Longview Area Tops in State for Job Growth
Posted/updated on: August 24, 2011 at 2:35 pm
LONGVIEW — The Longview area was ranked the top spot in Texas for job growth in the past year. The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M on Tuesday released a report showing the Longview metro area of Gregg, Rusk and Upshur counties posted a 4.2 percent rate of employment growth for the period of June 2010 to this past June. According to KETK and the Longview News-Journal, that rate outpaced 25 other metro areas in Texas, including Dallas, Houston and Austin. It also topped second place Odessa, which had a job growth rate of 3.5 percent for the year, according to the Real Estate Center. The Real Estate Center website shows the Tyler area #20 in the state, with 0.4 percent job growth.
