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TEXAS METRO EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
Seasonal Adjustment by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
July 2008
Gain/Loss Gain/Loss
Gain/Loss Gain/Loss from from
Total Nonfarm Employment from from June December Unempl.
(Thousands) April May June July June December Percent Percent rate
TEXAS 10,609.5 10,619.1 10,653.8 10,672.5 18.7 131.6 2.13 2.15 4.7
Abilene 67.0 66.9 67.1 67.0 -0.1 0.8 -1.77 2.08 3.8
Amarillo 113.5 113.6 113.7 113.8 0.1 0.6 1.06 0.91 3.5
Austin-Round Rock 777.2 778.0 779.2 781.1 1.9 6.7 2.97 1.49 4.1
Beaumont-Port Arthur 165.8 166.1 166.5 167.8 1.3 2.8 9.78 2.93 6.1
Brownsville-Harlingen 125.6 126.1 126.3 126.2 -0.1 1.2 -0.95 1.65 6.5
College Station-Bryan 92.6 92.7 93.1 93.2 0.1 1.9 1.30 3.59 3.8
Corpus Christi 179.5 180.1 180.6 180.6 0.0 1.4 0.00 1.34 4.7
Dallas-Plano-Irving MD 2,115.9 2,117.7 2,122.4 2,128.5 6.1 22.3 3.50 1.82 4.8
El Paso 280.8 280.8 282.3 283.2 0.9 4.7 3.89 2.91 5.9
Fort Worth-Arlington MD 887.5 889.5 890.0 892.5 2.5 8.1 3.42 1.58 4.6
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land 2,608.9 2,611.7 2,617.2 2,625.8 8.6 24.1 4.02 1.59 4.6
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 128.5 128.8 129.4 128.9 -0.5 4.3 -4.54 5.99 4.9
Laredo 88.6 88.8 88.9 88.5 -0.4 -0.3 -5.27 -0.58 5.3
Longview 98.2 98.6 99.1 99.0 -0.1 1.7 -1.20 3.01 4.1
Lubbock 129.8 130.2 130.8 130.2 -0.6 1.5 -5.37 2.01 3.7
McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr 218.1 218.9 221.0 223.5 2.5 8.5 14.45 6.87 7.1
Midland-Odessa 129.6 129.7 130.1 130.5 0.4 2.8 3.75 3.79 3.1
San Antonio 848.7 848.8 850.2 852.4 2.2 7.3 3.15 1.49 4.4
Texarkana 56.6 56.7 56.6 57.1 0.5 0.7 11.13 2.14 4.3
Tyler 93.6 93.6 93.9 94.1 0.2 -0.4 2.59 -0.72 4.8
Waco 106.7 106.7 106.6 107.1 0.5 -0.6 5.78 -0.95 4.3
Wichita Falls 62.8 62.7 63.0 63.4 0.4 0.9 7.89 2.48 4.2