Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX

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2022 Population

108,777

11.1% 1-year growth

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

34.3

2.39% 1-year increase

About

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None of the households in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

The largest universities in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX are Texas A & M University-Kingsville (1,533 degrees awarded in 2022).

Most people in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22 minutes. The average car ownership in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX was 2 cars per household.

Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX borders Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission (North) & Wilson & Karnes Counties PUMA, TX, Alamo Area COG (Southwest) PUMA, TX, Coastal Bend COG (Northeast) PUMA, TX, Coastal Bend COG--Nueces County, Corpus Christi City (Outer) PUMA, TX, Cameron County (East)--Brownsville City (North) PUMA, TX, Cameron County (West)--Harlingen & San Benito Cities PUMA, TX, Hidalgo County (North & West) PUMA, TX, and South Texas Development Council (South)--Coastal Bend COG (West), Dimmit & La Salle PUMA, TX.

United States Texas

Economy

The economy of Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX employs 40.4k people. The largest industries in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX are Elementary & secondary schools (3,641 people), Construction (3,012 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,904 people), and the highest paying industries are Offices of physicians ($262,680), Petroleum refining ($140,894), and Oil & gas extraction ($134,554).

Employment

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The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Occupations

40.4k

2022 Value

8.43%

1 Year growth

± 8.43%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX, are Cashiers (2,531 people), Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (1,450 people), and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (1,199 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

40.4k

2022 Value

8.43%

1 Year growth

± 8.43%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX, are Elementary & secondary schools (3,641 people), Construction (3,012 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,904 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX, though some of these residents may live in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Manufacturing ($75,131), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($61,173), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($60,977).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Wholesale Trade ($55,242), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($39,614), and Information ($38,571).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 52.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (46.5%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.12%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX. Showing the available data for Texas.

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (52.1%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (46.5%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (1.12%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 52.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (46.5%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.12%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Texas for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

Ted Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX awarded 1,533 degrees. The student population of Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 3,017 male students and 3,075 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX are Hispanic or Latino (978 and 73.3%), followed by White (258 and 19.3%), Black or African American (51 and 3.82%), and Asian (25 and 1.87%).

The largest universities in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX by number of degrees awarded are Texas A & M University-Kingsville (1,533 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX are General Business Administration & Management (142 and 9.26%), General Computer & Information Sciences (89 and 5.81%), and General Civil Engineering (77 and 5.02%).

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (27.5k), Some college (19k), and Secondary Education (17.3k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX have an average commute time of 22 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

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Homeowners with Mortgage

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This chart shows the percentage of owner in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

0.466

2022 Wage GINI in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX

0.453

2021 Wage GINI in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX

In 2022, the income inequality in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX was 0.466 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 2.82% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (80%)
Carpooled (9.35%)
Worked At Home (6.68%)

In 2022, 80% of workers in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.35%) and those who worked at home (6.68%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

22 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX have a shorter commute time (22 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 2.61% of the workforce in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

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The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

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Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 27.6% under 18 years, 23.8% between 18 and 34 years, 33% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.7% were men and 51.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.