Top Industries
More than 200,000 people have jobs in the Texas aerospace and aviation industry. Major employers include Lockheed Martin, Bell Aerospace, Raytheon, Boeing and Gulfstream Aerospace.
Agriculture and food production is a top industry in Texas and accounts for one in every seven jobs in the state. Texas has more than 247,000 farms and ranches covering 130.4 million acres.
Texas has developed a top industry in biotechnology and life sciences. Texas has more than 4,500 biotechnology, biomedical research, medical manufacturing and other life sciences-related companies...
The Texas communications and information technology industry numbers more than 26,000 high-tech companies and 470,000 workers. Research and development expenditures for microelectronics and...
Texas refineries produce more than 4.7 million barrels of oil per day. Houston has more than 3,000 energy-related employers. Texas has about 200 chemical plants, which manufacture 14 percent of...
Texas airports, highways, railroads and ports make the state a logistics and distribution leader and strategic import and export gateway. Texas has 29 ports and 27 commercial airports.
