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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3,416.0 | 3,425.7 | 3,430.0 | 3,429.5 | 3,442.0 | 3,447.1 | 3,442.6 | 3,425.4 | 3,459.8 | 3,465.7 | 3,465.2 | 3,470.6 | 3,473.6 | 3.0 | 0.1 | |
Texas |
14,034.5 | 14,053.9 | 14,096.6 | 14,116.4 | 14,153.8 | 14,190.0 | 14,180.9 | 14,161.2 | 14,260.7 | 14,286.9 | 14,277.6 | 14,281.2 | 14,318.7 | 37.5 | 0.3 | |
United States |
157,304 | 157,560 | 157,796 | 158,106 | 158,214 | 158,430 | 158,548 | 158,692 | 158,770 | 159,025 | 159,068 | 159,280 | 159,536 | 256 | 0.2 | |
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics |
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA | Texas | U.S. | |||||||||||
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Total Nonfarm |
3,442.1 | 3,494.2 | 3,499.9 | 57.8 | 1.7 | 14,432.7 | 277.3 | 2.0 | 160,458 | 2,189 | 1.4 | |||
Mining, Logging, & Construction(1) |
306.7 | 323.0 | 322.3 | 15.6 | 5.1 | |||||||||
Mining & Logging(2) |
211.4 | -3.2 | -1.5 | 634 | -8 | -1.2 | ||||||||
Construction(2) |
870.0 | 28.7 | 3.4 | 8,242 | 191 | 2.4 | ||||||||
Manufacturing |
236.7 | 239.0 | 239.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 986.9 | 21.0 | 2.2 | 12,898 | -93 | -0.7 | |||
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
711.1 | 708.0 | 714.9 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 2,873.5 | 25.0 | 0.9 | 29,842 | 194 | 0.7 | |||
Information |
33.1 | 32.7 | 33.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 238.8 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 3,020 | -8 | -0.3 | |||
Financial Activities |
186.7 | 194.7 | 195.1 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 944.9 | 33.3 | 3.7 | 9,317 | 52 | 0.6 | |||
Professional & Business Services |
563.7 | 565.8 | 565.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2,180.8 | 44.8 | 2.1 | 23,045 | 80 | 0.3 | |||
Private Education & Health Services |
462.3 | 473.8 | 472.4 | 10.1 | 2.2 | 1,981.1 | 50.6 | 2.6 | 26,962 | 982 | 3.8 | |||
Leisure & Hospitality |
354.1 | 362.9 | 360.8 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 1,516.4 | 35.1 | 2.4 | 16,784 | 299 | 1.8 | |||
Other Services |
128.1 | 131.0 | 132.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 484.7 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 5,917 | 71 | 1.2 | |||
Government |
459.6 | 463.3 | 464.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 2,144.2 | 34.1 | 1.6 | 23,797 | 429 | 1.8 | |||
(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels. |
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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics |
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA |
137,287 | 159,125 | 168,649 | 158,237 | 139,292 | 147,481 | 179,401 | 181,942 | 177,668 | 166,835 | 167,300 | 171,090 | 152,847 | 15,560 | 11.3 | ||
Austin |
448 | 552 | 596 | 548 | 460 | 498 | 603 | 575 | 599 | 572 | 571 | 578 | 491 | 43 | 9.6 | ||
Brazoria |
7,465 | 8,629 | 8,928 | 8,365 | 7,372 | 7,743 | 9,540 | 9,869 | 9,253 | 8,637 | 8,624 | 8,847 | 7,996 | 531 | 7.1 | ||
Chambers |
1,090 | 1,201 | 1,151 | 1,091 | 987 | 1,079 | 1,317 | 1,298 | 1,243 | 1,126 | 1,078 | 1,159 | 1,139 | 49 | 4.5 | ||
Fort Bend |
15,288 | 17,948 | 19,368 | 18,056 | 15,886 | 16,841 | 20,351 | 20,097 | 20,084 | 19,118 | 19,336 | 19,600 | 17,308 | 2,020 | 13.2 | ||
Galveston |
