Texas Labor Market Review - March 2012

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A MONTHLY NEWSLETTEROFTH E TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION

L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W

IN THIS ISSUE

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . .

Texas & U.S. Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . .

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . .

MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . .

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force . . . . . . . . .

County Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

City & WDA Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . .

Happenings Around the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment

(Seasonally Adjusted)

Growth in Texas Total Nonagricultural Employment exceeded20,000 jobs for the third consecutive month with the addition of27,900 positions in February. Eight of the 11 major industries showedemployment increases over the month, led by an increase of 12,800 jobsin Government. Total Nonagricultural Employment ended February at anestimated level of 10,738,800 jobs, an increase of 273,900 jobs over theyear. The annual growth rate for the employment series edged up to 2.6percent in February, the highest such rate seen since April 2008.

Government payrolls expanded by an estimated 12,800 positions inFebruary, breaking a string of over-the-month job losses in the industrythat had run from July 2011 to January 2012, a seven-month stretch. Overthe past 12 months, Government contracted by 57,900 jobs for an annualgrowth rate of -3.1 percent. Public education, including state universitiesand local school districts, is included in the Government sector.

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities expanded by 8,300 jobs in Februaryfor the largest February gain since 2008. Since 2010, the industryhas experienced only three monthly declines in employment. Trade,Transportation, and Utilities added 68,300 jobs annually, with Retail Tradeaccounting for just over 60 percent of the gains. Trade, Transportation,

and Utilities grew at a 3.3 percent annualized rate, the highest rate sinceJuly 2007.

Following a revised gain of 8,500 jobs in January, Constructionemployment grew by 4,500 jobs in February. This marked the largestFebruary gain in Construction employment since 2008. Over-the-yeargrowth turned positive in January after 37 months of annualized losses.The February gains left Construction with an over-the-year gain of 8,100

jobs, marking a 1.4 percent annual growth rate for the industry.

Employment in Education and Health Services climbed by 3,800 jobs inFebruary after the addition of a revised 4,400 jobs in January, extendingthe run of consecutive job increases in this major industry to 19 months.A drop of 4,600 positions over the month in Educational Services wasmore than balanced by the addition of 8,400 positions in Health Care andSocial Assistance. On an annual basis, Education and Health Services hasadded 49,500 jobs, representing an annual growth rate of 3.5 percent.

Financial Activities posted a rise of 1,700 jobs in February that fell justshort of the revised gain of 2,300 positions in January, marking fourstraight monthly job increases in the industry. Since February 2011,employment in this major industry has broadened by 16,000 positionsfor an annual growth rate of 2.5 percent, the highest such rate seen in theindustry since September 2011. Hiring in the Real Estate, Rental andLeasing sector accounted for 1,200 of the jobs added in February, whileFinance and Insurance expanded by 500 jobs.

Other Services employment rose by 1,300 positions in February, nea

mirroring the revised increase of 1,200 positions recorded in the indusin January. Since February 2011, Other Services has expanded by 18,9positions for an annual growth rate of 5.2 percent. This was the highrate of annual growth recorded in Other Services since the beginningthe series in 1990.

Manufacturing employment added 800 jobs in February on the heelsa revised gain of 1,900 jobs in January. Since the beginning of 2010, industry has experienced only two months of job losses. Manufacturgained 24,400 jobs over the year, with Durable Goods accounting 23,100 of the positions. Manufacturings annual growth rate dippslightly to 3.0 percent but has remained positive for 17 consecutmonths.

Following a revised drop of 1,200 jobs in January, Information add800 jobs in February. This marked the first over-the-month gain for industry since September 2011. Information experienced annualized losses for the fourth consecutive month with an annual decline of 1,8

jobs, contracting by -0.9 percent over the year.

After reaching an all-time high of 260,700 jobs in January, Mining aLogging employment eased downward in February with a drop of 9

jobs. This marked thefirst over-the-month decline in Mining and Loggemployment since October 2009. Despite the recent dip in employmethe industry added 36,600 jobs over the year, marking a 16.4% annualizgrowth rate.

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Note: The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Total Nonagricultural employment is additive by summing the individual sectors.

*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in

cooperation with the TWC.**Total Nongovernment number is derived by subtracting the Government estimate from the Total Nonagricultural estimate.

Note: Only the actual series estimates for Texas and the U.S. are comparable to sub-state estimates. All estimates are subject to revision.

In seasonally adjusted estimates, all elements of seasonality are factored out to achieve an estimate which reflects the basic underlying trend.

*Source - Labor Market and Career Information Department, Texas Workforce Commission (model-based methodology)

**Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (Current Population Survey)

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TotalNonagriculturalJobsvs.CivilianLaborForce(SeasonallyAdjusted)

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NonagriculturalJobs

CivilianLaborForce

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TEXASANDU.S.CIVILIANLABORFORCEESTIMATESTEXAS* UNITEDSTATES**

NotSeasonallyAdjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateFebruary 2012 12,464,800 11,570,500 894,300 7.2 154,114,000 140,684,000 13,430,000 8.7January 2012 12,461,900 11,515,300 946,600 7.6 153,485,000 139,944,000 13,541,000 8.8February 2011 12,343,200 11,338,400 1,004,800 8.1 152,635,000 138,093,000 14,542,000 9.5

SeasonallyAdjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateFebruary 2012 12,518,200 11,626,600 891,600 7.1 154,871,000 142,065,000 12,806,000 8.3January 2012 12,518,600 11,606,500 912,100 7.3 154,395,000 141,637,000 12,758,000 8.3February 2011 12,410,700 11,412,000 998,700 8.0 153,302,000 139,551,000 13,751,000 9.0

INDUSTRYTITLE Feb.2012* Jan.2012 Feb.2011 Absolute Percent Absolute Percent

Change Change Change Change

TotalNonagricultural 10,738,800 10,710,900 10,464,900 27,900 0.3 273,900 2.6

TotalNongovernment** 8,955,400 8,940,300 8,623,600 15,100 0.2 331,800 3.8

GoodsProducing

MiningandLogging 259,800 260,700 223,200 900 0.3 36,600 16.4

Construction 567,700 563,200 559,600 4,500 0.8 8,100 1.4

Manufacturing 847,300 846,500 822,900 800 0.1 24,400 3.0

ServiceProviding

Trade,Transportation,andUtilities 2,151,600 2,143,300 2,083,300 8,300 0.4 68,300 3.3

Information 193,100 192,300 194,900 800 0.4 1,800 0.9

FinancialActivities 650,300 648,600 634,300 1,700 0.3 16,000 2.5

ProfessionalandBusinessServices 1,372,100 1,375,100 1,314,400 3,000 0.2 57,700 4.4

EducationandHealthServices 1,453,700 1,449,900 1,404,200 3,800 0.3 49,500 3.5

LeisureandHospitality 1,078,400 1,080,600 1,024,300 2,200 0.2 54,100 5.3

OtherServices 381,400 380,100 362,500 1,300 0.3 18,900 5.2

Government 1,783,400

1,770,600

1,841,300

12,800

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57,900

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TEXASNONAGRICULTURALWAGEANDSALARYEMPLOYMENTSEASONALLYADJUSTED+

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Te number of nonagricultural jobs in exas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates prodby the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the WC.

Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'11 Change %Change Change %Chang

TOTALNONFARM 10,656,900 10,588,300 10,390,700 68,600 0.7% 266,200 2.6

TOTALPRIVATE(totalnonfarmlessgovernment) 8,845,000 8,819,200 8,526,000 25,800 0.3% 319,000 3.7

GOODSPRODUCING 1,657,400 1,648,700 1,590,300 8,700 0.5% 67,100 4.2

MiningandLogging(NAICS21,1133) 257,200 257,500 220,900 300 0.1% 36,300 16.4

OilandGasExtraction(NAICS211) 98,100 97,700 84,500 400 0.4% 13,600 16.1

SupportActivities

for

Mining

(NAICS

213) 145,800 147,300 125,900

1,500

1.0% 19,900 15.8Construction(NAICS23) 556,900 550,000 549,400 6,900 1.3% 7,500 1.4

ConstructionofBuildings(NAICS236) 132,400 129,800 128,500 2,600 2.0% 3,900 3.0HeavyandCivilEngineeringConstruction(NAICS237) 115,200 111,000 110,000 4,200 3.8% 5,200 4.7SpecialtyTradeContractors(NAICS238) 309,300 309,200 310,900 100 0.0% 1,600 0.5Manufacturing(NAICS3133) 843,300 841,200 820,000 2,100 0.3% 23,300 2.8

DurableGoods 549,700 545,600 528,200 4,100 0.8% 21,500 4.1

WoodProductManufacturing(NAICS321) 17,900 18,000 18,600 100 0.6% 700 3.8NonmetallicMineralProductManufacturing(NAICS327) 30,900 31,000 31,900 100 0.3% 1,000 3.1PrimaryMetalManufacturing(NAICS331) 22,000 22,000 20,200 0 0.0% 1,800 8.9FabricatedMetalProductManufacturing(NAICS332) 127,100 124,400 116,800 2,700 2.2% 10,300 8.8MachineryManufacturing(NAICS333) 100,800 99,400 91,100 1,400 1.4% 9,700 10.7ComputerandElectronicProductManufacturing(NAICS334) 96,900 96,600 97,100 300 0.3% 200 0.2ElectricEquipment,Appliance,andComponentMfg(NAICS335) 17,600 17,700 17,100 100 0.6% 500 2.9

TexasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

Jan'12toFeb'12 Feb'11toFeb'1

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AnnualGrowthRates

, , , . , .FurnitureandRelatedProductManufacturing(NAICS337) 20,400 20,500 21,600 100 0.5% 1,200 5.6MiscellaneousManufacturing(NAICS339) 27,200 27,400 28,200 200 0.7% 1,000 3.6NondurableGoods 293,600 295,600 291,800 2,000 0.7% 1,800 0.6

FoodManufacturing(NAICS311) 85,900 86,900 87,900 1,000 1.2% 2,000 2.3BeverageandTobaccoProductManufacturing(NAICS312) 11,400 11,400 10,900 0 0.0% 500 4.6PaperManufacturing(NAICS322) 17,100 17,200 17,400 100 0.6% 300 1.7PrintingandRelatedSupportManufacturing(NAICS323) 26,300 26,400 27,600 100 0.4% 1,300 4.7PetroleumandCoalProductsManufacturing(NAICS324) 24,800 24,700 24,300 100 0.4% 500 2.1ChemicalManufacturing(NAICS325) 71,300 71,200 70,400 100 0.1% 900 1.3PlasticsandRubberManufacturing(NAICS326) 36,600 36,600 36,300 0 0.0% 300 0.8

Mining

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Logging

Construction ManufacturingWholesale

TradeRetail

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Transportation,

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InformationFinancial

Activities

Professional

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Services

Education

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Services

Leisure

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Hospitality

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ServicesGovernment

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimproduced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'11 Change %Change Change %Chang

