Karnes County, TX Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 4,761 | - | 4.4 | - |
| 1991 | 4,796 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| 1992 | 4,751 | -0.9 | 7.0 | 1.9 |
| 1993 | 4,731 | -0.4 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| 1994 | 5,160 | 9.1 | 5.1 | -1.5 |
| 1995 | 5,179 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 1.9 |
| 1996 | 5,768 | 11.4 | 5.2 | -1.8 |
| 1997 | 5,936 | 2.9 | 4.4 | -0.8 |
| 1998 | 5,911 | -0.4 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
| 1999 | 5,530 | -6.4 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | 5,081 | -8.1 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 5,079 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| 2002 | 5,101 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | 5,257 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 5,257 | 0.0 | 6.9 | -0.5 |
| 2005 | 5,114 | -2.7 | 6.3 | -0.5 |
| 2006 | 5,003 | -2.2 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| 2007 | 4,920 | -1.7 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| 2008 | 4,936 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 0.4 |
| 2009 | - | - | - | - |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 4,649 | - | 4.9 | - |
| Feb | 4,634 | - | 4.6 | - |
| Mar | 4,689 | - | 4.3 | - |
| Apr | 4,770 | - | 3.9 | - |
| May | 4,825 | - | 4.3 | - |
| Jun | 4,798 | - | 4.7 | - |
| Jul | 4,788 | - | 5.8 | - |
| Aug | 4,773 | - | 5.0 | - |
| Sep | 4,784 | - | 3.7 | - |
| Oct | 4,775 | - | 3.4 | - |
| Nov | 4,850 | - | 3.8 | - |
| Dec | 4,798 | - | 3.6 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 4,817 | 3.6 | 4.0 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 4,814 | 3.9 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 4,833 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 4,757 | -0.3 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| May | 4,757 | -1.4 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 4,795 | -0.1 | 6.2 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 4,785 | -0.1 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 4,737 | -0.8 | 6.1 | 1.0 |
| Sep | 4,796 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 1.8 |
| Oct | 4,810 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 1.6 |
| Nov | 4,825 | -0.5 | 5.0 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 4,823 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 1.0 |
| 1992-Jan | 4,783 | -0.7 | 6.5 | 2.5 |
| Feb | 4,807 | -0.1 | 6.7 | 2.4 |
| Mar | 4,786 | -1.0 | 6.6 | 2.0 |
| Apr | 4,745 | -0.3 | 6.4 | 1.6 |
| May | 4,768 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 2.1 |
| Jun | 4,837 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 4,729 | -1.2 | 8.1 | 2.3 |
| Aug | 4,588 | -3.1 | 7.9 | 1.9 |
| Sep | 4,641 | -3.2 | 6.8 | 1.3 |
| Oct | 4,761 | -1.0 | 6.5 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 4,766 | -1.2 | 6.8 | 1.7 |
| Dec | 4,801 | -0.5 | 6.9 | 2.4 |
| 1993-Jan | 4,669 | -2.4 | 7.7 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 4,634 | -3.6 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 4,687 | -2.1 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 4,733 | -0.3 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 4,726 | -0.9 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 4,793 | -0.9 | 7.8 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 4,755 | 0.5 | 7.3 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 4,733 | 3.2 | 6.3 | -1.6 |
| Sep | 4,712 | 1.5 | 6.0 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 4,735 | -0.5 | 5.6 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 4,773 | 0.1 | 5.7 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 4,823 | 0.5 | 5.5 | -1.4 |
| 1994-Jan | 4,898 | 4.9 | 5.6 | -2.1 |
| Feb | 4,932 | 6.4 | 5.2 | -2.1 |
| Mar | 4,939 | 5.4 | 4.8 | -2.0 |
| Apr | 5,195 | 9.8 | 4.8 | -1.7 |
| May | 5,225 | 10.6 | 5.0 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 5,333 | 11.3 | 6.1 | -1.7 |
| Jul | 5,365 | 12.8 | 5.4 | -1.8 |
| Aug | 5,258 | 11.1 | 5.2 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 5,250 | 11.4 | 4.6 | -1.4 |
| Oct | 5,213 | 10.1 | 4.5 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 5,150 | 7.9 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 5,167 | 7.1 | 4.5 | -1.1 |
| 1995-Jan | 5,025 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 5,011 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 5,008 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 5,005 | -3.7 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
| May | 4,940 | -5.5 | 6.6 | 1.6 |
| Jun | 4,923 | -7.7 | 8.8 | 2.7 |
| Jul | 4,836 | -9.9 | 9.7 | 4.2 |
| Aug | 5,173 | -1.6 | 9.2 | 4.0 |
| Sep | 5,334 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
| Oct | 5,667 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 2.2 |
| Nov | 5,605 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 5,623 | 8.8 | 5.7 | 1.3 |
| 1996-Jan | 5,636 | 12.2 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 5,767 | 15.1 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 5,780 | 15.4 | 4.8 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 5,807 | 16.0 | 4.9 | -1.1 |
