AUSTIN, TX
The Texas Workforce Commission said Friday the jobless rate
jumped from 8.2 percent in March. The state added 32,500
nonagricultural jobs in April for a total increase of 79,000 jobs
in 2010, according to commission figures.
The commission says the work force in Texas grew by 51,000 in
April, outpacing the increase in jobs.
The Texas jobless rate remained below the national unemployment
figure of 9.9 percent.
Workforce commission Chairman Tom Pauken says the April
employment results were "mixed."
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