Texas County’s unemployment rate was down slightly in September, reports the Missouri Department of Economic Development.
The figure was 8.3 percent, which was down two-tenths of a percentage point from August.
The average in south-central Missouri was 8.4 percent.
Area counties and their jobless rates: Douglas, 8.4 percent; Howell, 7.8; Shannon, 11.3; and Wright, 8.6.