| May | 5,819 | 17.8 | 5.0 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 5,841 | 18.6 | 6.3 | -2.5 |
| Jul | 5,794 | 19.8 | 6.3 | -3.3 |
| Aug | 5,711 | 10.4 | 5.7 | -3.5 |
| Sep | 5,779 | 8.3 | 4.8 | -3.1 |
| Oct | 5,748 | 1.4 | 4.6 | -2.1 |
| Nov | 5,733 | 2.3 | 4.5 | -1.7 |
| Dec | 5,798 | 3.1 | 4.1 | -1.6 |
| 1997-Jan | 5,900 | 4.7 | 4.7 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 5,880 | 2.0 | 4.4 | -0.8 |
| Mar | 5,902 | 2.1 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 5,958 | 2.6 | 3.9 | -1.0 |
| May | 5,966 | 2.5 | 4.3 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 6,038 | 3.4 | 5.8 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 5,983 | 3.3 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 5,919 | 3.6 | 4.8 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 5,951 | 3.0 | 4.2 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 5,918 | 3.0 | 3.7 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 5,931 | 3.5 | 3.3 | -1.1 |
| Dec | 5,890 | 1.6 | 3.2 | -1.0 |
| 1998-Jan | 5,955 | 0.9 | 3.6 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 5,982 | 1.7 | 3.4 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 6,005 | 1.7 | 3.5 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 6,032 | 1.2 | 3.2 | -0.7 |
| May | 6,070 | 1.7 | 3.6 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 6,001 | -0.6 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 5,854 | -2.2 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 5,774 | -2.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 5,831 | -2.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 5,791 | -2.1 | 4.1 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 5,833 | -1.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 5,798 | -1.6 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| 1999-Jan | 5,581 | -6.3 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 5,545 | -7.3 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 5,532 | -7.9 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 5,594 | -7.3 | 3.9 | 0.8 |
| May | 5,564 | -8.3 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 5,557 | -7.4 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 5,494 | -6.1 | 4.5 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 5,527 | -4.3 | 3.9 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 5,528 | -5.2 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 5,489 | -5.2 | 3.9 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 5,451 | -6.5 | 3.7 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 5,499 | -5.2 | 3.2 | -0.5 |
| 2000-Jan | 5,130 | -8.1 | 5.5 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 5,126 | -7.6 | 5.3 | 1.1 |
| Mar | 5,075 | -8.3 | 5.5 | 1.3 |
| Apr | 5,022 | -10.2 | 4.9 | 0.9 |
| May | 5,055 | -9.1 | 5.1 | 0.9 |
| Jun | 5,128 | -7.7 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 5,067 | -7.8 | 5.9 | 1.4 |
| Aug | 5,078 | -8.1 | 5.9 | 2.0 |
| Sep | 5,138 | -7.1 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
| Oct | 5,039 | -8.2 | 5.2 | 1.3 |
| Nov | 5,020 | -7.9 | 5.3 | 1.6 |
| Dec | 5,093 | -7.4 | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| 2001-Jan | 4,998 | -2.6 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 4,962 | -3.2 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 5,017 | -1.1 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 5,028 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| May | 5,127 | 1.4 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 5,147 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 5,116 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 5,116 | 0.7 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 5,156 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 5,154 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 5,066 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 5,062 | -0.6 | 6.0 | 1.4 |
| 2002-Jan | 5,074 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 1.2 |
| Feb | 5,067 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
| Mar | 5,046 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 5,057 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 1.4 |
| May | 5,126 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 5,078 | -1.3 | 7.8 | 1.6 |
| Jul | 5,038 | -1.5 | 8.0 | 2.1 |
| Aug | 5,002 | -2.2 | 7.7 | 2.0 |
| Sep | 5,162 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 1.3 |
| Oct | 5,194 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 5,187 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 1.5 |
| Dec | 5,178 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| 2003-Jan | 5,157 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 5,183 | 2.3 | 7.7 | 1.4 |
| Mar | 5,278 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 5,253 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| May | 5,274 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 0.9 |
