Texas Is The Best Job Producing State - 1622 Words

Texas is known as the independent, friendly, wealthy, job producing state perfect to raise a family. Jobs are the main reasons for so many people moving to Texas, in fact in 2013, Texas has had a net gain of over 300,000. The numbers and stories of Texas growth sounds promising and is very understanding why so many would want to move here but is it all true? It’s time to look at all of the facts and numbers, to see what jobs, income, and wealth in Texas are really like. According to Cal Jillson, author of Lone Star Tarnished, Texas being known as the best job producing state is caused from the ever growing population, exceeding the population growth of the national rate, in Texas. In 1940 the national rate for increase in jobs was at†¦show more content†¦Texas currently ranks almost last with a 32.2 percent in jobs that don’t pay enough to support a family of four (Jillson 80). Many Texans are confused as to why income in Texas is at such a low when we are the best at producing jobs, they forget that a good portion of those jobs don’t pay enough to keep family oriented homes above water. Texas’s personal income (PCPI) and median family income are not improving, they’re just staying the same, below the United States’ ratings (Jillson 88-93). In fact Texas is ranked as one of the five poorest income states in America and fifth in income inequality. The main reason for such a high migration rate to Texas is for jobs, we are known as having plenty of jobs available for anyone who wants them, though our unemployment rate would say different. Since the 1970s, Texas and the United States have been almost back and forth on the rating of unemployment. During 1986 and 2006, Texas exceeded the United States in the rate of unemployment but by 2008 we were back under the U.S. by a good point to point and a half (Jillson 94). While some might find Texas having less of an unemployment rate than the U.S. a good thing, Iâ€℠¢d disagree, we still, as of 2010, have a high unemployment rate of about 8.2%. It’s no secret that wealth among the United States is unfair but it is also true in not being fair in Texas as well. Our poverty rate between 1980 and 2010 was