As pandemic deepens, Texas’ unemployment rate rises to 8.1% in November via Dallas Morning News

The unemployment rate in Texas jumped to 8.1% in November, up from 6.9% in October, as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continued to rise.

Texas’ rate easily topped the national unemployment rate of 6.7% and has not been below the U.S. mark since August.

Texas also was among just seven states reporting statistically significant increases in the unemployment rate last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Twenty-five states and the U.S. recorded declines in the metric for November.

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