SERVICEPROVIDING 8,999,500 8,939,600 8,800, 400 59,900 0.7% 199,100 2.3

PrivateServiceProviding 7,187,600 7,170,500 6,935,700 17,100 0.2% 251,900 3.6

Trade,Transportation,andUtilities(NAICS42,44,45,48,49,22) 2,120,700 2,126,500 2,055,500 5,800 0.3% 65,200 3.2

WholesaleTrade(NAICS42) 517,400 515,400 503,500 2,000 0.4% 13,900 2.8MerchantWholesalers,DurableGoods(NAICS423) 290,800 291,100 284,500 300 0.1% 6,300 2.2Merchant

Wholesalers,

Nondurable

Goods

(NAICS

424) 156,700 158,000 155,100

1,300

0.8% 1,600 1.0RetailTrade(NAICS4445) 1,166,900 1,172,300 1,127,400 5,400 0.5% 39,500 3.5MotorVehicleandPartsDealers(NAICS441) 155,000 154,100 142,600 900 0.6% 12,400 8.7FurnitureandHomeFurnishingsStores(NAICS442) 35,900 36,000 36,600 100 0.3% 700 1.9ElectronicsandApplianceStores(NAICS443) 43,200 44,300 43,500 1,100 2.5% 300 0.7BuildingMaterialandGardenEquipmentandSupplies(NAICS444) 87,900 85,600 87,300 2,300 2.7% 600 0.7FoodandBeverageStores(NAICS445) 209,000 208,100 205,200 900 0.4% 3,800 1.9HealthandPersonalCareStores(NAICS446) 66,600 68,900 65,500 2,300 3.3% 1,100 1.7GasolineStations(NAICS447) 71,300 70,400 69,600 900 1.3% 1,700 2.4ClothingandClothingAccessoriesStores(NAICS448) 121,300 122,700 113,400 1,400 1.1% 7,900 7.0SportingGoods,Hobby,Book,andMusicStores(NAICS451) 39,100 40,000 37,000 900 2.3% 2,100 5.7GeneralMerchandiseStores(NAICS452) 259,100 265,700 251,100 6,600 2.5% 8,000 3.2MiscellaneousStoreRetailers(NAICS453) 58,700 56,700 56,400 2,000 3.5% 2,300 4.1NonstoreRetailers(NAICS454) 19,800 19,800 19,200 0 0.0% 600 3.1Transportation,Warehousing, andUtilities(NAICS4849,22) 436,400 438,800 424,600 2,400 0.6% 11,800 2.8TransportationandWarehousing(NAICS48,49) 385,700 388,400 376,200 2,700 0.7% 9,500 2.5AirTransportation(NAICS481) 57,700 57,600 60,400 100 0.2% 2,700 4.5TruckTransportation(NAICS484) 115,100 115,500 111,000 400 0.4% 4,100 3.7PipelineTransportation(NAICS486) 16,100 16,000 15,600 100 0.6% 500 3.2SupportActivitiesforTransportation(NAICS488) 73,900 73,600 68,900 300 0.4% 5,000 7.3CouriersandMessengers(NAICS492) 35,000 35,200 34,600 200 0.6% 400 1.2WarehousingandStorage(NAICS493) 46,400 46,400 46,400 0 0.0% 0 0.0Utilities(NAICS22) 50,700 50,400 48,400 300 0.6% 2,300 4.8Information(NAICS51) 192,800 192,100 194,200 700 0.4% 1,400 0.7PublishingIndustries(ExceptInternet)(NAICS511) 40,300 40,300 40,500 0 0.0% 200 0.5Telecommunications(NAICS517) 85,000 85,000 87,900 0 0.0% 2,900 3.3DataProcessing,Hosting,andRelatedServices(NAICS518) 26,600 26,400 26,500 200 0.8% 100 0.4FinancialActivities(NAICS52,53) 645,400 643,400 631,400 2,000 0.3% 14,000 2.2FinanceandInsurance(NAICS52) 463,100 462,600 461,400 500 0.1% 1,700 0.4CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities(NAICS522) 240,000 240,000 240,300 0 0.0% 300 0.1Securities,CommoditiesContracts,andOtherFinancial(NAICS523) 49,200 48,500 48,200 700 1.4% 1,000 2.1InsuranceCarriersandRelatedActivities(NAICS524) 165,000 163,700 162,700 1,300 0.8% 2,300 1.4RealEstateandRentalandLeasing(NAICS53) 182,300 180,800 170,000 1,500 0.8% 12,300 7.2RealEstate(NAICS531) 121,100 120,100 116,900 1,000 0.8% 4,200 3.6RentalandLeasingServices(NAICS532) 51,500 51,300 50,900 200 0.4% 600 1.2ProfessionalandBusinessServices(NAICS54,55,56) 1,353,300 1,351,600 1,301,900 1,700 0.1% 51,400 4.0

Professional,ScientificandTechnicalServices(NAICS54) 598,200 593,900 583,400 4,300 0.7% 14,800 2.5ManagementofCompaniesandEnterprises(NAICS55) 83,200 84,200 81,800 1,000 1.2% 1,400 1.7AdminandSupportandWasteMgmtandRemediation(NAICS56) 671,900 673,500 636,700 1,600 0.2% 35,200 5.5AdministrativeandSupportServices(NAICS561) 644,600 646,300 610,900 1,700 0.3% 33,700 5.5EducationandHealthServices(NAICS61,62) 1,451,000 1,441,400 1,396,700 9,600 0.7% 54,300 3.9EducationalServices(NAICS61) 171,100 169,800 160,100 1,300 0.8% 11,000 6.9HealthCareandSocialAssistance(NAICS62) 1,279,900 1,271,600 1,236,600 8,300 0.7% 43,300 3.5AmbulatoryHealthCareServices(NAICS621) 623,400 619,700 588,500 3,700 0.6% 34,900 5.9Hospitals(NAICS622) 296,600 295,200 292,000 1,400 0.5% 4,600 1.6NursingandResidentialCareFacilities(NAICS623) 170,800 169,900 170,100 900 0.5% 700 0.4SocialAssistance(NAICS624) 189,100 186,800 186,000 2,300 1.2% 3,100 1.7LeisureandHospitality(NAICS71,72) 1,048,500 1,041,300 996,800 7,200 0.7% 51,700 5.2Arts,Entertainment,andRecreation(NAICS71) 104,500 102,900 99,900 1,600 1.6% 4,600 4.6Amusement,Gambling,andRecreation(NAICS713) 75,500 73,400 70,500 2,100 2.9% 5,000 7.1AccommodationandFoodServices(NAICS72) 944,000 938,400 896,900 5,600 0.6% 47,100 5.3Accommodation(NAICS721) 103,800 102,700 100,100 1,100 1.1% 3,700 3.7FoodServicesandDrinkingPlaces(NAICS722) 840,200 835,700 796,800 4,500 0.5% 43,400 5.5OtherServices(NAICS81) 375,900 374,200 359,200 1,700 0.5% 16,700 4.7RepairandMaintenance(NAICS811) 119,000 119,200 107,300 200 0.2% 11,700 10.9PersonalandLaundryServices(NAICS812) 95,800 93,800 92,700 2,000 2.1% 3,100 3.3Religious,Grantmaking,Civic,ProfOrganizations(NAICS813) 161,100 161,200 159,200 100 0.1% 1,900 1.2Government 1,811,900 1,769,100 1,864,700 42,800 2.4% 52,800 2.8FederalGovernment 198,400 199,400 202,000 1,000 0.5% 3,600 1.8StateGovernment 371,000 353,400 378,500 17,600 5.0% 7,500 2.0LocalGovernment 1,242,500 1,216,300 1,284,200 26,200 2.2% 41,700 3.3

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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Employment in the Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary series withinthe Metropolitan Statistical Areas rebounded in February by 65,800jobs after experiencing a revised seasonal decline of 98,900 jobs in January.

Government, combined with Education and Health Services, heralded the

largest increases among the major industries, accounting for 63.4 percent

of the total monthly growth between them. The monthly increase outpacedthat of the five-year-average gain of 55,800 jobs. The Dallas-Plano-Irving

area led the areas with a gain of 15,500 jobs, followed by the Houston-

Sugar Land-Baytown MSA with 14,700 jobs. In the past 12 months, Total

Nonagricultural Wage and Salary added 261,700 jobs, nearly three times

the five-year-average increase of 87,900 jobs. The annual growth rate rose

from 2.7 percent in January to 2.8 percent in February. The Odessa MSA

recorded the highest annual growth rate of 10.0 percent.

Seasonal hiring in Government, related partially to the start of the springsemester, resulted in an increase of 26,200 jobs in February. Gains were

seen in both State Government and Local Government. The College

Station-Bryan MSA recorded the highest monthly percentage change

with 11.5 percent while the Dallas-Plano-Irving area registered the largest

numeric change with the addition of 6,800 jobs. From year-ago levels,

Government has lost 20,900 jobs, posting its 12th consecutive month of

annualized declines. This was a sharp contrast to the five-year-average

growth of 26,300 jobs. The annual growth rate was -1.3 percent for

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MetropolitanStatisticalAreaOvertheMonthEmploymentChange

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Mining,Logging,&Construction Manufacturing WholesaleTrade RetailTrade Transportation,Warehousing,&

Utilities

Information FinancialActivities

Professional&BusinessServices

Education&HealthServices Leisure&Hospitality OtherServices Government

February, ranging between -0.4 percent to -2.7 percent during the p

12 months. Thirteen areas posted positive annual growth rates with

Lubbock and the Texarkana MSAs leading with 4.8 percent and 2.9 perce

respectively.

In February, Education and Health Services expanded by 15,500 jorecovering slightly from a revised seasonal decline of 5,700 jobs in Janua

This was the 10th over-the-month gain witnessed during the last 14 mont

The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA displayed the largest mont

increase with 4,900 jobs. Since February 2011, Education and Hea

Services jumped by 50,600 jobs, continuing its momentum in posti

positive annual growth for over two decades. The annual growth rate, wh

climbed to 4.0 percent in February, has remained above 3.0 percent for t

consecutive months. During 2011, the rate fluctuated between 2.3 perc

and 3.0 percent. Twenty of the areas reported positive annual growth ra

for this industry. Seven MSAs experienced rates above 5.0 percent, w

the Odessa MSA posting the highest with 8.6 percent.

Mining, Logging, and Construction added 9,300 jobs in February, not

the second consecutive month of gains. With the revised addition of 3,5

jobs in January, the growth for the first two months totaled 12,800 josoftening the impact of the decline of 15,100 jobs witnessed during

fourth quarter of 2011. While the Dallas-Plano-Irving area registered

largest monthly numeric change of 3,200 jobs, the Brownsville-Harling

MSA recorded the highest percentage gain of 3.4 percent. The ann

growth rate for Mining, Logging, and Construction rose from 4.2 perc

in January to 4.5 percent in February after staying below 2.8 percent dur

2011. This industry has added 29,800 jobs since February 2011. The Ode

and the Midland MSAs noted the highest annual growth rates with 17

percent and 11.0 percent, respectively.

