Texas cities led the nation in job growth this summer, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Among the 12 largest metro areas in the country, Houston ranked second in the nation for its rate of annual job growth of 3 percent in July, only beat out by Dallas, which had an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent. That was double the growth rate of the nation, which had 1.5 percent growth in jobs during July.

Houston's manufacturing sector added 11,000 jobs in July from a year ago, an increase of 4.8 percent, which was much stronger gains than the nation's manufacturing sector, which only added 1.2 percent in the month of July.

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Houston's professional business services sector and leisure and hospitality sector also had stronger gains than the nation. Jobs in Houston's professional and business services sector increased 4.9 percent year-over-year, while the nation saw an increase of 2.2 percent. Jobs in Houston's leisure and hospitality sector increased by 3 percent from July of last year, while the nation's jobs in leisure and hospitality increased 2 percent.

Houston ranked third in the nation for the number of net jobs created in July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.