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According to the BLS current population survey (CPS), the unemployment rate for Texas fell 0.2 percentage points in April 2021 to 6.7%. The state unemployment r
by freddie_mercury 5y ago
According to the BLS current population survey (CPS), the unemployment rate for Texas fell 0.2 percentage points in April 2021 to 6.7%. The state unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points higher than the national rate for the month.
According to the BLS current population survey (CPS), the unemployment rate for Kentucky fell 0.3 percentage points in April 2021 to 4.7%. The state unemployment rate was 1.4 percentage points lower than the national rate for the month.
So much for your anecdote. Unemployment in Texas is way higher than in Kentucky.
- brandmeyer 5y agoThe workforce participation rate is far lower for KY (56.6%) than TX (62.2%), though.
- cmendel 5y agoThat's because of the history of coal mining/factory jobs in KY. When The coal jobs dried up and the factories closed a fair portion of the people who were previously employed dropped out of the labor force and never went back. The other piece is this: Population of Texas in 2020: 29,360,759 Population of Kentucky in 2020: 4,477,251