Following a revised seasonal drop of 7,400 jobs in January, employm

in Leisure and Hospitality added 5,900 jobs in February. The mont

seasonal gain was not as robust compared to those exhibited in prior yea

which averaged to an increase of 12,700 jobs for February. The five-ye

average increase was 13,900 jobs for this industry. The San Antonio-NBraunfels MSA along with the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos M

accounted for over 50 percent of the monthly growth. The annual grow

for Leisure and Hospitality equaled 54,100 jobs, marking 19 consecut

months of positive movement. The annual growth rate has remained abo

5.0 percent for three consecutive months with the rate currently at 5

percent. The Odessa MSA held the highest annual growth rate with 1

percent, followed by the Fort Worth-Arlington area with 9.8 percent a

the Midland MSA with 9.0 percent.

EducationandHealthServicesMSAswithHighestAnnualGrowthRates

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estim

produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC. **Metropolitan Division (MD). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MS

comprised of the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'11 Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'11 Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'1

TOTALNONFARM 2,637,100 2,622,400 2,543,700 2,077,200 2,061,700 2,023,800 872,400 866,300 846,4

GOODSPRODUCING 494,800 489,700 474,500 267,900 2 64,500 2 65,200 143,900 143,600 138,6

Mining,Logging,&Construction 264,000 261,400 252,600 101,200 98,000 100,700 54,300 54,400 52,3

Manufacturing 230,800 228,300 221,900 166,700 166,500 164,500 89,600 89,200 86,3DurableGoods 154,200 151,700 145,600 117,700 117,400 114,400 65,600 65,200 62,3FabricatedMetalProductManufacturing 53,100 52,000 47,700 Computer

and

Electronic

Product

Manufacturing 19,400 19,200 19,000 39,000 38,800 39,100 2,600 2,500 2,6NondurableGoods 76,600 76,600 76,300 49,000 49,100 50,100 24,000 24,000 24,0

SERVICEPROVIDING 2,142,300 2,132,700 2,069,200 1,809,300 1,797,200 1,758,600 728,500 722,700 707,8

PrivateServiceProviding 1,768,000 1,763,500 1,687,500 1,533,800 1,528,500 1,486,500 609,200 604,200 582,6

WholesaleTrade 137,900 136,200 132,900 121,300 120,900 117,800 40,500 40,400 39,0MerchantWholesalers,DurableGoods 81,600 80,900 77,600 67,600 67,900 66,800 23,900 24,000 23,4MerchantWholesalers,NondurableGoods 39,000 38,900 38,300 36,300 36,100 35,800 12,000 11,900 11,7RetailTrade 274,600 275,600 261,800 209,600 209,900 201,300 100,900 100,400 95,3MotorVehicleandPartsDealers 32,600 32,500 31,700 26,500 26,400 24,600 Bldng.MaterialandGardenEqpmnt.andSupplies Dlrs. 18,900 18,700 19,000 15,900 15,400 15,100 7,800 7,300 7,2FoodandBeverageStores 56,200 56,200 55,200 32,600 32,500 32,300 15,000 14,900 14,9ClothingandClothingAccessoriesStores 30,600 31,100 28,200 23,700 24,100 22,400 GeneralMerchandiseStores 58,800 61,000 57,500 45,800 47,000 44,100 22,700 23,500 22,4Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities 122,700 123,900 123,300 76,800 77,100 72,800 61,900 62,200 61,1Utilities 16,800 16,500 16,000 7,300 7,200 6,600 Information 31,100 31,100 31,800 64,600 64,400 64,700 13,600 13,600 13,9Telecommunications 15,700 15,700 16,200 30,000 30,000 30,600 6,800 6,800 7,2FinancialActivities 138,200 138,700 136,000 184,800 183,600 180,100 55,600 54,700 52,2FinanceandInsurance 90,100 90,600 88,000 140,400 139,700 137,300 41,100 41,000 39,9CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities 42,300 42,800 42,000 71,800 71,500 70,200 25,100 25,100 25,0InsuranceCarriersandRelatedActivities 29,600 29,600 29,500 50,000 49,800 48,400 RealEstateandRentalandLeasing 48,100 48,100 48,000 44,400 43,900 42,800 ProfessionalandBusinessServices 385,900 386,000 368,200 351,600 349,400 341,800 97,200 97,000 93,6Professional,Scientific,andTechnicalServices 187,100 188,000 180,300 154,800 154,000 153,900 37,400 37,300 34,9Admin.SupportandWasteMgmt.andRemediation 177,800 176,800 167,600 167,900 165,800 158,100 56,300 56,500 53,5EducationandHealthServices 335,500 330,600 311,000 255,900 253,300 250,000 111,000 108,400 108,3HealthCareandSocialAssistance 290,900 286,900 268,100 217,000 214,600 212,400 96,700 94,400 94,2AmbulatoryHealthCareServices 141,600 139,500 124,300 110,500 108,500 107,800 Hospitals 76,100 75,600 72,700 49,700 49,500 48,200 26,500 26,400 25,9LeisureandHospitality 246,100 245,300 232,300 197,900 199,100 188,000 97,100 96,400 88,4Arts,Entertainment,andRecreation 24,600 24,300 24,400 22,100 22,000 20,900 AccommodationandFoodServices 221,500 221,000 207,900 175,800 177,100 167,100 81,600 81,700 76,4FoodServicesandDrinkingPlaces 201,100 200,900 188,200 154,500 156,000 146,400 73,700 73,500 67,7OtherServices 96,000 96,100 90,200 71,300 70,800 70,000 31,400 31,100 30,8

Government 374,300 369,200 381,700 275,500 268,700 272,100 119,300 118,500 125,2Federal 27,300 27,300 27,800 30,200 30,500 31,000 14,900 15,000 15,0State 73,000 72,100 73,600 38,900 38,600 37,800 13,000 12,600 12,6Local 274,000 269,800 280,300 206,400 199,600 203,300 91,400 90,900 97,6Feb

'12* Jan

'12 Feb

'11

Feb

'12* Jan

'12 Feb

'11

Feb

'12* Jan

'12 Feb

'1

TOTALNONFARM 855,500 849,200 845,200 806,100 797,200 780,300 284,300 281,900 278,7

GOODSPRODUCING 93,100 92,000 88,700 92,700 91,500 8 7,900 30,800 30,900 30,9

Mining,Logging,&Construction 47,000 46,000 43,400 41,800 40,700 39,300 13,500 13,500 13,9

Manufacturing 46,100 46,000 45,300 50,900 50,800 4 8,600 17,300 17,400 17,0

SERVICEPROVIDING 762,400 757,200 756,500 713,400 7 05,700 6 92,400 253,500 251,000 247,8

PrivateServiceProviding 601,900 600,400 592,300 545,300 539,000 521,000 186,500 184,400 178,3

WholesaleTrade 28,800 28,700 28,200 42,700 42,500 41,100 10,100 10,000 9,5

RetailTrade 97,600 98,100 93,400 82,700 83,800 82,800 35,600 35,700 33,7FoodandBeverageStores 18,800 18,800 18,800 16,600 16,600 16,400 GeneralMerchandiseStores 18,800 19,200 18,400 15,400 15,800 15,200 9,700 9,900 9,2Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities 20,700 20,800 20,200 13,400 13,500 13,300 12,900 12,800 12,5

Information 17,900 17,800 18,400 20,200 20,000 19,800 4,900 4,800 4,9Telecommunications 4,500 4,600 4,900 6,500 6,500 6,600 FinancialActivities 69,500 70,200 68,800 44,900 44,400 42,900 12,800 12,600 12,0FinanceandInsurance 56,500 57,100 55,700 30,900 30,800 30,200 CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities 24,700 25,000 24,300 12,800 12,800 12,400 ProfessionalandBusinessServices 99,000 99,200 101,800 119,400 117,000 113,600 31,400 31,100 31,3Professional,Scientific,andTechnicalServices 40,700 40,300 40,900 64,400 63,600 60,700 AdminSupportandWasteMgmtandRemediationSvcs 51,000 51,400 51,600 50,100 50,000 48,100 22,200 22,000 22,1EducationandHealthServices 131,700 131,000 129,300 95,400 92,700 89,300 39,300 38,700 36,8HealthCareandSocialAssistance 115,400 115,100 113,900 79,000 76,800 76,700 Hospitals 23,000 23,000 22,800 19,900 19,800 19,500 LeisureandHospitality 105,100 103,300 101,000 92,700 91,500 85,300 29,700 29,100 28,3AccommodationandFoodServices 95,000 93,300 90,800 81,100 80,200 75,700 OtherServices 31,600 31,300 31,200 33,900 33,600 32,900 9,800 9,600 9,3

Government 160,500 156,800 164,200 168,100 166,700 171,400 67,000 66,600 69,5Federal 35,600 35,500 34,900 10,900 11,000 12,500 13,100 13,100 12,7State 19,400 19,200 19,600 72,300 72,000 74,100 10,000 10,000 10,0Local 105,500 102,100 109,700 84,900 83,700 84,800 43,900 43,500 46,8

LargestSixMSAsNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)DALLASPLANOIRVINGMD** FORTWORTHARLINGTONMD**

SANANTONIONEWBRAUNFELS AUSTINROUNDROCKSANMARCOS ELPASO

HOUSTONSUGARLANDBAYTOWN


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Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in each MSA is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estima

produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'11 Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'11 Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'11 Feb'12* Jan'12 Feb'

TOTAL 63,500 64,400 64,500 111,900 111,500 110,000 155,500 156,900 157,400 130,400 129,000 126,8

Mining,Logging,&Constr. 4,800 4,800 4,400 6,100 6,000 5,700 19,900 19,700 19,500 3,000 2,900 2,9

Manufacturing 2,600 2,600 2,700 13,400 13,400 13,300 20,900 20,800 20,200 5,400 5,400 5,3

WholesaleTrade 2,300 2,300 2,200 5,100 5,100 4,800 4,700 4,800 4,700 3,300 3,300 3,2

RetailTrade 7,900 8,000 7,800 14,100 14,200 13,600 18,300 19,300 18,900 16,400 16,500 16,1

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 1,600 1,600 1,600 4,500 4,600 4,300 5,700 5,800 5,500 4,900 4,900 4,8

Information 1,100 1,100 1,100

1,500 1,500 1,500

1,300 1,300 1,400

1,900 1,800 1,9

FinancialActivities 3,600 3 ,700 3,700 6,300 6,300 6,200 5,500 5,600 5,600 5,400 5,400 5,3

Prof.&BusinessServices 5,100 5,200 5,400 8,400 8,400 8,100 14,100 14,300 13,700 9,300 9,200 8,9

Educ.&HealthServices 12,900 13,000 13,400 16,300 16,200 15,800 21,800 22,000 22,600 33,400 33,000 32,4

Leisure&Hospitality 6,800 6,900 6,600 12,200 12,100 11,400 14,200 14,300 14,100 12,700 12,500 11,7

OtherServices 2,300 2,300 2,400 4,700 4,700 4,500 5,300 5,300 5,400 3,600 3,500 3,5

Government 12,500 12,900 13,200 19,300 19,000 20,800 23,800 23,700 25,800 31,100 30,600 30,8


TOTAL 97,700 92,700 97,400 184,800 182,800 176,300 129,400 127,700 128,300 95,100 94,600 90,0


Manufacturing 5,200 5,200 5,000 9,500 9,500 9,200 7,100 7,100 7,100 900 900 8

WholesaleTrade 1,800 1,700 1,700 6,000 5,900 5,200 3,800 3,800 3,800 2,900 2,900 2,7

RetailTrade 10,400 10,300 10,400 22,800 22,500 20,100 14,700 14,700 14,500 13,000 13,100 12,0

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 1,400 1,400 1,400 6,600 6,500 5,500 4,700 4,600 4,600 13,100 13,100 11,9

Information 1,200 1,100 1,100 1,900 1,900 2,000 2,300 2,300 2,400 600 600 6



Educ.

