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The Coastal Bend Region
DeWitt
County-m Percent Change Average Annual Percent of County
2001 2000-2001 Growth 1996-2001 Employment Firms in 2001
Total 6,861 3.2 2.9 490
Agricultural Services,
Forestry, Fishing 79 (2.5) 2.2 1.2 22
Mining 64 (13.5) 2.3 0.9 8
Construction 233 (5.7) 0.1 3.4 42
Manufacturing 1,204 2.8 2.8 17.5 25
Transportation/Public
Utilities/Communications 141 1.4 5.5 2.1 17
Wholesale Trade 222 (4.3) (2.9) 3.2 26
Retail Trade 1,026 7.0 1.6 15.0 109
Services 1,280 6.6 9.4 18.7 155
Financial, Insurance,
Real Estate 354 1.4 2.2 5.2 35
Government 2,257 2.9 1.6 32.9 50
Change Change
2001 2000-2001 1996-2001 2001 State Ranking
Unemployment Rate 3.6 % 0.1 (0.9) 160th
Percent Change Avg. Annual Percent
2000 2000-2001 Change 1995-2000 2000 State Ranking
Personal Income (Thousands) $412,430 5.5 5.3 118th
Average Per Capita income $20,627 5.7 5.3 141 st
Change Change
1998 1997-1998 1993-1998 1998 State Ranking
Poverty Rate 20.5 % (1.0) (3.0) 77th
Ages 0-17 27.4 % 0.1 (4.3) 88th
Ages 5-17 in Families 27.1 % 0.2 (2.0) 97th
Percent Change Avg. Annual Percent
2000 1999-2000 Change 1995-2000 2000 State Ranking
Janua st Total Property Value $951,733,250 10.6 3.1 132nd
Pr Value Per Capita $47,556 6.5 2.6 152 nd
Percent Change Avg. Annual Percent
2000 1999-2000 Change 1995-2000
Taxable Sales $70,847,221 (0.2) 4.2
Sales Tax Outlets 515 (1.5) (2.0)
,..Number of Number of Percent Enrollment Growth
Districts Schools Enrollment from Prior Year
Public Education 2001-02 6 15 4,533 (0.3)
Higher Education Fall 2001
Texas Regional Outlook 29* Census Percent Change Percent of
2000 1990-2000 County Population
Total 20,013 6.2
Under age 5 1,093 (15.9) 5.5
Under 18 4,760 (5.9) 23.8
65 and over 3,781 (4.9) 18.9
85 and over 575 (7.0) 2.9
Male 10,276 15.3 51.3
Female 9,737 (1.9) 48.7
White 15,293 6.5 76.4
Black 2,209 4.5 11.0
Asian 42 147.1 0.2
Hispanic 5,452 19.4 27.2
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Texas. Comptroller's Office. Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Coastal Bend Region, report, June 2002; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth654571/m1/35/?q=%221997~%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.