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Unemployment rate in Kingsville

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 14 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 · Kingsville · Texas · United States · World
−1.2 pp since 2015
Kingsville 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
Kingsville
4.4%
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 Kingsville · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.4% · 2025
First value 7.3% · 1990
Highest 8.4% · 2020
Lowest 4.1% · 2007
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearKingsvilleChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.4% +0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 4.3% −0.2 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 4.5% −0.2 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.7% −2.2 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 6.9% −1.5 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.4% +4.2 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.2% −0.7 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.9% −1.0 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.9% −0.8 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 6.7% +1.1 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.6% +0.2 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.4% −0.9 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.3% −0.3 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.6% −1.4 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 8.0% −0.1 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.1% +1.8 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.3% +2.1 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.2% +0.1 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.1% −0.3 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.4% −0.5 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.9% −1.3 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.2% −0.6 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 6.8% −0.2 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.0% +1.4 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.6% ±0.0 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 5.6% −1.2 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 6.8% −0.2 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 7.0% +0.3 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 6.7% −0.6 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 7.3% −0.8 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 8.1% +0.2 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 7.9% +1.1 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 6.8% −1.1 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 7.9% +0.8 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 7.1% −0.2 pp 6.9% — 5.1%
1990 7.3% 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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Eagle Pass 11.4%
2 San Juan 7.4%
3 Brownsville 7.1%
4 Pharr 7.0%
5 San Benito 6.4%
6 Weslaco 6.4%
7 Mission 6.2%
8 Del Rio 6.0%
9 Harlingen 6.0%
10 Kingsville 5.6%
11 DeSoto 5.4%
12 Edinburg 5.1%
13 McAllen 5.0%
14 Corpus Christi 4.7%
15 Laredo 4.4%
16 Victoria 4.2%
17 Seguin 3.8%
18 San Antonio 3.7%
19 Converse 3.5%
20 San Marcos 3.5%
21 Schertz 3.3%
22 Austin 3.0%
23 New Braunfels 2.9%
24 Cibolo 2.8%
25 Kyle 2.5%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

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.