In February, the seasonallyadjusted Texas unemployment rate was 6.9 percent, up from 6.8 percent in January 2020, according to figures from the Texas Workforce Commission released last week.
The numbers for Fayette County (not seasonally adjusted) increased two-tenths of a percent, from 5.4 percent to 5.6 percent. Unemployment rates rose in surrounding counties as well, from one-tenth of a percent …