Airport Master Plan - City of Weslaco

TABLE 1H
Employment by Sector
Hidalgo County
1970 1980 1990 2000*
Annual %
Increase
Total employment 55,171 99,442 135,730 181,300 4.05%
Farm and Agricultural 9,269 11,374 8,979 9,709 0.15%
Mining 1,023 1,759 1,195 1,363 0.96%
Construction 2,237 5,724 6,909 11,975 5.75%
Manufacturing 3,512 9,460 13,760 13,733 4.65%
Transportation and public utilities 2,286 3,524 4,296 7,763 4.16%
Wholesale trade 3,432 6,958 7,006 7,983 2.85%
Retail trade 10,380 18,580 28,649 39,930 4.59%
Finance, insurance,
2,462 5,276 7,014 10,914 5.09%
and real estate
Services 9,255 15,692 29,235 51,425 5.88%
State and Local Government 9,530 18,771 25,658 37,230 4.65%
Federal Civilian and Military 1,959 2,661 3,577 4,126 2.51%
Government
* Estimated
Source: CEDDS, Woods and Poole (2000)
PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
Table 1J, Per Capita Personal
Income (PCPI), compares the per
capita personal income (adjusted to
$1992) for the Hidalgo County (McAllen
MSA), Cameron County (Brownsville
MSA) the State of Texas, and the
United States between 1970 and 2000.
As illustrated by the table, the State of
Texas’s PCPI has mirrored, but slightly
trailed that of the United States. The
State of Texas’ PCPI ranked 31st in the
country at 91 percent of the national
average ($21,500) in 1995. The average
annual growth rate of Texas’ adjusted
CPI over the thirty year period was
1.94 percent, while the nation’s
adjusted PCPI averaged 1.86 percent
annual growth.
The percent increase in growth of PCPI
for Hidalgo County (McAllen MSA) was
higher than the other three comparative
PCPIs. The personal per capita income
in 1970 was an average of $6,574
compared to the 2000 average income of
$11,387 almost double the amount. This
reflects what was occurring state and
nation wide at a slightly faster rate of
growth.
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