Cameron County WDA

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Cameron County WDA

• A Growing Labor Market

2003 LMI Conference, Austin, Texas
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Unemployment - defined

• An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that
  the government economist to whom it is acceptable
  still has a job.
• Found on JokEc website

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Cameron County WDA

• Area Background

• Texas southernmost county located in the fertile
  Rio Grande Valley
• Economy consists of agribusiness tourism
  seafood processing shipping manufacturing, and
  government/services
• Population grew by 28.9 between 1990 and 2000
  and ranked 40th of 254 counties in percentage
  population growth

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Cameron County WDA

• Area Background Cont.

• Employers provided 115,252 jobs in 3rd Qtr. 2002
• Median Family Income in 2000 was 27,853
• Civilian labor force of nearly 146,000 workers

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Cameron County WDA

• Area Background Cont.

• The Brownsville-Harlingen MSA ranked 2nd of the
  27 MSAs in annual nonagricultural job growth in
  April 2003.
• Percent of families living below the poverty line
  in 1999 - 28.2

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Cameron WDA vs. Texas April Unemployment Rates
1990-2003
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Area Labor Force Comparisons
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Nonfarm Job Growth
Source Current Employment Statistics Program,
Labor Market Information, TWC
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Workers vs. Jobs
Source CES and LAUS Programs, Labor Market
Information, TWC
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Cameron WDA Industry Make-Up
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Cameron WDA Top Paying Industries
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Area Population Comparisons
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Occupations Adding the Most Jobs2000-2010
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Cameron WDA Top Paying Occupations
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Cameron WDA Unemployment Claims
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Cameron WDA Educational Attainment

• Population 25 years and over
• Less than 9th grade - 29.4
• 9th to 12th grade, no diploma - 15.4
• High school graduate (incl.. equiv.) - 20.1
• Some college, no degree - 17.5
• Associates degree - 4.3
• Bachelors degree - 8.4
• Graduate or professional degree - 4.9
• Percent high school graduate or higher - 55.2
• Percent bachelors degree or higher - 13.4

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Area Education Resources

• The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas
  Southmost College
• Vanguard Institute of Technology
• South Texas Vocational Technical Institute
• Action Career Training III
• South Texas Nurse Aide Training Center II
• Career Tech Institute

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Cameron WDA Language Information
Language Spoken at Home Population 5 years and
over English only - 21 Language other than
English - 79 Spanish - 78.3 Speak English
less than very well - 35.3
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Questions?
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Thank You for Being Here!
Contact Information Al Lopez Ph. (512)
244-7966 al.lopez2_at_twc.state.tx.us Clay
Griffis Ph. [phone] clayton.griffis_at_twc.
state.tx.us