Texas Real Estate Center Trends, Volume 10, Number 9, June 1997 Page: Table 5
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Table 5. Texas Employment Activity
Unemployment Rate Employment
Unit Change Percent Change
From Year Ago From Year Ago
Metropolitan Area March February March February March February March FebruaryAbilene 4.6 4.4 -0.8 -1.3 58,388 58,199 2.2 2.4
Amarillo 4.2 4.3 0.5 0.2 109,547 108,788 2.0 1.9
Austin-San Marcos 3.3 3.3 0.5 0.4 621,308 619,580 1.8 2.3
Beaumont-Port Arthur 8.6 8.1 -0.2 -1.4 165,420 164,969 1.3 1.4
Brazoria County 7.2 7.3 0.8 0.5 99,283 99,370 1.1 2.1
Brownsville-Harlingen 12.4 13.0 -1.0 -0.2 111,138 109,781 3.9 2.6
Bryan-College Station 2.2 2.4 -0.3 -0.2 69,926 69,171 2.5 3.6
Corpus Christi 8.4 8.6 0.3 -0.2 167,355 165,080 4.6 4.8
Dallas 3.9 4.0 -0.2 -0.4 1,713,489 1,705,052 3.7 3.9
El Paso 11.7 11.9 0.3 0.1 258,743 257,943 1.6 1.8
Fort Worth-Arlington 3.8 4.1 -0.3 -0.4 815,906 809,210 3.1 3.2
Galveston-Texas City 8.5 8.4 0.9 0.6 116,354 115,208 -1.2 -1.5
Houston 5.4 5.5 0.2 0.1 1,923,005 1,916,560 1.6 1.7
Killeen-Temple 5.4 5.3 0.4 -0.1 107,917 107,929 1.7 2.3
Laredo 12.1 12.5 -1.6 -2.4 61,593 61,236 3.6 3.5
Longview-Marshall 7.8 8.0 0.0 -0.6 94,851 94,936 0.9 2.2
Lubbock 4.0 3.8 0.0 -0.5 117,855 117,423 1.2 1.9
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 19.1 20.9 -0.8 -1.4 160,406 157,264 3.0 2.9
Odessa-Midland 5.7 5.8 0.0 -0.3 113,440 113,228 1.0 1.3
San Angelo 3.5 3.6 -0.3 -0.3 49,579 49,335 2.5 1.9
San Antonio 4.1 4.2 -0.1 -0.4 703,416 698,086 1.2 1.1
Sherman-Denison 5.0 5.1 -0.3 -1.2 47,298 46,938 3.2 4.1
Texarkana 7.8 8.0 0.3 0.0 52,956 52,937 0.8 1.4
Tyler 6.0 6.3 -0.5 0.2 82,833 82,697 3.5 3.6
Victoria 5.7 5.9 0.5 0.4 39,985 39,886 1.4 1.6
Waco 4.7 4.5 0.1 -0.3 96,672 96,331 2.4 2.4
Wichita Falls 4.5 4.5 0.3 -0.1 63,200 63,032 0.6 1.4
MSA Total 5.5 5.7 0.0 -0.2 8,021,863 7,980,169 2.3 2.4
Texas Total 5.7 5.9 0.0 -0.2 9,289,129 9,236,081 2.3 2.4
U.S. Total 5.2 5.5 -0.5 -0.5 128,074,650 127,150,171 2.3 2.3
Source: Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Texas A & M University. Real Estate Center. Texas Real Estate Center Trends, Volume 10, Number 9, June 1997, report, June 1997; College Station, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth903077/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.