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Unemployment drops locally, statewide rate at 7-year low

The Texas Workforce Commission says unemployment rates across the region continued to fall in December, according to information released Friday.

 

Shelby County’s jobless rate of 4.3 percent last month was below the state-wide rate of 4.6 percent. That number decreased from 4.7 in November, and was 2-percent below the 6.3 in December 2013.

 

Shelby County’s workforce is around 12,300, with 533 looking for work.

 

In San Augustine County, the December jobless rate was 7.6 percent, down from 9.5 in December 2013.

 

In other neighboring counties their December unemployment: Nacogdoches 4 percent, Angelina 4.2 percent, Panola County 3.2 percent and on the other end of those low rates was Sabine County at 10.3 percent.

 

The statewide rate of 4.6 percent is the lowest since May 2008.

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