Tarrant County Has Enlarged in Ownership Residential Property by 1.4%, (2010 Census)

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Tarrant County, TX

The 2010 Census reports Tarrant County, Texas decreased in housing units by 148,973, or 26%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Texas increased in housing dwelling units by 1,819,861, or 18%.

Compared to the US, Tarrant County has a very low level of vacancy in residential real estate. 57,669, or 8.1%, of properties are currently vacant in Tarrant County, Texas. Among the 57,669 vacant residential properties, 14.7% are on the real estate market to be sold, while 57.6% are listed for lease.

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Tarrant County have increased by 1.4%. By 2010, there were 408,824 (62.2%) units occupied by owners, while there were 248,310 (37.8%) housing units were leased. Tarrant County has a greater portion of rented units than the State of Texas, which reportedly saw 36.3% of residential properties rented.

Compared to other counties in the United States, Tarrant County has a very high level of homes that are owned by minorities. 32.7% are minority-owned in Tarrant County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Texas 39.6% of housing units are minority-owned.

Black is the group with the highest percent of rental in Tarrant County. 57.7% the Black Census group reportedly were renters in 2010.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Tarrant County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 29,746 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Tarrant County, TX

In Tarrant County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 29,746 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

From the 264 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 138 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 125 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the general medical and surgical hospitals industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 4,424 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in general medical and surgical hospitals makes up 6.2% percent of the total number of new jobs in Tarrant County, Texas between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (+4424)
2. Elementary and secondary schools (+4292)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (+3623)
4. Warehousing and storage (+3518)
5. Limitedservice eating places (+3307)

The scheduled air transportation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 24,351 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in scheduled air transportation make up 36.2% percent of the total job loss in Tarrant County, Texas between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Scheduled air transportation (-24,351)
2. Employment services (-3,706)
3. Telecommunications resellers (-2,059)
4. Plastics product manufacturing (-1,546)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (-1,544)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).