According to the recent report by the Texas Real Estate Center the following data shows a favorable unemployment rate for most of west Texas major cities.
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Texas Metropolitan Areas Ranked by Unemployment Rate, August 2009
Rank Metro Area Unemployment Rate, Percent
1 Amarillo 5.6
2 Lubbock 5.7
3 Abilene 6.1
3 Midland 6.1
5 College Station-Bryan 6.4
5 Texarkana 6.4
7 San Angelo 6.7
8 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 7.0
8 San Antonio 7.0
10 Austin-Round Rock 7.2
11 Waco 7.3
12 Corpus Christi 7.8
12 Tyler 7.8
14 Victoria 7.9
14 Wichita Falls 7.9
Texas 8.1
16 Dallas-Plano-Irving 8.2
17 Fort Worth-Arlington 8.3
17 Longview 8.3
19 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 8.4
20 Sherman-Denison 8.5
21 Laredo 9.1
22 Odessa 9.3
23 El Paso 9.6
24 Brownsville-Harlingen 10.5
25 Beaumont-Port Arthur 10.8
26 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 11.4
Source: Texas Workforce Commission
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