Texas market news
Walk Score’s Transit Score index, which measures how well a location is served by public transportation, listed all four of Texas’s major cities at the bottom of a ranking of 25 major U.S. cities’ public transit systems. Read more at the Austin Business Journal.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that Houston lost 7,200 manufacturing jobs between February 2008 and February 2012. This loss is part of a national trend in which 100 markets lost more than 1 million manufacturing jobs were lost in the last four years. Read more at the Houston Business Journal.
Houston and Austin are the top two markets nationwide for private-sector jobs added between February 2008 and February 2012, a new On Numbers report shows. Read more at the Houston Business Journal.
Midland now has the lowest unemployment rate in the state, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. The city’s 3.7% jobless rate is seconded by Odessa’s unemployment rate of 4.4%. Read more at the Midland Reporter-Telegram.
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