(The Center Square ) – Texas again set new employment records last month for the number of Texans working and size of the Texas labor force. It also again outpaced the national job growth rate as it has every month for roughly five years.

Last month, Texas reached a new record high of having the largest labor force ever reported in state history of 15,850,100. June marked 60 of 62 months of job growth, according to Texas Workforce Commission data.

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