Dallas and Houston Metros Lead Job Growth
From: Houstonomics
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan areas added the most jobs among U.S metros between January 2010 and January 2011 according to new figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Houston added 56,600 jobs, second only to Dallas-Fort Worth which added 63,600 jobs.
Two hundred sixty-six metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 93 reported decreases, and 13 were unchanged. The national unemployment rate in January was 9.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 10.6 percent a year earlier.
The unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan area increased to 8.8% from 8.3% from December 2010 to January 2011.
Metro Job Growth (Jan-10 to Jan-11)
Houstonomics
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