Texas County’s unemployment rate was down in September from the previous month, the Missouri Department of Economic Development reported.
In September, the rate was 3.3 percent. That is down eight-tenths of a percentage point from August.
According to the department, the county’s total labor force was 9,396 and employed was 9,084. (Total unemployed – 312)
Other counties and their jobless rates: Howell (3.2), Douglas (2.9), Wright (2.8), Laclede (2.7), Pulaski (3.1), Phelps (2.6), Dent (3) and Shannon (3.2).