Jobless rates continue to improve for state & area

In July, Texas saw a decrease in the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate to 8.0 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission, after a rate of 8.4 percent for June.

This is the third consecutive monthly decrease and the lowest rate since March 2020, when the Texas economy was initially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Texas is below the national seasonally-adjusted rate of 10.2 p…