San Patricio County
BY THE NUMBERS
2013
Population
66,809
Employment
27,544
Unemployment Rate
7.5%
Wages Per Employee
$52,270
Average Personal Income
$40,675
Sales Volume ($ mil)
2,616
New Home Value
$161,200
— % National Average
72%
San Patricio
10
Texas
6
2010
2011
2012
2013
4
2
0
2008
development sites have broken ground.
Those construction projects, including
a steel mill, and a few petrochemical
manufacturing plants and LNG terminals,
will create a total of 4,000 plus temporary
construction jobs for years to come.
While the county’s economy has rapidly
Agriculture
1.6%
Utilities
0.6%
Mining
5.8%
Other Services
(except Public
Admin)
1.5%
Government
20.1%
Construction
18.3%
Accommodation
& Food Services
11.0%
Arts & Recreation
0.5%
Health Care &
Social Assistance
7.3% Educational
Services (Private)
0.1%
Administrative &
Support
2.3%
U.S.
8
Industry Composition by Employment, 2013
Unclassified
Industry
0.1%
Change
From 2008
0.6%
6.6%
2.1%
19.7%
18.8%
19.6%
2.2%
Unemployment Rate
Employment Growth
county is part
5%
of the Corpus
Christi metro area.
The county was
0%
devastated by the
2008
2009
closure of former
Naval Station
-5%
Ingleside. The
military and civilian
personnel on the
-10%
base made up
about 10 percent of
the county workforce. In the run-up to the
closure of the military installation in 2011,
employment and population retreated
significantly. Since 2011, the area has seen
resurgence in job and population growth.
Located at the north side of Corpus Christi
Bay, a number of large-scale industrial
Change
From 2012
1.8%
2.5%
-0.1%
3.1%
3.9%
5.5%
0.0%
Management
Real
of Businesses Professional Estate &
& Scientific Rental
0.1%
Services
0.7%
3.2%
Manufacturing
10.3%
Retail Trade
11.2%
Finance &
Insurance
1.6%
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
rebounded from a major contraction
three years ago, the unemployment rate
remains evaluated at 7.5 percent, more
than two percentage points above the
2008 level.
The labor market in San Patricio
county is recovering from an economic
collapse in 2010 and 2011. Since the
beginning of 2012, the county has faced
sustained monthly employment growth
above two percent year-over-year. During
the run-up to the closure of Naval Station
Ingleside between 2010 and 2011, the
county’s unemployment surpassed
10 percent. Despite job gains in some
industries, the overall unemployment
rate remained above 7 p