Brooks County
BY THE NUMBERS
2013
Population
7,136
Employment
3,171
Unemployment Rate
7.4%
Wages Per Employee
$48,782
Average Personal Income
$34,526
Sales Volume ($ mil)
111
Brooks county
Employment Growth
has experienced
12
15%
relatively slow
10
economic growth
since the South
10%
8
Texas economy
6
pulled back in 2009.
5%
More than one in
4
10 people in the
2
0%
workforce were
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
0
unemployed during
2008
-5%
that year. Compared
to other counties in
the Coastal Bend,
-10%
its labor market
has improved more
2013, its local unemployment rate at 7.4
slowly. With slower job growth than its
percent remained two percentage points
surrounding communities, the county
above the 2008 levels. There was little gain
has also been losing its population. In
in local wage earnings during 2013, and
Change
From 2012
-0.3%
1.4%
0.3%
0.3%
4.9%
-1.6%
Change
From 2008
-2.8%
1.3%
2.0%
19.1%
32.3%
12.6%
Unemployment Rate
U.S.
Texas
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
the proportionally larger gain of nearly 5
percent in personal income among local
residents was largely due to the loss in
population.
The labor market in Brooks
Industry Composition by Employment, 2013
Unclassified
Agriculture
Industry
3.6%
0.0%
Mining
10.1%
Accommodation
& Food Services
10.3%
Health Care &
Social Assistance
13.6%
Arts &
Recreation
0.6%
Construction
3.5%
Manufacturing
0.4%
Information
0.4%
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
0.4%
13.2%
Transportation &
Warehousing
1.5%
Government
30.1%
Other Services
(except Public
Admin)
2.0%
Utilities
0.4%
Educational
Services
(Private)
0.0%
county has recovered at a modest but
steady pace since mid-2000. Employment
grew 1.4 percent in 2013, after two years
of gains at more than twice as much. Its
county unemployment rate has been
the highest among all counties in the
Coastal Bend. With slow job creation, local
unemployment remained elevated in the
past year. The county’s unemployment
rate averaged at 7.4 percent in 2013, more
than one full percentage point above the
Coastal Bend average.
Finance &
Real Estate & Insurance
3.4%
Rental
0.4% Professional &
Scientific
Services
Administrative & Management 1.7%
of Businesses
Support
0.0%
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