Latest Texas unemployment figures for June were released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission and show Laredo now sits at 9.4 percent, a considerable jump from its 7.7 percent mark in May.
Yet Laredo remains below other border regions per unemployment numbers, which are not seasonally adjusted.
Looking at the three other key border areas and their June numbers:
* McAllen-Edinburg-Mission: 11.1 percent
* Brownsville-Harlingen: 10.2 percent
* El Paso: 9.6 percent
According to the Texas Workforce Commission, industries hard hit in June were trade and transportation and utilities with 21,700 jobs lost, followed by professional and business services with 11,900 jobs lost.
Manufacturing employment lost 10,300 jobs in June statewide.
-- Joe Rutland
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