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Unemployment rate in Bexar County

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 126 of 254 · Regions of Texas Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Bexar County · Texas · United States · World
+0.2 pp since 2015
Bexar County 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
Bexar County
4.0%
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 Bexar County · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.0% · 2025
First value 7.3% · 1990
Highest 7.6% · 2020
Lowest 3.1% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBexar CountyChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.0% +0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.9% +0.1 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.8% +0.1 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.7% −1.6 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.3% −2.3 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.6% +4.5 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.1% −0.2 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.3% −0.2 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.5% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.7% −0.1 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.8% −0.9 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.7% −1.2 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.9% −0.4 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.3% −1.2 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.5% +0.1 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 7.4% +0.6 pp 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.8% +2.1 pp 7.6% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.7% +0.5 pp 4.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.2% −0.5 pp 4.4% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.7% −0.5 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.2% −0.6 pp 5.5% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.8% −0.5 pp 6.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 6.3% +0.5 pp 6.8% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.8% +1.2 pp 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.6% +0.5 pp 5.0% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.1% +0.8 pp 4.4% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.3% −0.6 pp 4.7% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.9% −0.3 pp 5.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 4.2% −0.4 pp 5.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 4.6% −0.1 pp 5.8% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.7% −0.1 pp 6.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 4.8% −0.8 pp 6.6% — 5.8%
1993 5.6% −0.9 pp 7.2% — 5.5%
1992 6.5% −0.4 pp 7.7% — 5.3%
1991 6.9% −0.4 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 · Regions of Texas

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
115 Anderson County 6.7%
62 Andrews County 8.3%
88 Angelina County 7.5%
55 Aransas County 8.6%
193 Archer County 5.4%
227 Armstrong County 4.5%
45 Atascosa County 8.8%
122 Austin County 6.6%
231 Bailey County 4.4%
123 Bandera County 6.6%
154 Bastrop County 6.1%
245 Baylor County 3.7%
36 Bee County 9.3%
116 Bell County 6.7%
85 Bexar County 7.6%
228 Blanco County 4.5%
200 Borden County 5.3%
162 Bosque County 6.0%
89 Bowie County 7.4%
52 Brazoria County 8.7%
184 Brazos County 5.6%
176 Brewster County 5.7%
236 Briscoe County 4.2%
63 Brooks County 8.3%
163 Brown County 6.0%
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

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.