FALLING OIL PRICES NOT STOPPING TEXAS JOB GROWTH – part 2

All Texas industries except mining and logging (which includes oil and gas) and manufacturing had more jobs.  The state’s leisure and hospitality industry ranked first in job creation followed by construction and transportation,  warehousing and utilities.  All Texas metro areas except Texarkana, Wichita Falls and College Station-Bryan have more jobs.  Odessa is 1st in job creation, followed by Midland, Dallas-Plano-Irving, Corpus Christi and Beaumont-Port Arthur.  The state’s unemployment rate in April was 4% with Amarillo the lowest.  FALLING OIL PRICE HAVE NOT HURT TEXAS’ GROWTH!!