&

Health

Services 10,000 9,800 10,300

32,200 32,000 31,000

20,200 19,900 19,800 15,600 15,400 14,5


OtherServices 3,100 3,000 3,100 7,100 7,000 6,700 4,700 4,600 4,900 2,400 2,300 2,3

Government 37,800 33,900 38,300 34,000 33,400 35,400 38,900 38,100 38,600 23,100 23,000 22,8


TOTAL 97,900 97,700 95,900 130,300 129,700 126,600 230,400 231,400 223,300 74,600 74,500 71,6


Manufacturing 11,800 11,800 11,300 5,000 5,000 4,900 5,800 5,800 6,100 3,100 3,100 2,9

WholesaleTrade 4,600 4,600 4,400 6,100 6,100 6,000 6,200 6,200 6,300 3,900 3,900 3,7

RetailTrade 10,600 10,700 10,700 16,000 16,100 15,900 33,400 34,000 32,400 7,300 7,500 7,5

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 3,500 3,500 3,400 4,000 4,000 3,700 7,300 7,300 6,900 3,000 3,000 2,8

Information 1,300 1,300 1,300 4,100 4,100 4,200 2,100 2,100 2,000 1,100 1,100 1,1





OtherServices 3,200 3,200 3,200 5,100 5,100 5,000 5,700 5,700 5,700 2,700 2,700 2,7

Government 12,200 12,200 12,200

28,600 28,500 27,300

57,200

56,600

55,800

8,300 8,100 8,8


TOTAL 69,600 68,300 63,300 46,300 46,700 44,300 42,700 43,000 41,900 58,700 57,600 56,4


Manufacturing 4,900 4,900 4,500 3,700 3,700 3,500 5,300 5,300 5,200 4,000 4,000 4,2

WholesaleTrade 5,500 5,300 4,800 1,800 1,800 1,600 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,600 2,500 2,4

RetailTrade 6,600 6,500 6,200 5,600 5,700 5,300 5,700 5,900 5,700 7,100 7,000 6,9

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 2,500 2,500 2,200 1,000 1,100 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,100 3,000 3,000 2,8

Information 600 600 600 1,000 1,100 1,100 500 500 500 500 500 5





OtherServices 3,600 3,500 3,200 1,900 1,900 1,800 1,300 1,400 1,300 2,200 2,100 2,2

Government 10,100 9,900 9,900 9,400 9,400 9,200 6,600 6,400 6,500 14,400 14,100 14,0


TOTAL 95,000 94,800 92,000 49,800 49,400 49,300 103,300 102,600 104,100 57,400 57,100 57,7

Mining,

Logging,

&

Constr. 5,900 5,900 5,600

7,400 7,300 7,000

6,000 6,000 6,100

3,600 3,600 3,5

Manufacturing 6,200 6,100 6,200 5,800 5,800 5,700 14,400 14,300 14,100 5,100 5,100 5,0

WholesaleTrade 3,000 3,000 2,900 1,700 1,700 1,600 3,600 3,600 3,800 1,800 1,800 1,8

RetailTrade 12,000 12,100 11,600 6,200 6,200 6,200 10,200 10,200 10,400 7,500 7,500 7,5

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 3,800 3,800 3,700 1,300 1,300 1,300 2,700 2,700 2,900 1,800 1,800 1,8

Information 2,100 2,100 2,000 500 500 500 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,100 1,100 1,1





OtherServices 4,100 4,100 3,800 1,600 1,600 1,700 3,600 3,600 3,700 2,600 2,500 2,5

Government 13,700 13,600 13,600 9,100 9,000 9,100 18,500 18,300 18,100 13,200 13,100 13,1

AMARILLO BEAUMONTPORTARTHUR

LAREDO

MIDLAND

INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

LONGVIEW LUBBOCK

TYLER VICTORIA

MCALLENEDINBURGMISSION

TexasMetropolitanStatisticalAreasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment (NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

BROWNSVILLEHARLINGEN

COLLEGESTATIONBRYAN CORPUSCHRISTI KILLEENTEMPLEFORTHOOD

ABILENEINDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

WACO

ODESSA SANANGELO SHERMANDENISON TEXARKANA

WICHITAFALLS


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MA R C H 2 0 1 2

UNEMPLOYMENT RATESBY MSAFEBRUARY 2012

Beaumont-Port

Arthur

Texarkana

Tyler

Long-view

Houston-Sugar Land-

Baytown

CollegeStation-

Bryan

Sherman-Denison

Waco

Dallas-Fort Worth-

Arlington

CorpusChristi

Brownsville-Harlingen

Killeen-Temple-

Fort Hood

Austin-

Round Rock-San Marcos

Victoria

San Antonio-New Braunfels

McAllen-Edinburg-

Mission

Abilene

WichitaFalls

Laredo

San Angelo

Lubbock

Amarillo

OdessaMidland

El Paso

Unemployment Rates

Texas: 7.2%*

0.0% to 5.9% (7)

6.0% to 6.9% (7)

7.0% to 7.5% (5)

7.6% and above (6)

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program, *Not Seasonally Adjusted

Prepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (3/30/2012)


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UNEMPLOYMENT RATESBY COUNTY

FEBRUARY 2012

Newton

Sabine

JasperTyler

Orange

Shelby

SanAugustine

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Angelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Cass

Morris

MarionUpshur

Camp

Titus

Bowie

Red River

Cherokee

Smith Gregg

SanJacinto

Walker

Houston

Trinity

Franklin

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Delta

Lamar

VanZandt

Anderson

Henderson

Freestone

Leon

Madison

Fannin

Rockwall

Hunt

Hardin

Jefferson

Liberty

Galveston

Chambers

Harris

W

aller

Montgomery

Austin

Fort Bend

Matagorda

BrazoriaWharton

Colorado

Lavaca

Jackson

Refugio

Calhoun

Victoria

Aransas

Fayette

Lee

Bastrop

Gonzales

DeWitt

Goliad

Kenedy

Kleberg

Nueces

SanPatricio

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Hays

Travis

Karnes

Wilson

Bee

Hidalgo

Cameron

Willacy

DuvalJimWells

LiveOak

Kendall

Comal

Bexar

BrooksJimHogg

Starr

LaSalle

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Medina

Bandera

Zapata

Webb

KerrEdwards

Kinney Uvalde

Real

ZavalaMaverick

Dimmit

Washington

GrimesBurleson

Brazos

Navarro

Kaufman

Lime-stone

Robertson

CollinDenton

Grayson

DallasTarrant

Johnson

Hill

Ellis

McLennan

Milam

Falls

Williamson

Bell

Montague

Wise

Cooke

Jack

Somervell

Bosque

Hood

Parker

Hamilton

Coryell

Comanche

Burnet

Lampasas

Blanco

SanSaba

Llano

Brown

Erath

Mills

PaloPinto

Stephens

Eastland

Gillespie

McCulloch

Mason

Callahan

Coleman

Shackel-ford

Jones

Taylor

Runnels

Concho

Stonewall Haskell

Fisher

Kimble

Schleicher

Sutton

Menard

Nolan

Scurry

Mitchell

Tom Green

Coke

Irion

Sterling

Borden

Howard

Glasscock

Upton

Midland

Reagan

Crockett

Terrell

Val Verde

Martin

Dawson

Young

Wichita

Archer

Clay

Wilbarger

Baylor

Throck-morton

Childress

CottleHardeman

Collings-worth

King

Foard

Knox

Wheeler

Hemphill

Gray

LipscombOchiltree

Roberts

Garza

Crosby Dickens

Kent

Floyd Motley

Donley

Hall

Armstrong

BriscoeSwisher

Hansford

Hutchinson

Carson

Moore

Sherman

Potter

Hale

Deaf Smith Randall

CastroParmer

Lubbock

LynnTerry

Lamb

Hockley

Bailey

Cochran

Hartley

Oldham

Dallam

Andrews

Gaines

Yoakum

EctorLoving Winkler

CraneWard

Pecos

Brewster

Reeves

Jeff Davis

Presidio

Culberson

El PasoHudspeth

Unemployment Rates

Texas: 7.2%*

0.0% to 4.9% (47)

5.0% to 5.9% (58)

6.0% to 6.9% (54)7.0% to 7.9% (45)

8.0% and above (50)

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally Adjusted



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MA R C H 2 0 1 2

For five consecutive months, the Texas unemployment rate has remained below 8.0 percent. Theunemployment rate contracted by four-tenths of a percentage point for a rate of 7.2 percent inFebruary. Over the year, the unemployment rate dropped by nine-tenths of a percentage point. Thenational unemployment rate moved down by one-tenth of a percentage point for an unemploymentrate of 8.7 percent. The Texas unemployment rate has remained below the national unemployment

rate for 56 consecutive months.

The Civilian Labor Force posted its highest February estimated level in the series at 12,464,800Texans, expanding by 2,900 persons. From February 2011, the Civilian Labor Force rose by

121,600 people.

The employed population reached a new high for February at an estimated level of 11,570,500Texans, increasing over the month by 55,200 people. Since February 2011, the employed population

expanded by 232,100 individuals. The annual growth rate for the employed population was calculatedat 2.0 percent. The number of individuals seeking employment opportunities fell by 52,300 peoplefor an estimate of 894,300 Texans. This over-the-month change was recorded as the largest declinein jobseekers seen for the month of February. From February 2011, 110,500 persons were removedfrom the ranks of the unemployed for an annual growth rate of -11.0 percent.

The number of individuals continuing to receive unemployment benefits declined by 11,600 peoplefor a total of 134,800 Texans. From year-ago levels, the number of people continuing to receive

benefits dropped by 18,300 individuals. At the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) level, 24 MSAscontracted this month and one expanded in the number of persons that received unemployment insurancebenefits. The MSA that experienced an increased demand in unemployment insurance benefits wasthe Sherman-Denison MSA, increasing six-tenths of a percentage point.

