .
1998 7 496.1 . . .
1998 8 496.8 . . .
1998 9 497.2 . . .
1998 10 496.1 . . .
1998 11 495.5 . . .
1998 12 494.5 496.90 -6.48 -2.96
1999 1 494.0 . . .
1999 2 494.7 . . .
1999 3 494.9 . . .
1999 4 494.6 . . .
1999 5 493.9 . . .
1999 6 491.3 . . .
1999 7 486.0 . . .
1999 8 480.6 . . .
1999 9 476.0 . . .
1999 10 470.9 . . .
1999 11 465.8 . . .
1999 12 462.0 483.73 -2.65 -6.59
2000 1 458.6 . . .
2000 2 456.2 . . .
2000 3 454.5 . . .
2000 4 453.2 . . .
2000 5 451.9 . . .
2000 6 451.0 . . .
2000 7 450.3 . . .
2000 8 450.6 . . .
2000 9 449.8 . . .
2000 10 449.2 . . .
2000 11 448.6 . . .
2000 12 448.4 451.85 -6.59 -2.93
2001 1 451.2 . . .
2001 2 458.6 . . .
2001 3 469.7 . . .
2001 4 483.8 . . .
2001 5 499.7 . . .
2001 6 516.2 . . .
2001 7 532.1 . . .
2001 8 547.6 . . .
2001 9 563.3 . . .
2001 10 582.2 . . .
2001 11 602.8 . . .
2001 12 621.9