Unemployment and job creation are two different things. Texas is not losing jobs. It is gaining them, at the fastest rate in the nation. And people know it. That’s why even MORE people are FLOCKING to this state.
And nobody is flocking to the 25 states in front of them:
Rank State Rate
1 NORTH DAKOTA 3.2
2 NEBRASKA 4.1
3 SOUTH DAKOTA 4.8
4 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4.9
5 OKLAHOMA 5.3
6 VERMONT 5.5
7 WYOMING 5.9
8 HAWAII 6.0
8 IOWA 6.0
8 VIRGINIA 6.0
11 KANSAS 6.6
12 MINNESOTA 6.7
13 NEW MEXICO 6.8
14 MARYLAND 7.0
15 UTAH 7.4
16 ALASKA 7.5
16 MONTANA 7.5
18 MASSACHUSETTS 7.6
18 PENNSYLVANIA 7.6
18 WISCONSIN 7.6
21 LOUISIANA 7.8
21 MAINE 7.8
23 DELAWARE 8.0
23 NEW YORK 8.0
25 ARKANSAS 8.1
26 TEXAS 8.2