Scurry County’s monthly unemployment rate rose in October, increasing from 2.9 percent in September to 3.1 percent in October, according to data from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).
The rate was 3.2 percent in August. The lowest rate this decade was 2.5 percent in December 2014.
In October, Scurry County had 6,759 people in the workforce, with 212 classified as unemployed. Last October, there were 6,847 people in the workforce with 203 classified as unemployed, for an unemployment rate of 3 percent.
In October 2014, there were 8,461 people in the workforce and Scurry County had an unemployment rate of 2.9 percent.
Borden County had the lowest unemployment rate in the region at 2 percent. Andrews County remained unchanged at 2.2 percent while Mitchell County had the highest at 3.7 percent.
Other county unemployment rates were Garza, 2.4 percent; Nolan, 2.9 percent; Fisher, 2.7 percent; Kent, 2.7 percent; Coke, 3.1 percent; and Howard, 3.1 percent.
The Texas economy added 71,500 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in October. Annual employment growth for Texas was 2.6 percent in October, marking 90 consecutive months of annual growth. Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, setting a record for the lowest unemployment rate recorded in four decades.
“By adding an impressive 71,500 jobs over the past month and 316,100 jobs over the year, Texas employers have once again demonstrated their unmatched innovation and ability to achieve success in our country’s premier place to do business,” said TWC Chairman Andres Alcantar. “This economy provides valuable opportunities for the highly skilled Texas workforce to also achieve success.”
The Amarillo and Midland Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) recorded the month’s lowest unemployment rate among Texas MSAs with a non-seasonally adjusted rate of 2.4 percent, followed by the College Station-Bryan MSA with a rate of 2.5 percent.
The Austin-Round Rock and Lubbock MSAs registered a rate of 2.6 percent for October.
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