6,689 | 7,702 | 7,973 | 7,545 | 6,556 | 6,929 | 8,477 | 8,541 | 8,451 | 7,852 | 7,834 | 8,139 | 7,305 | 616 | 9.2 | ||
Harris |
92,406 | 106,832 | 113,082 | 106,393 | 93,729 | 99,174 | 120,678 | 123,208 | 119,811 | 112,472 | 112,687 | 115,201 | 103,017 | 10,611 | 11.5 | ||
Liberty |
1,861 | 2,130 | 2,124 | 2,007 | 1,741 | 1,871 | 2,352 | 2,398 | 2,236 | 2,089 | 2,030 | 2,117 | 1,992 | 131 | 7.0 | ||
Montgomery |
10,950 | 12,829 | 13,991 | 12,981 | 11,453 | 12,128 | 14,563 | 14,472 | 14,535 | 13,587 | 13,760 | 14,027 | 12,314 | 1,364 | 12.5 | ||
Waller |
1,090 | 1,302 | 1,436 | 1,251 | 1,108 | 1,218 | 1,520 | 1,484 | 1,456 | 1,382 | 1,380 | 1,422 | 1,285 | 195 | 17.9 | ||
Texas |
525,907 | 618,547 | 665,729 | 622,531 | 542,274 | 574,726 | 699,900 | 677,745 | 676,811 | 632,943 | 642,129 | 655,328 | 579,036 | 53,129 | 10.1 | ||
United States (in thousands) |
5,907 | 6,778 | 6,970 | 6,604 | 5,894 | 6,235 | 7,233 | 7,685 | 7,415 | 6,524 | 6,631 | 6,708 | 6,452 | 545 | 9.2 | ||
NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year. |
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA |
3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 0.3 | ||
Austin |
3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.2 | ||
Brazoria |
3.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 0.2 | ||
Chambers |
5.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 0.1 | ||
Fort Bend |
3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 0.4 | ||
Galveston |
3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.2 | ||
Harris |
3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 0.3 | ||
Liberty |
5.1 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 0.2 | ||
Montgomery |
3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 0.3 | ||
Waller |
4.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 0.6 | ||
Texas |
525,907 | 618,547 | 665,729 | 622,531 | 542,274 | 574,726 | 699,900 | 677,745 | 676,811 | 632,943 | 642,129 | 655,328 | 579,036 | 53,129 | ||
United States (in thousands) |
5,907 | 6,778 | 6,970 | 6,604 | 5,894 | 6,235 | 7,233 | 7,685 | 7,415 | 6,524 | 6,631 | 6,708 | 6,452 | 545 | ||
NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year. |
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA |
176,117 | -2,192 | 3,246,978 | 29,047 | 0.9 | $1,511 | 4.7 | $63,436,831 | 5.5 | ||||
Austin |
1,517 | -30 | 13,224 | 387 | 3.0 | 1,266 | 3.3 | 216,727 | 6.3 | ||||
Brazoria |
6,849 | 13 | 123,242 | 3,349 | 2.8 | 1,264 | 2.9 | 2,013,695 | 5.4 | ||||
Chambers |
924 | 22 | 22,602 | 1,904 | 9.2 | 1,382 | -0.7 | 393,235 | 6.1 | ||||
Fort Bend |
18,271 | 140 | 251,291 | 8,664 | 3.6 | 1,158 | 3.2 | 3,742,119 | 6.4 | ||||
Galveston |
6,934 | -41 | 121,427 | -328 | -0.3 | 1,161 | 3.8 | 1,830,048 | 3.6 | ||||
Harris |
123,756 | -2,632 | 2,436,455 | 5,333 | 0.2 | 1,608 | 5.2 | 50,736,575 | 5.4 | ||||
Liberty |
1,291 | 14 | 20,271 | 286 | 1.4 | 1,062 | 5.7 | 275,478 | 7.7 | ||||
Montgomery |
15,142 | 20 | 229,463 | 5,921 | 2.6 | 1,291 | 3.0 | 3,816,175 | 5.3 | ||||
Waller |
1,137 | 6 | 26,552 | 1,080 | 4.2 | 1,137 | 2.3 | 384,922 | 5.9 | ||||
Texas |
844,485 | 8,073 | 13,933,505 | 190,267 | 1.4 | $1,396 | 4.6 | $251,861,608 | 5.9 | ||||
United States |
12,297,414 | 393,630 | 155,360,357 | 1,300,697 | 0.8 | 1,394 | 4.5 | 2,803,068,632 | 5.5 | ||||
(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs. |
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