The Dallas-Fort Worth unemployment rate slipped to 4.3 percent in February, while the statewide rate reached a 30-year low of 4.1 percent.

The Dallas-Fort Worth jobless rate was down from 4.6 percent in January and 4.5 percent in February last year. The numbers are not adjusted for seasonal fluctuations.

The February unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in the Dallas-Plano-Irving area and 4.2 percent in the Fort Worth-Arlington area, compared with 4.6 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively, in January.

Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.1 percent in February, down from 4.3 percent in January and 4.5 percent in February 2007, reflecting lows not seen since the mid-1970s, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.

Texas' jobless rate was well below the national rate of 4.8 percent.

Seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment in Texas grew by 13,500 jobs in February. Texas employers added 235,000 jobs over the past 12 months, for an annual growth rate of 2.3 percent.

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