In June, the seasonally-adjusted Texas unemployment rate was 6.5 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from a revised rate of 6.6 percent in May 2021, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
Fayette County’s rate (not seasonally adjusted) jumped sixtenths of a percent last month, as did Gonzales and Lavaca counties. All eight surrounding counties saw increases from May. Among them, Washington Co…