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates reflect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. Civilian Labor Force (C.L.F.) includes wage and salary workers, self-employed, unpaid family, domestic

private households, agricultural workers, workers involved in labor disputes and the unemployed, all by place of residence. Employment and Unemployment data are first rounded then added toge

to derive the rounded CLF total. Because of this rounding technique, this rounded total of the CLF may not agree with a rounding of the CLF total itself. Percent Unemployed is based upon unroun

Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment numbers. Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Beginning with January 2005 estima

definitions of the MSAs were updated to reflect the 2000 Census-based configurations. Please see www.tracer2.com for details on these changes. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is compr

of the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division (MD) and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Civilian Labor Force Estimates for Texas Metropolitan Statistical AreasNot Seasonally Adjusted (In Thousands)

MSAs Ranked by Unemployment Rate

February 2012 (Not Seasonally Adjusted

1 Midland 3

2 Odessa 4

3 Amarillo 5

4(tie) Lubbock 5

SanAngelo 5

6

(tie) Abilene 5CollegeStationBryan 5

8(tie) Aus tinRoundRockSanMarcos 6

Longview 6

10 Victoria 6

11 WichitaFalls 6

12(tie) CorpusChristi 6

SanAntonioNewBraunfels 6

14 Waco 6

15(tie) DallasFortWorthArlington 7

Texarkana 7

17(tie) HoustonSugarLandBaytown 7

Laredo 7

Texas 7

Tyler 7

20(tie) KilleenTempleFortHood 7

ShermanDenison 7

UnitedStates 822 ElPaso 9

23 BeaumontPortArthur 10

24 BrownsvilleHarlingen 10

25 McAllenEdinburgMission 11

C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Ra

UnitedStates 154,114.0 140,684.0 13,430.0 8.7 153,485.0 139,944.0 13,541.0 8.8 152,635.0 138,093.0 14,542.0 9

Texas 12,464.8 11,570.5 894.3 7.2 12,461.9 11,515.3 946.6 7.6 1 2, 34 3.2 1 1, 33 8.4 1 ,0 04 .8 8

Abilene 81.3 76.6 4.7 5.8 82.7 77.6 5.1 6.2 84.1 78.6 5.5 6

Amarillo 134.2 127.6 6.6 5.0 134.0 127.0 7.0 5.3 133.8 126.5 7.3 5

AustinRoundRockSanMarcos 949.8 892.2 57.6 6.1 944.0 882.7 61.3 6.5 933.8 870.5 63.3 6

BeaumontPortArthur 184.9 166.0 18.9 10.2 188.1 167.9 20.2 10.7 189.9 168.7 21.2 11

BrownsvilleHarlingen 162.9 145.1 17.8 10.9 162.8 144.0 18.8 11.5 162.3 142.6 19.7 12

CollegeStationBryan 116.2 109.5 6.7 5.8 111.7 104.6 7.1 6.3 117.0 109.4 7.6 6

CorpusChristi 218.9 204.1 14.8 6.8 218.6 202.6 16.0 7.3 213.6 195.8 17.8 8

DallasFortWorthArlington 3,292.1 3,058.9 233.2 7.1 3,284.3 3,039.8 244.5 7.4 3,257.4 2,995.3 262.1 8

DallasPlanoIrvingMD 2,196.0 2,039.3 156.7 7.1 2,189.5 2,025.1 164.4 7.5 2,176.6 2,001.3 175.3 8

FortWorthArlingtonMD 1,096.1 1,019.6 76.5 7.0 1,094.8 1,014.7 80.1 7.3 1,080.8 994.0 86.8 8

ElPaso 328.6 297.1 31.5 9.6 327.7 295.0 32.7 10.0 326.3 292.3 34.0 10

HoustonSugarLandBaytown 3,004.4 2,788.2 216.2 7.2 3,008.8 2,778.7 230.1 7.6 2,946.7 2,700.3 246.4 8

KilleenTempleFortHood 171.2 158.0 13.2 7.7 170.3 156.2 14.1 8.3 171.6 157.7 13.9 8

Laredo 102.8 95.4 7.4 7.2 103.0 95.2 7.8 7.6 99.1 90.7 8.4 8

Longview 113.7 106.8 6.9 6.1 114.3 106.9 7.4 6.5 113.0 104.9 8.1 7

Lubbock 148.0 139.8 8.2 5.5 148.1 139.4 8.7 5.9 146.2 137.1 9.1 6

McAllenEdinburgMission 320.0 284.4 35.6 11.1 324.4 286.4 38.0 11.7 316.4 277.2 39.2 12

Midland 83.8 80.6 3.2 3.8 84.0 80.5 3.5 4.1 81.6 77.8 3.8 4

Odessa 81.2 77.5 3.7 4.5 80.5 76.5 4.0 4.9 76.1 71.2 4.9 6

San

Angelo 56.6 53.5 3.1 5.5

57.1 53.7 3.4 5.9

55.4 51.8 3.6 6

SanAntonioNewBraunfels 1,008.6 939.5 69.1 6.8 1,008.8 935.5 73.3 7.3 1,007.1 931.9 75.2 7

ShermanDenison 58.0 53.5 4.5 7.7 58.4 53.8 4.6 8.0 57.7 52.8 4.9 8

Texarkana 67.9 63.1 4.8 7.1 67.2 62.1 5.1 7.5 65.9 60.8 5.1 7

Tyler 104.4 96.8 7.6 7.2 105.0 96.9 8.1 7.7 102.4 94.4 8.0 7

Victoria 59.4 55.7 3.7 6.2 59.1 55.2 3.9 6.6 60.0 55.7 4.3 7

Waco 113.8 105.9 7.9 6.9 113.8 105.5 8.3 7.3 115.6 107.0 8.6 7

WichitaFalls 71.5 66.9 4.6 6.4 71.5 66.6 4.9 6.9 73.1 67.8 5.3 7

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Anderson 8.1 8.8 9.4 0.7 1.3 Donley 5.2 5.9 6.1 0.7 0.9

