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The Orange County Economic Development Corporation has released its Economic Update for Orange County.

In terms of unemployment, Orange county is posting a slightly lower unemployment rate, 7.9% to 8.4% which the rest of South East Texas is averaging. This is down from 10.8% a year ago.

Sales tax numbers are also up 10%.

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