Unemployment stays steady statewide in July while most area rates increase

Texas has more jobs, more people employed, and more people willing and able to work than ever before as growth continued in July, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.

The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate statewide remained at 4.1 percent last month while Fayette County’s rate (not seasonally adjusted) increased three-tenths of a percent from June to 4.0. Among surrounding counties, onl…