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Texas Tribune by Troy Closson June 21, 2019
The state's unemployment rate for May dropped to 3.5%, an all-time low. That breaks the record low of 3.7% reached in April.
Over the month, the state added 19,600 non-farm jobs, according to seasonally adjusted data. Jobs categorized as professional and business services topped all other categories, adding 8,100 positions. Education and health services saw the second-highest rise, adding 4,500 jobs in May.
Among more than two dozen metropolitan statistical areas in Texas, the Midland metro area recorded May's lowest non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 1.7%, according to the Workforce Commission, while the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area had the highest rate at 5%.
More: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/21/texas-unemployment-rate-drops-record-low-35/ (https://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/21/texas-unemployment-rate-drops-record-low-35/)