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The unadjusted unemployment rate of the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas rose to 5.6 percent in February 2021, a slight increase from the 5.3 percent rate recorded in January 2021, according to figures released today by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).
The unadjusted unemployment rate of the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas ticked up to 5.3 percent in January 2021, a slight increase from the 4.8 percent rate recorded in December 2020.
The unadjusted unemployment rate of the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas rounded out 2020 by dropping to 5.1 percent in December, down from 5.8 percent in November, with 3,604 jobs added, according to figures released today by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The 5.1 percent unemployment rate in the nine-county Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (WSRCA) represented 28,870 residents seeking employment. The region’s unemployment rate remained below both the Texas (7.1 percent)* and national (6.5 percent)* rates.
The U.S. Department of Labor this week announced that Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area was awarded a $2.5 million Rural Healthcare Initiative grant to address rural healthcare workforce shortages in communities within its workforce development area.
The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas increased slightly in November 2020, to 5.8 percent, from a pandemic low of 4.8 percent in October, according to figures released today by the Texas Workforce Commission.
The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas has shrunk from a high of 11.5 percent during the worst stages of the coronavirus pandemic in April, to a low of 4.9 percent in October 2020.