Focus and Skills
Educational Attainment
The Rio Grande Valley, TX market ranks 167th in Educational Attainment across the 167 STI Markets.
Educational Attainment
This ranking considers the 31.2% of those over 25 years old with an Under High School level of educational attainment compared with 19.6% and 5.8% that have attained a college and graduate level of education, respectively.
College here includes those with Associate and Bachelor degrees. While Graduate includes those with Masters degrees, Professional degrees, and Doctorates.
Figure 26: Educational Attainment
Industry Employment
The 13 Industry include the following “Agri”, “Manufacturing”, “Retail_Wholesale”, “Transportation”, “Information”, “FIN_I_RE”, “Professional”, “Management”, “Admin_Waste”, “Educational”, “Entertain”, “Other_Prof”, “Public_admin”.
Agri includes Agricultural, Mining, and Construction industries. Census codes: 0170-0770
Manufacturing includes all forms product creation from “Animal food, grain and oilseed milling” to production of heavy industrial equipment. Census codes: 1070-3990
Retail_Wholesale both customer and business oriented sales. Census codes: 4070-5790
Transportation encompasses all movement of goods, supplies, and energy. Transportation and Warehousing, and Utilities. Census codes: 6070-6390, 0570-0690
Information industries are those involved in the creation and distribution of media and other forms of publication. Census codes: 6470-6780
FIN_I_RE or Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate also includes other Banking related employment. Census codes: 6870-7190
Professional includes legal, accounting, architectural, and other professional, scientific, and technical services. Census codes: 7270-7490
Management is described as management of companies and enterprises. Census codes:7570
Admin_Waste ranges from companies setup to provide Employment and Business support services to Landscaping and Waste management services. Census codes: 7580-7790
Educational includes both Educational Services, and Health Care and Social Assistance. Census codes: 7860-8470
Entertain spans employment in industries of Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, and Accommodation and Food Services. Census code: 8561-8690
Other_Prof ranges from Automotive repair and maintenance to Beauty salons to Labor unions. Census codes: 8770-9290
Public_admin includes various forms of governmental employment. Census codes: 9370-9590
Data is shown by place of residence.
Largest Industry - Educational
The Educational industry makes up the largest share of employment in the Rio Grande Valley, TX Market at 28%. This is yields a location quotient of 1.2 time the national average. Subsequently the Rio Grande Valley, TX Market ranks 16th in the proportion of Educational employment across STI Markets.
Notable Industries - Agri
The proportion of employment in the Agri industry in the Rio Grande Valley, TX Market is notable. This industry comprises 12% of the market’s employment, yielding a location quotient of 1.41 time the national average. Subsequently the Rio Grande Valley, TX Market ranks 34th in the proportion of Agri employment across STI Markets.
Industries by County
In the following charts Information, FIN_I_RE(Finance Insurance and Real Estate), and Professional Services are grouped into a Professional Category. Management Services, Admin/Waste Services, and Other Prof services are grouped into Business Category. Wholesale Retail is grouped with Entertainment services to form a Retail Entertainment Category. Finally, Educational and Public Admin are group into a Civics category.
Figure 29: Industry Employment Comparison
Occupation
Largest Occupation - Prof
The Prof occupation makes up the largest share of employment in the Rio Grande Valley, TX Market at 17.5%. This is yields a location quotient of 0.72 time the national average. Subsequently the Rio Grande Valley, TX Market ranks 166th in the proportion of Prof employment across STI Markets.
Notable Occupation - Healthcare
The proportion of employment in the Healthcare occupation in the Rio Grande Valley, TX Market is notable. This occupation comprises 6.7% of the market’s employment, yielding a location quotient of 2.03 time the national average. Subsequently the Rio Grande Valley, TX Market ranks 1st in the proportion of Healthcare employment across STI Markets.
