Showing posts with label texas economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label texas economy. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

San Marcos (or anywhere else) on American Factfnder

U.S. Census Breakdown on San Marcos demographic and economic information

This page starts you off with demographics, but there's tons of economic data on the left side of the screen. I think it's the single best source of information for this kind of information.

Of course, you can change your county, city, zip code and more geographic parameters to search for other locations. 

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Sanborn Maps

Sanborn maps are a great way to study the historical layout of a town. Originally conceived as fire insurance maps, Sanborn Maps have proven to be of use to local historians, civic planners, real estate developers and sometimes small business people (just got a question that involved using Sanborn maps).

Sanborn maps cover the years 1867-1970 - and they do include small to middle sized towns, as well as large cities.

We have a Sanborn Maps Database.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Texas Exports


See specifically what Texas exports and to where. You can search by industry and where the products end up.
Exports by metropolitan area.

Also check out our database USA TRADEONLINE (available only in the library unfortunately).

Friday, July 18, 2014

Water Wars in Texas

Good article about the coming mass privatization of water in Texas.

Yes, it takes an anti-privatization, pro-conversation stance.

Main book category for water economics.

Monday, October 21, 2013

RAND Database

RAND Database has a lot of economic statistics about the state of Texas. I've used it to find average wages by industry and the state, exports out of Texas's ports, average prices of various products, bankruptcies and more,

There's also farm data in there like the value and changing inventory of crops, as well as net income and a lot more things.

In addition, there is a lot of information about health, demographics, traffic, pollution, quality of life, the environment and crime - among many other variables.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Average Tourist in Texas

MRI+ has some data on the average tourist in Texas characteristics.

See income, age, viewing habits, education, and so on.

After getting to MRI+ and hitting Mediamark Reporter (upper right hand screen):

1. Search Fall 2012 Product
2. Choose Travel
3. Scroll down to Domestic Travel - States Visited
4. Look In the Second Box Marked Target and Select Texas