NEWS WEEK
The Texas economy recorded its 36th successive month of growth in March and is performing substantially better than the U.S. economy as a whole, according to figures from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).
During the month Texas’ seasonally adjusted nonfarm job count increased by 19,100, to a record of 14,115,700, with the total number of people working in Texas, including the self-employed, reaching 14,590,800.
The booming Texan economy has come during a time of significant tensions between state authorities and the Biden administration, particularly over how to handle illegal immigration. In January, the Supreme Court ruled federal agents could remove razor wire placed along the southern border causing Texas Governor Greg Abbottto claim the state was facing an “invasion”and invoking its “constitutional right to defend itself.”
According to the latest TWC figures, produced in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs were created in a number of sectors in the Texan economy during March.
The biggest gain was in leisure and hospitality, which produced another 7,300 jobs, whilst 3,700 were added for mining and logging and 2,400 in other services.
