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Vista—South Texas Economic Trends and Issues

Winter 2007/08
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
San Antonio Branch

Top and Bottom 10 Industries for Employment Growth
 
1990
2005
Annualized growth rate (percent)
 
Employment
Share
Employment
Share
Top 10 Corpus Christi Industries        
Ambulatory health care services
4,868
 
.0358
 
10,837
 
.0644
5.34
 
Electronics and appliance stores
300
 
.0022
 
650
 
.0039
5.15
 
Social assistance
1,517
 
.0112
 
2,985
 
.0177
4.51
 
Building material and garden supply stores
996
 
.0073
 
1,688
 
.0100
3.52
 
Specialty trade contractors
3,303
 
.0243
 
5,594
 
.0332
3.51
 
Support activities for mining
1,710
 
.0126
 
2,884
 
.0171
3.48
 
Health and personal care stores
707
 
.0052
 
1,174
 
.0070
3.38
 
Hospitals
5,147
 
.0379
 
8,339
 
.0495
3.22
 
Gasoline stations
1,119
 
.0082
 
1,812
 
.0108
3.21
 
Administration of environmental programs
302
 
.0022
 
474
 
.0028
3.01
 
Total for the top 10 industries
19,969
 
.1469
 
36,437
 
.2164
4.01
 
                   
Top 10 Texas Industries
 
 
Management of companies and enterprises
5,520
 
.0008
 
52,654
 
.0055
15.04
 
Warehousing and storage
10,099
 
.0014
 
38,041
 
.0040
8.84
 
Ambulatory health care services
210,335
 
.0301
 
467,373
 
.0488
5.32
 
Administrative and support services
297,925
 
.0427
 
586,136
 
.0612
4.51
 
Specialty trade contractors
170,421
 
.0244
 
325,719
 
.0340
4.32
 
Electronics and appliance stores
23,354
 
.0033
 
44,560
 
.0465
4.31
 
Couriers and messengers
20,065
 
.0029
 
36,380
 
.0038
3.97
 
Financial investment and related activity
22,637
 
.0032
 
40,296
 
.0042
3.84
 
Support activities for transportation
40,862
 
.0059
 
72,587
 
.0076
3.83
 
Professional and technical services
281,698
 
.0403
 
495,756
 
.0517
3.77
 
Total for the top 10 industries
1,082,916
 
.1550
 
2,159,502
 
.2673
54.14
 
                   
Bottom 10 Corpus Christi Industries
 
 
Utilities
1,866
 
.0137
 
1,319
 
.0078
-2.31
 
Performing arts and spectator sports
810
 
.0051
 
567
 
.0034
-2.38
 
Membership organizations and associations
1,921
 
.0141
 
1,263
 
.0075
-2.80
 
Administration of human resource program
513
 
.0038
 
332
 
.0020
-2.90
 
Chemical manufacturing
2,394
 
.0176
 
1,187
 
.0648
-4.68
 
Oil and gas extraction
1,380
 
.0102
 
668
 
.0040
-4.84
 
Pipeline transportation
688
 
.0051
 
301
 
.0018
-5.51
 
Electronic markets and agents/brokers
661
 
.0049
 
203
 
.0012
-7.87
 
Machinery manufacturing
1,185
 
.0873
 
199
 
.0012
-11.89
 
Apparel manufacturing
522
 
.0038
 
19
 
.0001
-22.09
 
Total for the bottom 10 industries
11,940
 
.1656
 
6,058
 
.0938
-4.52
 
         
Bottom 10 Texas Industries
 
 
Miscellaneous manufacturing
36,976
 
.0053
 
32,747
 
.0034
-.81
 
Other
304,736
 
.0436
 
267,636
 
.0279
-.87
 
Chemical manufacturing
84,257
 
.0121
 
73,600
 
.0077
-.90
 
Printing and related support activities
42,562
 
.0061
 
36,109
 
.0038
-1.10
 
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
28,037
 
.0040
 
22924
 
.0024
-1.34
 
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
142,140
 
.0204
 
115,644
 
.0121
-1.38
 
Oil and gas extraction
88,676
 
.0127
 
66,408
 
.0069
-1.93
 
Pipeline transportation
21,460
 
.0031
 
13,369
 
.0014
-3.16
 
Performing arts and spectator sports
47,842
 
.0069
 
20,553
 
.0021
-5.63
 
Apparel manufacturing
51,937
 
.0074
 
9,441
 
.0010
-11.37
 
Total for the bottom 10 industries
848,623
 
.1216
 
658,431
 
.0687
-26.69
 
NOTE: Industries shown have at least 0.25 percent of total employment in 2005 for growth industries and at least 0.25 percent in 1990 for declining industries. Shading indicates industries Corpus Christi and Texas have in common.
SOURCES: Texas Workforce Commission; authors calculations.

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