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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Unemployment rate in Corpus Christi

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 16 of 26 · Towns of San Antonio Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Corpus Christi · Texas · United States · World
−0.5 pp since 2015
Corpus Christi Texas United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Corpus Christi
4.2%
Texas
4.2%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Corpus Christi · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.2% · 2025
First value 6.7% · 1990
Highest 9.7% · 1992
Lowest 4.1% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCorpus ChristiChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.2% ±0.0 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 4.2% ±0.0 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 4.2% −0.4 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.6% −2.2 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 6.8% −2.2 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.0% +4.9 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.1% −0.5 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.6% −0.8 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.4% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.6% +0.9 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.7% −0.3 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.0% −1.0 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.0% −0.3 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.3% −1.7 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 8.0% +0.1 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 7.9% +1.4 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.5% +2.1 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.4% +0.2 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.2% −0.6 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.8% −0.5 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.3% −0.6 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.9% −0.4 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 6.3% +0.4 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.9% +0.8 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.1% ±0.0 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 5.1% −1.5 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 6.6% −0.4 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 7.0% −0.8 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 7.8% −0.7 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 8.5% −0.6 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 9.1% −0.1 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 9.2% +0.3 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 8.9% −0.8 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 9.7% +1.5 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 8.2% +1.5 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 6.7% 6.4% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of San Antonio

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Eagle Pass 13.3%
2 San Juan 9.2%
3 Weslaco 8.1%
4 Brownsville 7.7%
5 Pharr 7.7%
6 San Benito 7.4%
7 Mission 7.3%
8 Del Rio 6.8%
9 Kingsville 6.7%
10 Edinburg 5.9%
11 Corpus Christi 5.6%
12 McAllen 5.5%
13 Harlingen 5.4%
14 Victoria 5.3%
15 DeSoto 5.1%
16 Laredo 5.1%
17 Schertz 3.9%
18 Seguin 3.8%
19 San Antonio 3.7%
20 Cibolo 3.6%
21 Converse 3.5%
22 Kyle 3.4%
23 New Braunfels 3.4%
24 San Marcos 3.4%
25 Austin 3.2%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.