Andrews 4.2 4.5 5.3 0.3 1.1 Duval 7.4 8.0 10.3 0.6 2.9

Angelina 7.1 7.4 7.9 0.3 0.8 Eastland 6.4 6.7 7.4 0.3 1.0

Aransas 6.9 7.4 8.7 0.5 1.8 Ector 4.5 4.9 6.5 0.4 2.0

Archer 5.7 5.8 5.2 0.1 0.5 Edwards 6.6 6.7 7.4 0.1 0.8

Armstrong 5.2

6.1

4.2

0.9

1.0

Ellis 7.2

7.5

8.3

0.3

1.1

Atascosa 6.9 7.0 8.1 0.1 1.2 ElPaso 9.6 10.0 10.4 0.4 0.8

Austin 6.0 6.7 8.8 0.7 2.8 Erath 5.5 5.9 6.2 0.4 0.7

Bailey 7.3 7.5 7.7 0.2 0.4 Falls 8.9 9.6 9.6 0.7 0.7

Bandera 6.3 6.9 7.1 0.6 0.8 Fannin 9.1 9.7 9.9 0.6 0.8

Bastrop 6.5 7.1 7.9 0.6 1.4 Fayette 4.9 5.3 5.9 0.4 1.0

Baylor 5.2 5.7 5.9 0.5 0.7 Fisher 5.4 6.0 6.6 0.6 1.2

Bee 7.4 8.0 8.8 0.6 1.4 Floyd 7.9 8.3 9.6 0.4 1.7

Bell 7.6 8.2 8.1 0.6 0.5 Foard 5.4 6.5 8.0 1.1 2.6

Bexar 7.0 7.4 7.6 0.4 0.6 FortBend 6.4 6.7 7.6 0.3 1.2

Blanco 5.9 6.2 6.3 0.3 0.4 Franklin 6.9 7.0 7.4 0.1 0.5

Borden 3.4 3.8 5.3 0.4 1.9 Freestone 5.8 6.1 6.6 0.3 0.8

Bosque 8.0 8.5 8.8 0.5 0.8 Frio 6.5 6.9 7.8 0.4 1.3

Bowie 7.4 7.6 7.9 0.2 0.5 Gaines 4.9 5.3 5.7 0.4 0.8

Brazoria 7.7 8.5 8.9 0.8 1.2 Galveston 8.0 8.9 9.0 0.9 1.0

Brazos 5.6 6.1 6.3 0.5 0.7 Garza 6.6 6.9 6.9 0.3 0.3

Brewster 4.7

5.3

5.4

0.6

0.7

Gillespie 4.4

4.7

4.8

0.3

0.4

Briscoe 6.3 7.0 6.3 0.7 0.0 Glasscock 4.3 4.2 4.7 0.1 0.4

Brooks 7.5 8.1 8.5 0.6 1.0 Goliad 5.5 5.9 6.4 0.4 0.9

Brown 6.3 6.9 7.2 0.6 0.9 Gonzales 4.8 5.1 6.1 0.3 1.3

Burleson 5.5 6.5 6.8 1.0 1.3 Gray 5.2 5.6 6.6 0.4 1.4

Burnet 5.7 6.2 6.2 0.5 0.5 Grayson 7.7 8.0 8.5 0.3 0.8

Caldwell 7.1 7.7 8.6 0.6 1.5 Gregg 5.9 6.4 6.9 0.5 1.0

Calhoun 8.5 8.8 9.3 0.3 0.8 Grimes 7.0 7.6 8.2 0.6 1.2

Callahan 5.4 6.0 6.3 0.6 0.9 Guadalupe 6.0 6.7 7.0 0.7 1.0

Cameron 10.9 11.5 12.1 0.6 1.2 Hale 6.8 7.2 7.4 0.4 0.6

Camp 8.1 8.6 8.8 0.5 0.7 Hall 8.5 8.9 9.2 0.4 0.7

Carson 4.6 4.4 5.3 0.2 0.7 Hamilton 5.6 5.9 6.2 0.3 0.6

Cass 9.6 10.0 11.1 0.4 1.5 Hansford 3.9 4.2 4.7 0.3 0.8

Castro 5.4 5.8 6.2 0.4 0.8 Hardeman 5.4 5.2 6.4 0.2 1.0

Chambers 7.4 8.7 8.6 1.3 1.2 Hardin 8.2 8.9 9.3 0.7 1.1

Cherokee 8.1 8.6 9.1 0.5 1.0 Harris 7.3 7.7 8.4 0.4 1.1

Childress 5.4

5.9

6.5

0.5

1.1

Harrison 7.1

7.4

8.0

0.3

0.9

Clay 5.4 6.1 6.5 0.7 1.1 Hartley 4.5 4.8 5.5 0.3 1.0

Cochran 8.7 9.1 9.6 0.4 0.9 Haskell 5.5 5.5 5.1 0.0 0.4

Coke 5.5 6.5 7.9 1.0 2.4 Hays 5.9 6.5 6.9 0.6 1.0

Coleman 6.6 6.7 7.0 0.1 0.4 Hemphill 2.4 2.5 2.8 0.1 0.4

Collin 6.3 6.6 7.2 0.3 0.9 Henderson 7.8 8.2 8.5 0.4 0.7

Collingsworth 4 .7 5.2 5.3 0.5 0.6 Hidalgo 11.1 11.7 12.4 0.6 1.3

Colorado 6.2 6.7 7.2 0.5 1.0 Hill 7.5 8.2 8.4 0.7 0.9

Comal 6.3 6.8 7.2 0.5 0.9 Hockley 5.2 5.4 6.1 0.2 0.9

Comanche 6.1 6.6 7.0 0.5 0.9 Hood 6.4 6.9 7.6 0.5 1.2

Concho 7.4 7.7 8.0 0.3 0.6 Hopkins 6.4 6.8 7.2 0.4 0.8

Cooke 4.7 5.1 5.9 0.4 1.2 Houston 10.1 10.8 10.2 0.7 0.1

Coryell 8.4 9.1 8.7 0.7 0.3 Howard 6.4 6.9 7.2 0.5 0.8

Cottle 7.4 7.8 5.7 0.4 1.7 Hudspeth 5.5 5.7 5.9 0.2 0.4

Crane 6.2 6.5 8.0 0.3 1.8 Hunt 7.4 8.0 8.5 0.6 1.1

Crockett 4.6 4.9 5.3 0.3 0.7 Hutchinson 5.6 6.1 7.4 0.5 1.8

Crosby 8.3

9.2

10.9

0.9

2.6

Irion 4.5

5.6

5.2

1.1

0.7

Culberson 3.8 4.2 5.0 0.4 1.2 Jack 4.6 5.0 5.8 0.4 1.2

Dallam 4.1 4.4 5.0 0.3 0.9 Jackson 5.9 6.1 6.6 0.2 0.7

Dallas 7.7 8.1 8.6 0.4 0.9 Jasper 10.8 11.3 12.3 0.5 1.5

Dawson 7.4 7.6 7.9 0.2 0.5 JeffDavis 6.1 6.6 6.3 0.5 0.2

DeafSmith 5.2 5.5 5.9 0.3 0.7 Jefferson 10.8 11.2 11.5 0.4 0.7

Delta 8.0 8.2 9.7 0.2 1.7 JimHogg 5.4 5.5 7.0 0.1 1.6

Denton 6.2 6.5 7.2 0.3 1.0 JimWells 5.6 6.0 7.0 0.4 1.4

DeWitt 5.4 6.0 7.3 0.6 1.9 Johnson 7.0 7.4 8.0 0.4 1.0

Dickens 11.7 11.8 15.7 0.1 4.0 Jones 7.0 7.6 7.2 0.6 0.2

Dimmit 5.8 6.1 8.0 0.3 2.2 Karnes 7.3 7.8 8.4 0.5 1.1

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Change

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2012

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2011

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Change

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Kaufman 7.3 7.7 8.7 0.4 1.4 Real 7.4 7.8 7.5 0.4 0.1

Kendall 5.8 6.2 6.2 0.4 0.4 RedRiver 11.0 11.8 11.8 0.8 0.8

Kenedy 3.1 3.1 3.2 0.0 0.1 Reeves 9.4 10.2 10.9 0.8 1.5

Kent 5.3 6.3 6.2 1.0 0.9 Refugio 5.3 5.4 6.3 0.1 1.0

Kerr 5.9 6.4 6.5 0.5 0.6 Roberts 4.1 3.9 4.5 0.2 0.4

Kimble 5.9

6.4

7.2

0.5

1.3

Robertson 8.2

8.7

9.3

0.5

1.1

King 5.6 6.0 6.5 0.4 0.9 Rockwall 6.5 6.8 7.8 0.3 1.3

Kinney 8.0 8.6 9.8 0.6 1.8 Runnels 6.9 7.4 8.3 0.5 1.4

Kleberg 6.1 6.7 7.1 0.6 1.0 Rusk 6.4 6.7 7.1 0.3 0.7

Knox 5.6 6.4 6.5 0.8 0.9 Sabine 15.9 16.7 17.5 0.8 1.6

Lamar 9.6 10.0 9.8 0.4 0.2 SanAugustine 11.2 12.0 12.5 0.8 1.3

Lamb 12.5 7.5 7.6 5.0 4.9 SanJacinto 8.6 9.4 10.5 0.8 1.9

Lampasas 6.8 7.4 6.9 0.6 0.1 SanPatricio 7.9 8.7 10.5 0.8 2.6

LaSalle 5.3 5.6 7.3 0.3 2.0 SanSaba 7.9 8.1 7.2 0.2 0.7

Lavaca 4.8 5.2 6.0 0.4 1.2 Schleicher 5.0 5.0 7.6 0.0 2.6

Lee 5.3 5.6 6.1 0.3 0.8 Scurry 5.0 5.3 5.7 0.3 0.7

Leon 6.8 7.5 7.9 0.7 1.1 Shackelford 3.6 3.9 4.6 0.3 1.0

Liberty 9.2 10.1 11.3 0.9 2.1 Shelby 6.8 7.1 8.4 0.3 1.6

Limestone 6.9 7.2 7.4 0.3 0.5 Sherman 4.4 4.7 4.7 0.3 0.3

Lipscomb 3.7 4.1 4.7 0.4 1.0 Smith 7.2 7.7 7.9 0.5 0.7

LiveOak 4.7 4.9 5.5 0.2 0.8 Somervell 6.7 7.3 8.0 0.6 1.3

Llano 7.0

7.6

7.6

0.6

0.6

Starr 16.4

17.4

19.1

1.0

2.7

Loving 9.8 10.0 10.0 0.2 0.2 Stephens 6.3 6.6 8.2 0.3 1.9

Lubbock 5.5 5.8 6.1 0.3 0.6 Sterling 3.4 3.6 4.5 0.2 1.1

Lynn 7.4 7.3 7.1 0.1 0.3 Stonewall 4.2 4.9 5.2 0.7 1.0

McCulloch 5.4 5.8 5.9 0.4 0.5 Sutton 3.6 3.9 5.0 0.3 1.4

McLennan 6.9 7.3 7.4 0.4 0.5 Swisher 5.8 6.2 6.6 0.4 0.8

McMullen 3.3 3.3 3.9 0.0 0.6 Tarrant 7.0 7.4 8.1 0.4 1.1

Madison 7.1 7.7 8.2 0.6 1.1 Taylor 5.7 6.0 6.4 0.3 0.7

Marion 8.4 9.3 9.3 0.9 0.9 Terrell 7.2 7.4 9.1 0.2 1.9

Martin 4.5 4.7 5.6 0.2 1.1 Terry 7.0 7.3 7.3 0.3 0.3

Mason 4.6 4.8 5.1 0.2 0.5 Throckmorton 4.4 4.8 5.8 0.4 1.4

Matagorda 10.7 11.6 11.8 0.9 1.1 Titus 7.3 7.8 8.1 0.5 0.8

Maverick 14.2 14.7 16.9 0.5 2.7 TomGreen 5.5 5.9 6.5 0.4 1.0

Medina 6.7 7.3 7.6 0.6 0.9 Travis 6.0 6.4 6.6 0.4 0.6

Menard 6.7 7.6 7.5 0.9 0.8 Trinity 8.4 9.3 9.1 0.9 0.7

Midland 3.8 4.1 4.7 0.3 0.9 Tyler 10.3 11.1 11.2 0.8 0.9

Milam 8.8

9.3

10.2

0.5

1.4

Upshur 6.1

6.6

7.8

0.5

1.7

Mills 5.6 5.8 6.2 0.2 0.6 Upton 3.7 4.4 4.6 0.7 0.9

Mitchell 6.9 7.7 7.8 0.8 0.9 Uvalde 8.6 9.0 9.3 0.4 0.7

Montague 5.4 5.7 6.4 0.3 1.0 ValVerde 8.2 8.9 9.6 0.7 1.4

Montgomery 6.3 6.6 7.5 0.3 1.2 VanZandt 6.7 7.2 7.6 0.5 0.9

Moore 4.2 4.4 4.9 0.2 0.7 Victoria 5.8 6.2 6.8 0.4 1.0

Morris 10.5 10.7 12.1 0.2 1.6 Walker 7.0 7.6 7.4 0.6 0.4

Motley 5.4 6.0 6.4 0.6 1.0 Waller 6.9 7.5 8.3 0.6 1.4

Nacogdoches 6.2 6.6 6.5 0.4 0.3 Ward 5.1 5.6 7.0 0.5 1.9

Navarro 8.9 8.6 9.5 0.3 0.6 Washington 5.2 5.7 6.0 0.5 0.8

Newton 12.6 13.0 14.1 0.4 1.5 Webb 7.2 7.6 8.5 0.4 1.3

Nolan 5.8 6.1 6.9 0.3 1.1 Wharton 7.6 8.1 8.3 0.5 0.7

Nueces 6.6 7.1 8.0 0.5 1.4 Wheeler 3.6 3.6 4.3 0.0 0.7

Ochiltree 3.5 3.7 4.5 0.2 1.0 Wichita 6.6 7.0 7.4 0.4 0.8

Oldham 4.4 4.6 5.8 0.2 1.4 Wilbarger 4.8 5.2 5.9 0.4 1.1

Orange 9.8 10.4 11.5 0.6 1.7 Willacy 14.2 14.4 13.9 0.2 0.3

PaloPinto 6.7

7.0

7.9

0.3

1.2

Williamson 6.2

6.6

6.9

0.4

0.7

Panola 6.1 6.6 6.9 0.5 0.8 Wilson 6.0 6.6 7.1 0.6 1.1

Parker 6.5 6.7 7.5 0.2 1.0 Winkler 4.9 5.3 6.9 0.4 2.0

Parmer 4.5 5.0 4.9 0.5 0.4 Wise 6.7 6.8 7.8 0.1 1.1

Pecos 4.8 4.9 5.6 0.1 0.8 Wood 7.5 8.0 8.1 0.5 0.6

Polk 8.8 9.3 10.0 0.5 1.2 Yoakum 3.9 4.1 5.1 0.2 1.2

Potter 5.7 6.2 6.3 0.5 0.6 Young 5.5 5.9 6.9 0.4 1.4

Presidio 12.1 12.9 15.8 0.8 3.7 Zapata 7.0 7.3 9.3 0.3 2.3

Rains 7.9 8.4 8.4 0.5 0.5 Zavala 14.9 15.7 16.3 0.8 1.4

Randall 4.3 4.5 4.8 0.2 0.5

Reagan 2.5 2.5 3.5 0.0 1.0

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Change

YearAgo

ChangeCity

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Jan.

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Change

YearAgo

ChangeCity

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Jan.

2012

Feb.

