Unemployment rates were lower in July in 14 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 3 states, and stable in 33 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
According to the BLM, the Texas unemployment rate was 4 percent, with 588,000 unemployed people, with 118,000 unemployment insurance claims as of Aug. 13.
All 50 states and the District had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier. The national unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent over the month and was 1.9 percentage points lower than in July 2021.