The Economic Value of Water and Ecosystem Preservation

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Table 5-2. Age Distribution, 2005 Percentage of Population by Age Aransas Calhoun Refugio Texas Ages 1 – 18 27.40% 35.10% 29.80% 35.90% Ages 19 – 64 52% 50.40% 53% 45.80% Ages 65 and over 20.60% 14.50% 17.20% 9.90% Source: (US Census Bureau, 2007b; US Census Bureau, 2007g; US Census Bureau, 2007d) The ethnicity distribution for the County’s population is more homogeneous than the State’s and the other counties analyzed (Table 5-3). The 2005 estimates shows that 72 percent were Caucasian (non-Hispanic), 2 percent were Black (non- Hispanic), 22 percent of people were of Hispanic or Latin origin, and 3.9 percent were of other races (Table 5-3). Table 5-3. Ethnicity distribution, 2005 Percentage of Total Population by race Aransas Calhoun Refugio Texas White, non - Hispanic 72.40% 49.40% 47.90% 49.20% Black, non - Hispanic 2% 2.60% 6.70% 11.70% Hispanic or Latin origin 21.70% 43.90% 44.70% 35.10% Other 3.90% 4.10% 1.30% 4.0% Source: (US Census Bureau, 2007a; US Census Bureau, 2007c; US Census Bureau, 2007f) The County has the highest educational attainment of the adult population of the three counties analyzed; however, it is still lower than the State overall. In 2000, 75 percent of persons aged 25 and older completed High School and 17 percent of people aged 25 and older had a Bachelor’s degree (Table 4). Table 5-4. Educational attainment, 2000 Educational Attainment High School Graduates, Aransas Calhoun Refugio Texas Percentage of persons age 25 74.60% 69% 68.10% 75.70% and over Bachelor’s degree and higher, Percentage of persons age 25 and over 16.70% 12.10% 11.60% Source: (US Census Bureau, 2007f; US Census Bureau, 2007a; US Census Bureau, 2007c) 46 23.20% Aransas has a significant portion of the population living in poverty, which is defined by the U.S Census Bureau as the status in which an individual’s family income is less than the threshold appropriate for that family. The family is considered in poverty and all members have the same poverty status. The
thresholds vary according the size of the family and ages of members (US Census Bureau, 2007e). For example, in a family of four members (parents and two children), the threshold in 2006 was $20,444. If the total family income in 2006 was smaller than $20,444, this family and all its members were considered “in poverty”. In 2001, 21 percent of people of all ages were living in poverty in Aransas County. The situation is tending to improve. In 2004, 19 of all people were still living under such conditions, which translates to a decrease from 4,645 to 4,536 (Figure 5-2). Figure 5-2. Percentage of people of all ages living in poverty, 1997-2004 24% 22% 20% 18% 16% 14% 12% 10% 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Source: (US Census Bureau, 2007e) Aransas Calhoun Refugio Real per capita personal income in Aransas is relatively low compared to Texas and the nation (Figure 5-3) 5 . However, it did increase from $23,978 ($24,660) in 2001 to $26,603 ($27,504) in 2005, an increase of 11 percent. In 2005, it was ranked 81 st within the 254 counties in Texas. The real average wage per job increased significantly from $20,812 ($21,104) in 2001 to $23,967 ($24,779) in 2005. However, average real wage rates are still relatively lower than Calhoun and Refugio and to the rest of the State (Figure 5-4). 5 Real per capita income is inflation adjusted per capita income, with 1998 as the base year. The value in parentheses represents nominal per capita income. 47
Page 1 and 2:
Final Report to the Texas Coastal M
Page 3 and 4: 5.2.2. Sources / Data .............
Page 5 and 6: Executive Summary The San Antonio B
Page 7 and 8: ecotourism included in the model. T
Page 9 and 10: 1. Overview of San Antonio Bay Regi
Page 11 and 12: and shellfish species and estuarine
Page 13 and 14: According to the Rockport-Fulton Ch
Page 15 and 16: effect is limited by assimilative c
Page 17 and 18: freshwater inflow acts as a mechani
Page 19 and 20: sulfide. Heavy metals bounds to sed
Page 21 and 22: inflow levels and populations of se
Page 23 and 24: and could potentially make the cran
Page 25 and 26: 3. Characterization of Ecotourism i
Page 27 and 28: Contributes actively to the conserv
Page 29 and 30: Figure 3-1. Public Protected Areas
Page 31 and 32: 1987 and then purchased in 1991. Pr
Page 33 and 34: 3.3.2. The Economics of Multiple Na
Page 35 and 36: Table 3-2. Average Willingness to P
Page 37 and 38: Table 3-3. Personal Income and Prod
Page 39 and 40: impact. It is necessary to conduct
Page 41 and 42: 4.2. Key Site Details for the Analy
Page 43 and 44: approach allows examination of ques
Page 45 and 46: This average number of trips from t
Page 47 and 48: occasional flood and drought events
Page 49 and 50: The results of the regression yield
Page 51 and 52: gallons, which results in a value o
Page 53: Aransas distinguishes itself from C
Page 57 and 58: The total number of full-time and p
Page 59 and 60: The County also shows a lower educa
Page 61 and 62: Refugio shows a rapid decrease in t
Page 63 and 64: IM t+ n ic = E t ic ⎡⎛ E × ⎢
Page 65 and 66: included an economic analysis of th
Page 67 and 68: Table 5-5. Employment Shift-Share A
Page 69 and 70: Fishing and related activities. The
Page 71 and 72: Figure 5-15. Employment change by s
Page 73 and 74: 5.3.2. Input-Output Analysis The in
Page 75 and 76: Calhoun Calhoun County’s experien
Page 77 and 78: an advantage, particularly in oyste
Page 79 and 80: Impacts on the Freshwater Inflows t
Page 81 and 82: However, due to the lack of consist
Page 83 and 84: This implicitly assumes that flows
Page 85 and 86: for fresh product. This fishery wil
Page 87 and 88: Elliot, D. (2007). Competitive Adva
Page 89 and 90: Pearce, D. W. (1994). The MIT Dicti
Page 91 and 92: The Nature Conservancy. (2002). "Na
show all

The Economic Value of Water and Ecosystem Preservation

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?