2011

Monthly

Change

YearA

Chan

Abilene 5.9 6.2 6.6 0.3 0.7 Garland 7.2 7.7 8.5 0.5 1.3 Paris 10.9 11.0 10.5 0.1 0

Allen 6.1 6.5 6.7 0.4 0.6 Georgetown 5.9 6.4 6.9 0.5 1.0 Pasadena 8.7 9.8 9.9 1.1 1

Amarillo 4.9 5.3 5.4 0.4 0.5 GrandPrairie 7.2 7.6 8.2 0.4 1.0 Pearland 5.7 6.3 6.7 0.6 1

Arlington 6.9 7.2 7.8 0.3 0.9 Grapevine 5.5 5.9 6.9 0.4 1.4 Pflugerville 5.2 5.7 5.5 0.5 0

Austin 5.6

6.0

6.2

0.4

0.6 Greenville

7.9

8.3

8.7

0.4

0.8 Pharr

8.9

10.0

10.3

1.1

1Baytown 10.3 11.7 12.1 1.4 1.8 HaltomCity 6.8 7.3 8.1 0.5 1.3 Plano 6.2 6.5 7.1 0.3 0

Beaumont 9.6 9.9 9.6 0.3 0.0 HarkerHeights 7.1 7.5 7.3 0.4 0.2 PortArthur 16.2 16.8 17.4 0.6 1

Bedford 6.1 6.4 7.5 0.3 1.4 Harlingen 9.7 9.8 9.5 0.1 0.2 Richardson 6.3 6.6 7.1 0.3 0

BigSpring 6.7 7.4 7.8 0.7 1.1 Houston 7.3 7.7 8.5 0.4 1.2 Rockwall 5.7 6.1 6.8 0.4 1

B ro wns vil le 1 1. 1 11.9 13.0 0.8 1.9 Huntsville 6.9 7.5 7.5 0.6 0.6 Rosenberg 6.2 7.2 8.9 1.0 2

Bryan 5.7 6.2 6.5 0.5 0.8 Hurst 6.6 7.0 7.9 0.4 1.3 RoundRock 5.9 6.2 6.6 0.3 0

Burleson 5.9 6.3 6.8 0.4 0.9 Irving 6.6 7.0 7.4 0.4 0.8 Rowlett 7.6 7.7 8.0 0.1 0

Carrollton 6.3 6.7 7.6 0.4 1.3 Keller 5.8 6.2 6.8 0.4 1.0 SanAngelo 5.5 5.9 6.5 0.4 1

CedarHill 7.8 8.1 8.9 0.3 1.1 Killeen 8.6 9.2 8.9 0.6 0.3 SanAntonio 6.9 7.3 7.3 0.4 0

CedarPark 5.8 6.2 6.3 0.4 0.5 Kingsville 5.8 6.6 6.7 0.8 0.9 SanBenito 10.1 10.4 10.6 0.3 0

Cleburne 6.9 7.6 7.7 0.7 0.8 Kyle 4.8 5.4 5.3 0.6 0.5 SanJuan 11.8 12.3 13.2 0.5 1

CollegeStation 5.6 6.1 6.1 0.5 0.5 LakeJackson 7.1 8.5 8.7 1.4 1.6 SanMarcos 5.4 5.8 6.1 0.4 0

Conroe 5.5 6.0 6.5 0.5 1.0 Lancaster 9.5 9.7 10.5 0.2 1.0 Schertz 5.3 6.1 6.2 0.8 0

Coppell 6.2 6.7 6.9 0.5 0.7 LaPorte 8.3 8.5 9.0 0.2 0.7 Seguin 6.4 6.9 7.7 0.5 1

CopperasCove 7.4

8.0

7.4

0.6

0.0

Laredo 6.9

7.2

8.0

0.3

1.1

Sherman 7.7

7.8

8.0

0.1

0

CorpusChristi 6.3 6.7 7.5 0.4 1.2 LeagueCity 6.1 6.9 7.5 0.8 1.4 Socorro 11.5 11.8 12.7 0.3 1

Corsicana 9.6 8.5 10.3 1.1 0.7 Leander 4.7 5.0 5.4 0.3 0.7 Southlake 6.0 6.0 6.9 0.0 0

Dallas 7.9 8.3 8.7 0.4 0.8 Lewisville 6.0 6.2 6.7 0.2 0.7 SugarLand 5.4 5.7 6.2 0.3 0

DeerPark 6.9 7.2 8.1 0.3 1.2 LittleElm 4.9 5.1 5.4 0.2 0.5 Temple 5.9 6.3 6.8 0.4 0

DelRio 7.9 8.7 9.2 0.8 1.3 Longview 6.1 6.5 7.0 0.4 0.9 Texarkana 7.9 7.8 7.8 0.1 0

Denton 5.6 6.0 6.3 0.4 0.7 Lubbock 5.4 5.8 6.0 0.4 0.6 TexasCity 9.5 10.7 10.4 1.2 0

DeSoto 8.2 8.9 9.4 0.7 1.2 Lufkin 7.3 7.7 7.9 0.4 0.6 TheColony 7.1 7.5 8.1 0.4 1

Duncanville 8.4 8.3 8.6 0.1 0.2 McAllen 7.3 7.7 8.2 0.4 0.9 Tyler 7.2 7.8 7.6 0.6 0

EaglePass 15.7 16.4 18.9 0.7 3.2 McKinney 6.4 6.8 7.1 0.4 0.7 UniversityPark 5.9 6.2 7.0 0.3 1

Edinburg 7.7 8.2 8.8 0.5 1.1 Mansfield 6.2 6.5 6.9 0.3 0.7 Victoria 5.6 6.1 6.8 0.5 1

ElPaso 8.8 9.2 9.6 0.4 0.8 Mesquite 7.4 7.8 8.5 0.4 1.1 Waco 7.6 7.9 7.8 0.3 0

Euless 6.6 6.8 7.4 0.2 0.8 Midland 3.8 4.1 4.6 0.3 0.8 Waxahachie 6.7 6.9 7.5 0.2 0

FarmersBranch 6.4 7.0 7.2 0.6 0.8 Mission 8.6 9.3 9.5 0.7 0.9 Weatherford 6.3 6.9 7.7 0.6 1

FlowerMound 5.8 6.1 6.7 0.3 0.9 MissouriCity 6.9 7.1 8.0 0.2 1.1 Weslaco 11.1 12.0 11.8 0.9 0

FortWorth 7.1 7.5 8.1 0.4 1.0 Nacogdoches 6.3 6.6 6.7 0.3 0.4 WichitaFalls 6.7 7.1 7.6 0.4 0

Fr ie nd swood 6 .6 7.2 7.1 0.6 0.5 NewBraunfels 5.5 6.0 6.3 0.5 0.8 Wylie 6.3 6.6 6.9 0.3 0

Frisco 5.4 5.8 6.5 0.4 1.1 NorthRichlandHills 6.2 6.6 7.4 0.4 1.2

Galveston 8.2 9.2 9.5 1.0 1.3 Odessa 4.5 4.8 6.3 0.3 1.8

UnemploymentRatesforTexasCities

WDAFeb.

2012

Jan.

2012

Feb.

2011

Monthly

Change

YearAgo

ChangeWDA

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2012

Jan.

2012

Feb.

2011

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Change

YearAg

Chang

Alamo 6.8 7.2 7.4 0.4 0.6 MiddleRioGrande 10.2 10.8 12.1 0.6 1.9

BrazosValley 5.9 6.5 6.7 0.6 0.8 NorthCentralTexas 6.5 6.8 7.5 0.3 1.0

CameronCounty 10.9 11.5 12.1 0.6 1.2 NorthEastTexas 8.1 8.5 8.9 0.4 0.8

CapitalArea 6.0 6.4 6.6 0.4 0.6 NorthTexas 6.0 6.4 6.9 0.4 0.9

CentralTexas 7.7 8.2 8.2 0.5 0.5 Panhandle 4.9 5.2 5.6 0.3 0.7

CoastalBend 6.6

7.1

8.1

0.5

1.5

Permian

Basin 4.6

4.9

5.9

0.3

1.3

ConchoValley 5.3 5.7 6.3 0.4 1.0 RuralCapital 6.1 6.6 7.0 0.5 0.9

Dallas 7.7 8.1 8.6 0.4 0.9 SouthEastTexas 10.2 10.7 11.2 0.5 1.0

DeepEastTexas 8.3 8.9 9.3 0.6 1.0 SouthPlains 6.0 6.2 6.5 0.2 0.5

EastTexas 7.0 7.5 7.9 0.5 0.9 SouthTexas 7.1 7.5 8.5 0.4 1.4

GoldenCrescent 5.8 6.2 6.9 0.4 1.1 TarrantCounty 7.0 7.4 8.1 0.4 1.1

GulfCoast 7.2 7.7 8.4 0.5 1.2 Texoma 7.2 7.5 8.1 0.3 0.9

HeartOfTexas 7.0 7.5 7.6 0.5 0.6 UpperRioGrande 9.5 9.9 10.3 0.4 0.8

LowerRioGrandeValley 11.6 12.2 12.9 0.6 1.3 WestCentralTexas 5.9 6.3 6.7 0.4 0.8

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Augustine

Newton

Sabine

Shelby

JasperTyler

Morris

Cass

Marion

Titus

Bowie

Upshur

Red River

Camp

Smith

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Cherokee

Gregg

Trinity

Angelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Houston

Delta

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Franklin

Lamar

Fannin

Rockwall

Hunt

Navarro

Freestone

Anderson

Henderson

Kaufman

VanZandt

Montague

Wise Denton Collin

CookeGrayson

Lime-stone

Hill

McLennan

Bosque

Somervell

Parker

EllisJohnson

Tarrant Dallas

Comanche

Coryell

Burnet

Lampasas

Hamilton

Erath Hood

Mills

Chambers

Hardin

Orange

Jefferson

Montgomery Liberty

Harris

SanJacinto

Waller

Grimes

Walker

Brazoria

Galveston

Matagorda

Wharton

Fort Bend

Brazos

Leon

Madison

Burleson

Robertson

Washington

Colorado

Austin

Goliad

Victoria

Refugio

Calhoun

Jackson

Williamson

Bell

Milam

Falls

LeeTravis

Hays

Guadalupe

Fayette

Bastrop

Gonzales

Caldwell

Lavaca

Wilson

DeWitt

JimWells

Kleberg

Nueces

SanPatricio

Aransas

Brooks

LiveOak

Duval

Hidalgo

Cameron

Willacy

KenedyZapata Jim

Hogg

Starr

Kendall

Comal

BlancoGillespie

MedinaBexar

Bandera

LaSalle

Karnes

Bee

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Webb

Zavala

Dimmit

Uvalde

KerrEdwards

Kinney

Real

Maverick

Kimble

Wichita

YoungJack

Wilbarger

ArcherBaylor

Clay

Throck-

morton

Jones PaloPinto

Stephens

Eastland

Shackel-ford

Taylor

Coleman

McCulloch

Callahan

Brown

SanSaba

Mason Llano

King

Cottle

Foard

Hardeman

Knox

Stonewall Haskell

Hemphill

Ochiltree Lipscomb

Roberts

Gray

Sutton

Concho

Schleicher Menard

Tom Green

Coke Runnels

Hall

Collings-worth

Childress

Wheeler

Donley

Briscoe

FisherScurry

Mitchell

Borden

Howard Nolan

Crosby

Floyd Motley

Dickens

Garza Kent

Sherman Hansford

Hutchinson

Carson

Moore

Potter

Glasscock

Upton

Midland

Reagan

Irion

Sterling

Crockett

Terrell

Val Verde

Castro

Armstrong

Swisher

Randall

Parmer

Hockley Lubbock

Hale

Lynn

Bailey Lamb

Terry

Cochran

Yoakum

Andrews

Dawson

Martin

Gaines

Hartley

Dallam

Oldham

Deaf Smith

Loving

Crane

WinklerEctor

Ward

Pecos

Brewster

Presidio

Reeves

Jeff Davis

Culberson

El PasoHudspeth

Unemployment Rates

Texas: 7.2%*

0.0% to 5.9% (6)

