It's another new employment record for Texas.
The Texas Workforce Commission says the state added 77,800 non-agricultural jobs in February, lifting the number of employed Texans to an all-time high of nearly 13.2 million. It's the fourth straight month that the record has been shattered.
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The state's unemployment rate slipped to 4.7 percent. The greater Austin area has the lowest figure, while McAllen-Edinburg-Mission has the highest. DFW and Sherman-Denison are below the statewide average, checking in at or just above four percent unemployment.
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