The chart below shows the unemployment rates for the city of McKinney, TX through December* 2009.  Since July 2009, the unemployment rate has been trending downward (a good sign).  We will post the latest rate when released from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Please note, the rates are not seasonally adjusted.  Click the “Show/Hide Table Data” button to see the exact figures.

[easychart type="line" height="175" width="350" title="McKinney Unemployment Rates" groupnames="Monthly %" valuenames="01/09, 02/09, 03/09, 04/09, 05/09, 06/09, 07/09, 08/09, 09/09, 10/09, 11/09, 12/09" group1values="6.4, 6.4, 6.6, 6.0, 6.6, 7.9, 8.1, 8.0, 7.8, 7.7, 7.4, 7.3" minaxis="5.0" imagealtattr="McKinney, TX Unemployment Rates"  imagetitleattr="McKinney, TX Unemployment Rates"]

Compare to the last five years of unemployment rates in McKinney:

[easychart type="line" height="200" width="350" title="McKinney Unemployment Rates 2005-2009" groupnames="2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009" valuenames="Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec" group1values="4.5, 4.6, 4.3, 4.1, 4.1, 5.0, 4.8, 4.6, 4.4, 4.1, 4.2, 3.9" group2values="4.4, 4.4, 4.7, 4.4, 4.4, 5.1, 5.1, 4.6, 4.2, 3.9, 3.9, 3.5" group3values="4.2, 4.1, 4.2, 3.7, 3.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0, 4.1, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0" group4values="4.4, 4.3, 4.2, 3.8, 4.2, 5.0, 5.0, 5.1, 4.7, 4.7, 5.0, 5.4" group5values="6.4, 6.4, 6.6, 6.0, 6.6, 7.9, 8.1, 8.0, 7.8, 7.7, 7.4, 7.3" minaxis="3.0" imagealtattr="McKinney, TX Unemployment Rates 2005-2009"  imagetitleattr="McKinney, TX Unemployment Rates 2005-2009"]

*December rate is preliminary.  Source of data: US Bureau of Labor Statistics