Unemployment rate drops to single digits in Starr County

The Texas Workforce Commission released the September 2023 Labor Market and Employment reports and unemployment in Starr County has further dropped to 8.3%.

Starr County has seen a significant decline over the past year. Last September's unemployment rate for the county was at 11.5%,

The trend is consistent with the rest of the Rio Grande Valley counties, down to single-digit unemployment.

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