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Unemployed people in Brownsville, TX

Unemployed people in Brownsville, TX was 6,836 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 47.9% from 2024. That is the 8th highest of 134 cities in 2025.

2025, persons6,836
Change on 2024+47.9%
Rank8th of 134Cities in Texas ranked
Series high8,6272011
Series low3,7962007

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Unemployed people in Brownsville, TX, 1990 to 2025

3,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 5,803 persons1991: 7,166 persons1992: 7,296 persons1993: 6,932 persons1994: 6,936 persons1995: 6,846 persons1996: 6,924 persons1997: 6,936 persons1998: 7,179 persons1999: 5,554 persons2000: 4,191 persons2001: 4,782 persons2002: 5,810 persons2003: 6,376 persons2004: 5,804 persons2005: 4,712 persons2006: 4,127 persons2007: 3,796 persons2008: 4,332 persons2009: 6,671 persons2010: 8,216 persons2011: 8,627 persons2012: 7,354 persons2013: 7,319 persons2014: 6,314 persons2015: 5,180 persons2016: 5,876 persons2017: 5,491 persons2018: 4,748 persons2019: 4,379 persons2020: 8,233 persons2021: 6,550 persons2022: 4,684 persons2023: 4,597 persons2024: 4,622 persons2025: 6,836 persons2,0004,0006,0008,00010K19902002201420251990: 5,803 persons1991: 7,166 persons1992: 7,296 persons1993: 6,932 persons1994: 6,936 persons1995: 6,846 persons1996: 6,924 persons1997: 6,936 persons1998: 7,179 persons1999: 5,554 persons2000: 4,191 persons2001: 4,782 persons2002: 5,810 persons2003: 6,376 persons2004: 5,804 persons2005: 4,712 persons2006: 4,127 persons2007: 3,796 persons2008: 4,332 persons2009: 6,671 persons2010: 8,216 persons2011: 8,627 persons2012: 7,354 persons2013: 7,319 persons2014: 6,314 persons2015: 5,180 persons2016: 5,876 persons2017: 5,491 persons2018: 4,748 persons2019: 4,379 persons2020: 8,233 persons2021: 6,550 persons2022: 4,684 persons2023: 4,597 persons2024: 4,622 persons2025: 6,836 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20256,836
20244,622
20234,597
20224,684
20216,550
20208,233
20194,379
20184,748
20175,491
20165,876
20155,180
20146,314
20137,319
20127,354
20118,627
20108,216
20096,671
20084,332
20073,796
20064,127
20054,712
20045,804
20036,376
20025,810
20014,782
20004,191
19995,554
19987,179
19976,936
19966,924
19956,846
19946,936
19936,932
19927,296
19917,166
19905,803

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Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Brownsville, TX, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Brownsville, TX, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/brownsville-tx. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Brownsville, TX, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/brownsville-tx.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Brownsville, TX, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/brownsville-tx (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Brownsville, TX?

Unemployed people in Brownsville, TX was 6,836 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 47.9% from 2024. That is the 8th highest of 134 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Brownsville, TX?

8,627 in 2011, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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