6.0% to 6.9% (7)

7.0% to 7.5% (6)

7.6% to 9.9% (5)10.0% and over (4)

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally Adjusted


1

23

4

5 6

725

89

10

11

12

27 20

21 22

19

28

14

15

26

13

1617

18

23

24

Alamo-20

Brazos Valley-16

Cameron County-24

Capital Area-14

Central Texas-26

Coastal Bend-22

Concho Valley-12

Dallas-6

Deep East Texas-17

East Texas-8

Golden Crescent-19Gulf Coast-28

Heart Of Texas-13

Lower Rio Grande Valley-23

Middle Rio Grande-27

North Central Texas-4

North East Texas-7

North Texas-3

Panhandle-1

Permian Basin-11

Rural Capital-15

South East Texas-18

South Plains-2

South Texas-21

Tarrant County-5Texoma-25

Upper Rio Grande-10

West Central Texas-9


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Alcon Adding Jobs in Fort WorthFORT WORTH, TX. (City of Fort Worth)Alcon Laboratories Inc. islaunching an $18 million effort to expand its south Fort Worth campus,which is set to create hundreds of new jobs by the end of 2018. Threemonths after securing tax incentives from the city of Fort Worth, Alcon wasgranted an 80 percent tax abatement on real and business personal propertyto aid the expansion effort. Alcons proposed expansion will result in atotal estimated investment of at least $11 million and the creation of 750jobs, said Robert Sturns, the citys economic development manager.

By unanimous vote, the Fort Worth City Council granted the zone toreflect a new building not part of the pharmaceutical firms original taxzone approved on November 1, 2011. Alcon must spend at least $1 millionof the construction costs with contractors that are Fort Worth companies.In addition, Alcon has committed to spend at least $50,000 annually withFort Worth contractors.

Landrys Rebuilding Pleasure PierGALVESTON, TX (KPRC-NBC-Channel 2)The historic GalvestonIsland Pleasure Pier is scheduled to open in late May and will bring 600

jobs to the area. Located on Seawall Boulevard at 25th Street, the pier willextend approximately 1,130 feet over the Gulf of Mexico. The Landrysproject will be home to family-oriented attractions, such as rides, games,food vendors, and shops. The rides will include a 100-foot-tall FerrisWheel, a 36-foot wide, double-decker carousel, and a steel roller coasterwith a 100-foot vertical climb.

The $60-million tourist attraction will hold between 6,000 and 7,000people, officials said. According to Tilman Fertitta, owner of Landrys,the project will continue to be an economic boom for Galveston, alongwith all the other tourist attractions. It will be a great family destination.The Pleasure Pier originally opened in May 1948 and was the largest ofits kind in the country. It was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961. TheFlagship Hotel was then built on the site. Hurricane Ike destroyed theFlagship in 2008.

Boeing Moves Jobs to San AntonioSAN ANTONIO, TX (San Antonio Express-News--William Pack)TheBoeing facility in San Antonio will gain hundreds of workers andmaintenance responsibilities for Air Force One now that the aerospacegiant has decided to close a Wichita, Kansas plant. The company willmove 300 to 400 jobs to Boeings plant in San Antonio, said Mark Bass,vice president of maintenance, modifications and upgrades for the Boeingunit that operates the Wichita plant.

San Antonio officials, including Mayor Julian Castro, were energized bythe decision and pledged to focus on keeping San Antonios aerospaceindustry strong. Its a great way to start 2012. Im confident this will bea great year for job creation in San Antonio, the mayor said. No jobs willbe cut in Wichita until early in the third quarter. Officials said some of

the jobs heading to San Antonio would be filled by employees transferredfrom Wichita and others would be hired locally, but the split had not beenfinalized. Boeing spokeswoman Wendy Parker said the San Antonio facility,currently the largest employer in Port San Antonio with 2,800 employees,may need to expand to accommodate the new workers. Boeing real estateofficials will decide on any changes.

Exeter Finance to Add EmployeesIRVING, TX (Dallas Business Journal)Exeter Finance Corporation,which buys and services auto loans, plans to more than double its roughly374-person head count, open 12 to 15 new branch offices, and launch

a 76,061-square-foot customer service and collections center near Irving headquarters. The new facility will ultimately accommodate 4to 500 people. The company will hire underwriters, customer servand collection employees. Marketing representatives will be hired atnew branches according to CEO and Vice Chairman Mark Floyd. Tnew location in Irving should be open by mid-to late July with 100 of employees being current Exeter staffers, and 200 coming from new hiraccording to Floyd.

New Anadarko Building Brings More JobsTHE WOODLANDS, TX (Conroe Courier)Anadarko, one of the largindependent oil and natural gas exploration companies in the world, plato add a 30-story building to the current headquarters facility in TWoodlands. Officials project the minimum number of jobs at the facilwill be 2,330 an addition of 450 new positions. Montgomery Councommissioners unanimously approved a ten-year tax abatement progrfor the corporate expansion program off Lake Robbins Drive. Thiscertainly a welcome project that will be a great benefit to the countPrecinct 3 Commissioner Ed Chance said. John Christiansen, spokesm

for Anadarko, said, The company is very pleased with our arrangemin The Woodlands, and the expansion of our facilities is a good indicatof our continued commitment to the area.

Baylor Expands Cancer CareDALLAS, TX (Dallas Business Journal)A 120-bed, $125-million canhospital that Baylor Health Care System is opening floor-by-floor wemploy 400 people and boost the hospital systems revenue and marshare. The 175,000-square-foot hospital will be the first in North Texdedicated entirely to cancer care, said Dr. Alan Miller, chief of oncoloat Baylor and medical director at the Charles A. Sammons Cancer CenThe new cancer center includes the new hospital and a connected $2million outpatient cancer center. Dr. Miller said, We have excellent cancare in North Texas. What this does is bring a facility that is specificafocused and, more importantly designed toward the cancer patient, th

families and their needs. The first patients moved into Baylor CanHospital in late January. The rest of the hospital beds will be phased inthe end of the year, Miller said.

Howard Energy Expands for Eagle Ford VentureSAN ANTONIO, TX (San Antonio Business Journal)Howard MidstreEnergy Partners LLC, a pipeline and midstream services companyexpecting to see strong growth this year as it ramps up operations in tEagle Ford Shale. The San Antonio-based company, which currenemploys 800 people, expects to add up to 300 jobs by the end of year. The new jobs, which will pay up to $25 an hour, will be primarconstruction related and spread out across the Eagle Ford Shale.

GM Adds to Arlington ProductionARLINGTON, TX (Dallas Morning News)Resurgent General MotCo. will build a state-of-the-art stamping facility at its Arlington AssemPlant that could save the company $40 million a year and make the plamore efficient. Stamping facilities produce metal body parts, and the n$200 million factory will supply the main assembly plant, giving it vertiintegration it lacked. The facility is expected to add 290 jobs. Plant manaPaul Graham said, This announcement is a great way to start 2012. JBaron, President of the Center for Automotive Research added, Itreal statement by GM that they are committing to this plant for a numbof years. The new facility should add 180 jobs when completed by nyear. The retooling is expected to add 110 jobs at the main plant, whhas about 2,500 workers.

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INDICATORS

FEB 2012 7.2% FEB 2012 7.1%

JAN 2012 7.6% JAN 2012 7.3%

FEB 2011 8.1% FEB 2011 8.0%

FEB 2012 8.7% FEB 2012 8.3%

JAN 2012 8.8% JAN 2012 8.3%

FEB 2011 9.5% FEB 2011 9.0%

FEB 2012 10,656,900 FEB 2012 10,738,800

JAN 2012 10,588,300 JAN 2012 10,710,900

FEB 2011 10,390,700 FEB 2011 10,464,900

OTMChange 68,600 OTMChange 27,900

OTYChange 266,200 OTYChange 273,900

FEB 2012 69,955 FEB 2012 734,728

JAN 2012 96,556 JAN 2012 913,969

FEB 2011 69,540 FEB 2011 795,729

AnnualChange

U.S. FEB

2012 2.9%

FEB 2012 255,900

DallasFortWorth JAN2012 3.0% JAN 2012 250,300

HoustonGalveston FEB2012 3.6% FEB 2011 229,600

OTMChange 5,600

OTYChange 26,300

FEB 2012 $102.25 OTMChange $2.01

JAN 2012 $100.24 OTYChange $12.67

FEB 2011 $89.58

ConsumerPriceIndex(CPI) PersonnelSupply

WestTexasIntermediateCrudeOil($/barrel)

TexasNonagriculturalWage&SalaryEmployment

NotSeasonallyAdjusted SeasonallyAdjusted

UnemploymentInsuranceClaimsFiled

InitialClaims ContinuedClaims

TexasUnemploymentRate

Actual(NotSeasonallyAdjusted) SeasonallyAdjusted

U.S.UnemploymentRate

Actual(NotSeasonallyAdjusted) SeasonallyAdjusted

174

337

180200

250

300

350

400

Number of Mass Layoff Events in Texas

117

145

0

50

100

150

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

32,978

66,651

28,23630 000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

Number of Employees Separated in Texas Due to Mass Layoffs

17,594

22,771

0

10,000

20,000

,

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

MASS LAYOFF STATISTICS

The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a Federal-State initiative that identifies, describes, and tracks large job cutbacks. Mass layoffs andclosures in Texas occur when at least 50 workers are separated involuntarily by their employer for more than 30 days. Once the employers areidentified, a contact is made by telephone 31 days after the potential layoff event to verify the layoff. Information is collected as to what kind oflayoff occurred (Permanent, Temporary, or no layoff) and the reason for the layoff or closure of a company. Other information gathered includethe number of people employed prior to the layoff, the establishments open/close status and whether or not there will be any employee recall.

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