Texas County’s jobless rate stands at 6 percent, a full percentage point above the state average, the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center reported.
A year ago, the unemployment rate stood at 5.7 percent. In February, the figure was 7.3 percent.
Area counties and their jobless rates: Dent, 6.7; Douglas, 5.7; Howell, 4.8; Laclede, 5.4; Phelps, 4.7; Pulaski, 5.2; and Shannon, 7.4.