| Jun | 5,314 | 4.6 | 8.5 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 5,247 | 4.1 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 5,239 | 4.7 | 7.4 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 5,296 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 5,299 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 5,323 | 2.6 | 6.9 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 5,224 | 0.9 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| 2004-Jan | 5,287 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 5,256 | 1.4 | 6.7 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 5,214 | -1.2 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 5,279 | 0.5 | 6.5 | -0.3 |
| May | 5,269 | -0.1 | 6.7 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 5,435 | 2.3 | 7.5 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 5,305 | 1.1 | 7.4 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 5,271 | 0.6 | 6.7 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 5,225 | -1.3 | 6.5 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 5,196 | -1.9 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 5,193 | -2.4 | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 5,153 | -1.4 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| 2005-Jan | 5,148 | -2.6 | 6.7 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 5,117 | -2.6 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 5,149 | -1.2 | 6.2 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 5,110 | -3.2 | 5.9 | -0.6 |
| May | 5,083 | -3.5 | 6.3 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 5,161 | -5.0 | 7.0 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 5,269 | -0.7 | 6.8 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 5,092 | -3.4 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 5,082 | -2.7 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 5,087 | -2.1 | 5.6 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 5,039 | -3.0 | 6.1 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 5,034 | -2.3 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| 2006-Jan | 5,067 | -1.6 | 6.1 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 5,028 | -1.7 | 6.1 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 5,030 | -2.3 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 5,027 | -1.6 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 5,015 | -1.3 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 5,161 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 5,170 | -1.9 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 4,964 | -2.5 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 4,945 | -2.7 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 4,882 | -4.0 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 4,849 | -3.8 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 4,901 | -2.6 | 5.1 | -0.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 4,959 | -2.1 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 4,940 | -1.8 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 4,964 | -1.3 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 4,906 | -2.4 | 5.0 | -1.0 |
| May | 4,932 | -1.7 | 5.1 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 5,007 | -3.0 | 6.2 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 4,968 | -3.9 | 6.4 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 4,849 | -2.3 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 4,881 | -1.3 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 4,884 | 0.0 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 4,865 | 0.3 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 4,887 | -0.3 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| 2008-Jan | 4,962 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 4,897 | -0.9 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 4,949 | -0.3 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 4,983 | 1.6 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| May | 4,930 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 4,968 | -0.8 | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 4,937 | -0.6 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 4,913 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 4,965 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 4,947 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 4,902 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| Dec | 4,877 | -0.2 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
| 2009-Jan | 4,854 | -2.2 | 8.0 | 2.0 |
| Feb | 4,888 | -0.2 | 7.6 | 2.0 |
| Mar | 4,911 | -0.8 | 7.9 | 2.5 |
| Apr | 5,011 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 2.4 |
| May | 4,993 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 2.4 |
| Jun | 5,022 | 1.1 | 9.6 | 3.0 |
| Jul | 4,937 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 3.5 |
| Aug | 4,940 | 0.5 | 10.6 | 3.6 |
| Sep | 4,874 | -1.8 | 10.5 | 4.1 |
| Oct | 4,865 | -1.7 | 10.2 | 4.0 |
| Nov | 4,866 | -0.7 | 10.0 | 3.5 |
| Dec | - | - | - | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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