Texas County’s unemployment rate stood at 2.6 percent in April, which was down one and one-half of a percentage point from the previous month, reports the Missouri Department of Economic Development.
This level of unemployment is significant since it has not dropped below 3 percent since October 2018, and is the lowest in the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s database, which goes through 1990.
Area counties and their unemployment rates are:
County Howell Douglas Wright Pulaski Laclede Phelps Dent Shannon Unemployment Rate (%) 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.8 3.5