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REGIONAL TRENDS

ANNUAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

10 UNITED STATES TEXAS COASTAL BEND
8.9
8
8.2
8.1
7.8
6.7
7.4
6
4
6.7
6.2
6.2
6.2
5.3 5.5
5.1 5.3 4.5
6.6
4.9
4.6
5.2
4.1
3.9
2 %
YEAR 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 OCTOBER 2017

COASTAL BEND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE

60 %
59 %
57 %
59.27 % 59.09 %
58.26 %
56 %
56.38 %
55 %
54 %
55.39 %
54.47 %
55.21 %
55.53 % 55.44 %
53 %
52 %
YEAR 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 JAN . 2017 FEB . 2017 MARCH 2017 APRIL 2017

REGIONAL TRENDS

COASTAL BEND STATISTICS
POPULATION ( 2017 )
598.7K
JOBS ( 2017 )
266.2K
AVERAGE EARNINGS ( 2017 ) $ 51.1K UNEMPLOYED ( 09 / 2017 ) 15,649
05
COASTAL BEND REGION
TEXAS
271,599
266,247
JOBS IN 2016
JOBS IN 2017
13,062,185
JOBS IN 2016
13,262,304
JOBS IN 2017
UNITED STATES
155,942,243 158,516,931
JOBS IN 2016 JOBS IN 2017
-2 %
DECREASE
1.5 %
INCREASE
1.7 %
INCREASE