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Unemployment rate in San Marcos

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 23 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 · San Marcos · Texas · United States · World
+0.1 pp since 2015
San Marcos 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
San Marcos
3.6%
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 San Marcos · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.6% · 2025
First value 7.5% · 1990
Highest 9.7% · 2003
Lowest 2.9% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSan MarcosChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.6% +0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.5% +0.2 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.3% ±0.0 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.3% −1.0 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.3% −2.7 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.0% +4.1 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.9% −0.1 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.0% −0.2 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.2% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.4% −0.1 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.5% −0.9 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.4% −1.1 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.5% −0.5 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.0% −0.9 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 6.9% −0.2 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 7.1% +2.0 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 5.1% +1.4 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 3.7% +0.3 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.4% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.8% −0.2 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.0% −4.6 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 8.6% −1.1 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 9.7% +0.7 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 9.0% +2.4 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 6.6% +1.1 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 5.5% +1.5 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 4.0% −0.1 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 4.1% −0.6 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 4.7% +0.2 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 4.5% ±0.0 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.5% −0.1 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 4.6% −0.1 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 4.7% −0.9 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 5.6% −0.8 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 6.4% −1.1 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 7.5% 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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Eagle Pass 14.1%
2 San Benito 11.2%
3 San Juan 10.6%
4 Weslaco 9.3%
5 Pharr 8.9%
6 Mission 8.6%
7 Brownsville 8.0%
8 DeSoto 7.0%
9 Kingsville 6.9%
10 Corpus Christi 6.8%
11 Del Rio 6.6%
12 Edinburg 6.5%
13 McAllen 6.5%
14 Converse 6.4%
15 Laredo 6.4%
16 Harlingen 6.3%
17 Victoria 6.3%
18 San Antonio 5.4%
19 Schertz 4.9%
20 Cibolo 4.8%
21 Kerrville 4.6%
22 Seguin 4.6%
23 San Marcos 4.3%
24 Kyle 4.2%
25 New Braunfels 4.2%
26 Austin 4.0%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

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.