US unemployment by state, July · BLS data retrieved October 12
US unemployment fell, but Texas moved the other way
Compare June with July: the direction changes when you switch from the nation to Texas.
The Texas unemployment rate rose from June.
Did the country move in the same direction?
① Put the months side by side
Texas rose from 4.4% in June to 4.5% in July.
The July bar is higher than the June bar.
② Yet the national rate fell
The national rate fell from about 4.2% in June to about 4.1% in July.
A falling national unemployment rate does not mean it fell in every state.
③ What does this mean for your household?
These figures do not tell us whether your pay or living costs changed.
In the US or elsewhere, a national figure alone does not describe your local area.
- Is this the national figure or my area's figure?
- Is the comparison with last month or the same month last year?
- Is this the original figure or a revised one?
Match the place and the comparison period before drawing a conclusion.
④ Check when the figures were retrieved
These figures were retrieved on October 12.
They may include revisions and differ from the original release.
Check both Texas and the nation when the next month's figures appear.
Miyang sums it upThe national rate fell while Texas rose; a national figure cannot speak for every neighborhood.
Going deeper: the tracking record
We compare the same release over time and check these questions again when the next one comes out.
⑤ Compare with the same month last year
Texas rose from about 4.2% in July last year to 4.5% this July.
It rose whether we compare with last month or the same month last year.
⑥ Check again with the next release
Return to the BLS data when the next month's figures become available.
Check which direction Texas and the nation each moved.
Is the Texas unemployment rate lower in the next release?
- Today's value
- 2026년 7월 텍사스 실업률 4.5%
- How to read it
- If it is lower, the direction has reversed from this month's rise.
- When
- No date in the source · checked at the next release
Does the national unemployment rate fall again in the next release?
- Today's value
- 2026년 7월 미국 실업률 4.1%
- How to read it
- If it is lower, the national decline has continued.
- When
- No date in the source · checked at the next release