The Impact On The Texas Economy

As with most of the world and the United States, the unemployment rate skyrocketed in April at the beginning of the pandemic. Since then, the unemployment rate has been steadily declining. 

Despite all this, Governor Greg Abbott opted the state out of federal aid, and hundreds of thousands of unemployed Texans will lose government assistance from two federal programs.

Citizens all over Texas also faced unemployment at different rates. South Texans were hit the worst at the start of the pandemic, and Starr County recorded the highest unemployment rate out of them all 21.7%. Oil fields (especially those in South Texas) were what seemed to be hit the hardest.