East Texas COG (Northwest)--Van Zandt, Wood, Camp & Rains Counties PUMA, TX

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US Senator

N/AJohn Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

N/ATed Cruz

Republican Party

2024 Median Household Income

$64,729

0.719% 1-year growth

About

N/A of the households in East Texas COG (Northwest)--Van Zandt, Wood, Camp & Rains Counties PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

East Texas COG (Northwest)--Van Zandt, Wood, Camp & Rains Counties PUMA, TX borders Hunt & Rockwall Counties--Rockwall, Greenville & Dallas (Far Northeast) Cities PUMA, TX, Ark-Tex COG (West) PUMA, TX, East Texas COG (Northeast)--Harrison, Upshur & Marion Counties PUMA, TX, Kaufman County PUMA, TX, East Texas COG (Central)--Smith County (Outside Tyler City) PUMA, TX, East Texas COG (Central)--Smith County (West) (Tyler City) PUMA, TX, and East Texas COG (Southwest)--Henderson & Anderson Counties PUMA, TX.

United States Texas

Economy

Industries

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

Y-Axis

4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

Civics

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

N/AJohn Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

N/ATed Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In N/A, universities in East Texas COG (Northwest)--Van Zandt, Wood, Camp & Rains Counties PUMA, TX awarded N/A degrees. The student population of East Texas COG (Northwest)--Van Zandt, Wood, Camp & Rains Counties PUMA, TX in 2024 is skewed towards women, with 283 male students and 339 female students.

The median tuition cost for private four year colleges is $10,400.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($10,400) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,320) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,000) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2024, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Housing & Living

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$64,729

Median Household Income

± $3,327

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Number of Households

± N/A

The following chart displays the households in East Texas COG (Northwest)--Van Zandt, Wood, Camp & Rains Counties PUMA, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.