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Texas' Unemployment
Rate Remains Constant
Dentor's Rate Sustains Over Last ear
Texas' unemployment rate plateaued
in May at 8 percent, slightly decreasing
from last year's average of 8.1 percent
and staying below the national rate of
9.1, according to the Texas Workforce
Commission.
Denton's unemployment rates have
also stayed consistent, rising slightly to 6.4
percent in May from 6.3 the year prior.
Eight thousand non-agricultural jobs
were added in May, equaling to 205,400
fobs from a year ago and ranking Texas
fourth nationally.
Texas has created more than a third of
the country's new jobs since the end of
the recession in 2009, according to the
Wall Street Journal.
Although 985,656 people are without
work in Texas, 92,300 jobs have been
added this year, said Ronny Congleton,
TWC Commissioner representing labor,
in a press release.
We're experiencing what everyone else
is experiencing, [but] just a little less,"
Givens said.
Texas professional and business
services grew by 4,300 jobs in May,
totaling to 53,700 service positions
added over the year.
Mining and logging employment
tallied to 32,700 as it increased
by 3,000 jobs and maintained an
annual growth rate of 15.9 percent
this year.
Nineteen hundred jobs were added
to the manufacturing Industry in
May for a total of 10,900 jobs since
last year.
Amazon.com is negotiating a deal
with Texas officials where it prom-
ises to bring more than 5,000 jobs
to Texas and $300 million in capital
investments over the next three
years if given a four-and-a-half-year
online tax exemption, according to
investmentwatchblog.com, a website
covering breaking news in business,
politics, and technology.
-Ashley-Crystal Firstley, Senior Staff
Writer
Metropolitan Statistics Area
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Includes counties: Wise, Denton,
Collin, Hunt, Delta, Parker, Tarrant,
Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman,
Johnson and Ellis
In total, the
goods-producting
industries added
4,000jobsfora 1.0
percent annual
increase.
Numbers measure changes
from May 2010 to May2011.
The terms "added" and
"subtracted" refer to NET
gains or losses.
The MSA added a total
of 58,900 nonfarm
jobs, an over-the-year
change of 2.1 percent.
The MSA added
64,100 private sector
jobs, an over-the-eyar
change of 2.6 percent.
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In the service-
providing areas,
54,900 jobs were
added for a 2.2
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10,400 trade-
transportation-
utility jobs for a
1.8 percent
increase.
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percent
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The Dallas MSAs govern-
ment jobs shrank by 5,200
jobs for a decline of 1.3
percent.
The MSA
subtracted
11,100 federal
jobs, a 19.8
percent decrease
The MSA
added 400
state jobs, a 0.8
percent
increase.
The MSA added
5,500 local
government jobs,
a 1.8 percent
increase.
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and business
services jobs for a
2,900 leisure and
hospitality jobs
for a 1.0 percent
increase.
8,500 financial
activities jobs
for a 3.7
percent
increase.
16,500 educational
and health services
jobs for a 4.7
percent increase.
Graphic by Ashley-Crystal Firstley/Senior Staff Writer
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Zucker, Shaina. On The Record, Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 2011, periodical, July 15, 2011; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth209155/m1/15/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .