Texas County’s unemployment rate declined nine-tenths of a percentage point in September from the previous month, the Missouri Department of Economic Development reported.
The rate was 2.9 percent.
The agency said the county started the year with a 5.3 percent rate.
Here are the unemployment rates for surrounding counties: Howell (3.0), Wright (2.4), Douglas (2.4), Laclede (2.6), Pulaski (2.8), Phelps (2.3), Phelps (2.3), Dent (2.7) and Shannon (3.1).