UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY DIPS SLIGHTLY

Mary-Janet January 23, 2015

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The unemployment rate for Washington County for December 2014 was 3.2 percent, down slightly from November 2014.

The December unemployment rate was .5% lower that November’s unemployment rate of 3.7% and 1.1 % lower than the 4.3 percent December 2013.

Austin County had a 3.8 percent unemployment rate for December, down .2% from the November rate of 4.0, and down 1.1 percent from 4.9 percent from December of 2013.

Burleson County had a 3.3 percent unemployment rate for December, down .4 percent from November, and down 1.8 percent from December of 2013.

Colorado County had a 3.2 percent unemployment rate for December, down from 3.7 percent from November and down 1.3 percent from 4.5 percent from December of 2013.

Grimes County had a 3.8 percent unemployment rate, down from 4.3 percent in November, and down 1.4 percent from 5.2 percent from December 2013.

The county with the lowest unemployment for December was Hemphill County with 1.6 percent and Reagan County with 1.8 percent unemployment.

The county with the highest rate was Starr County with 13.3 percent, with the only other counties with double digit unemployment being Loving County with 10 percent and Sabine County with 10.3 percent.

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