From February to March, the city gained about 200 farming jobs, dropping the city’s jobless numbers by .4 percent, according to information provided by Workforce Solutions.
Still behind Amarillo and Midland in terms of unemployment numbers, the Hub City took the lead on Abilene, which is sitting at 4.2 percent for March, the information showed.
The Midland Metropolitan Statistical Area had the lowest March unemployment rate in the state at 2.7 percent, Odessa followed in at the second-lowest rate of 3.3 percent and Amarillo was third at 3.8 percent, according to the information.
Lubbock’s flat 4 percent, however, remains much lower than state and national averages.
With many cities still recovering from the economic recession, the nation’s unemployment rate is at 6.8 percent.
Texas’ jobless numbers, which remained below the national average, dropped two-tenths of a percentage point from last month.
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