Author Topic: Texas population growth (Read 693 times)

Matthew · « **on:** January 04, 2010, 11:01:20 AM »

Other Sun Belt states have fared much better. Texas, for example, never went through the boom-and-bust housing cycle that devastated the Sand States. Home prices remained affordable, and the state's unemployment rate was 8% in October, a full two percentage points below the national average.

So, it's no surprise that Texas added more than 3.9 million residents during the 2000s. Its population also grew by the greatest number of people (478,000) during the 12 months ended July 1. California was second with 381,000 followed by North Carolina with 134,000.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/23/real_estate/fastest_growing_states/index.htm

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2010, 06:43:10 PM »

I moved from California in which I have lived all my life to
Texas in 2007. The State of Texas has no state income
taxes.
I left a hourly paid job in California to a high salary paid
job in Texas. Because of a long standing lawsuit against
owner the Company. This profitable Company went
bankrupt and was sold in 2008. I been without a full time
job since them.
My friends, and associates are also having hard times.
Either they been laid off, hours cut, pay reduced. And
cannot fine jobs. A friend said to me today that he has
received notice that he is being laid off next week.
I believe the government is giving misleading figures
on the true unemployment rate. Private Economists such
as John Williams of Shadowstats.com says that the
real figure is over 20%.
All this is in the Great State of Texas, Glad that I am not
living in California, Michigan, and Ohio.

Iuvenalis · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2010, 10:59:07 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

California was second with 381,000 followed by North Carolina with 134,000.

Hold on pilgrim...

First, note that TX and CA are massive states to begin with.

We need not the gross numbers, but the % change. California is 30 million people, is 381,000 that many? Nope.

Secondly, and more importantly, counting the 381,000 that moved to leaves out the people that left.

California has been net loss population in 7 of the last 8 years.

More are moving out than in, trust me.

I'm still here in CA, but I'd move to TX in a heartbeat if we could sell.

littlerose · « **Reply #3 on:** January 04, 2010, 11:07:31 PM »

Quote from: RomanCatholic1953

I believe the government is giving misleading figures
on the true unemployment rate. Private Economists such
as John Williams of Shadowstats.com says that the
real figure is over 20%.
All this is in the Great State of Texas, Glad that I am not
living in California, Michigan, and Ohio.

You are absolutely right. Those figures only count officially "laid off", not people who resign because their hours get cut or people fired in the common scenario in which the company looks around to see who it can get rid of before handing out the "pink slips" (which can cost a company money for unemployement insurance)

They also do not count the people whose benefits ran out (last time I checked that could happen in 26 weeks) and they do not count the people who try self-employment or just plain give up.

If you go to work for a day-labor compnay, that can place you in permanent relationship as an employee even if you are not getting assigned to jobs becaue you are still "on the books"...

Not to mention people whose companies just evaporate. small mom-pop employers often do not provide unemployement options and are treated as non-entities if they didn't file all the right papers, which is very common in some places.

And the under-employment is a big issue, too.