The executive director of the Kerr Economic Development Corp. attributes Kerr County's unemployment rate of 11.3% in April to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gil Salinas said the area and the rest of the state were hit fast and hard, according to The Kerrville Daily Times.
“It did not spare any business or any sector of the Texas economy, at all,” Salinas said in an email. "I remember doing research on employment figures this January, and all Texas cities were bragging about their local jobless rates hitting record lows, dating back to 1999 when they last saw those figures. Look at us now. Nobody could have predicted the swiftness and impact of this pandemic.”
Before the coronavirus, Kerr County was among the cities and counties that enjoyed healthy job figures. Its rate usually in the neighborhood of 4%, the county is fortunate to be doing better than Texas and the nation.
As of May 30, Texas reported 61,006 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, including 1,626 deaths. Kerr County has 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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