Area Unemployment Increases Slightly
Posted/updated on: December 19, 2010 at 4:41 pm
EAST TEXAS – Like the state, unemployment in the area has gone up slightly. The Texas Workforce Commission reports unemployment in Tyler in November was 7.9%. That compares to 7.6% in October and 7.9% in November of last year. For Longview, Unemployment last month was 7.3%. In October Longview jobless rate was 7.1% and it was 7.6% in November of 2009. The October metro jobless rate for Texas was 8.1 percent.