The Texas unemployment rate rose slightly in the most recent numbers, up 4.2% for January. As KFYO notes, the jobless rate in the Lone Star State is slightly higher than the national figure, which stands at 4.1%. Annual employment growth for January in Texas was 2%, marking 93 consecutive months of annual growth.
Amarillo’s unemployment rate, at 2.8%, is significantly lower than the statewide rate. Meanwhile, Oklahoma’s jobless rate held steady at 4.1%, a tenth of a point lower than Texas’s.
As The Oklahoman reports,the Sooner State’s unemployment figure remains unchanged since last September. Oklahoma’s figure is a tenth of a point lower than the national rate. The Oklahoma number has improved by half a point over a year ago when the state held 4.6% unemployment.