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16. Population growth

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 10:06 PM

Oct 2014

Texas' population is growing much, much faster than other states'.

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How can this be true? Texas made up 43% of total gain in jobs in the country? [View all] Maraya1969 Oct 2014 OP

How many of those were jobs transferred from other states? TreasonousBastard Oct 2014 #1

Important point. NT Adrahil Oct 2014 #24

Not surprising actually yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #2

Right now it's just an editorial on a site I never heard of arcane1 Oct 2014 #4

Heck, they don't link to the Texas numbers, just the national ones. arcane1 Oct 2014 #8

Some of it is poaching jobs from other states mythology Oct 2014 #5

It's the fracking. Small towns are feeling the effects of it. Avalux Oct 2014 #6

actually that is likely correct dsc Oct 2014 #7

Perry has done a great job handling underemployment Bad Thoughts Oct 2014 #9

"net job creation" numbers are slippery. rogerashton Oct 2014 #10

Texas has a large population Roselma Oct 2014 #11

I'm too tired to do any math, but here's a link to Politifact LeftInTX Oct 2014 #13

Oil field jobs are going crazy Gman Oct 2014 #15

Population growth Recursion Oct 2014 #16

It's a few things Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #17

misleading statistics Cicada Oct 2014 #18

Exactly. Some states gained jobs, some lost jobs. eppur_se_muova Oct 2014 #21

Most of them were blow jobs for the Koch brothers Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #20

Has nothing to do with Perry. Fracking and oil boom. Rex Oct 2014 #22

Received this email from "Progress Texas" TexasProgresive Oct 2014 #23