Texas Statewide Average Unemployment Rate 

5.9%4.1%
Every Texan analysis of statewide unemployment rate averages show that of the 361 months from 1995-2025, 297 of those months had an unemployment rate average below 6.5%. HB 199 proposes to decrease laid off Texan's maximum UI benefit weeks from 26 to 14 weeks (indexed to 6.5% unemployment or below).
Chart: Every Texan Source: Bureau of Labor StatisticsDownload imageCreated with Datawrapper