Statement by Bill White: “As Houston’s mayor, I helped our area lead the nation in job growth.

Facts: Houston’s employment numbers increased more than any other big city from December 2003 to
December 2009—the six years Bill White was Mayor of Houston.

For this statistic, we looked at the change in employment numbers using not seasonally adjusted employment
numbers from the BLS’s household survey. We looked at both the largest 10 cities by population and the largest
10 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) by population. In both lists, we looked at the MSA numbers rather
than the city specific numbers because people generally live and work within their MSA even if they have to
cross in or out of city limits to work.

Top 10 Cities Net Employment Change (Dec. 2003 to Dec. 2009)

Houston1 194,362
Dallas2 193,457
Phoenix3 179,440
New York4 113,421
San Antonio5 76,568
San Jose6 -3,104
San Diego7 -17,854
Philadelphia8 -50,406
Chicago9 -70,687
Los Angeles10 -208,689

Top 10 BLS MSAs Net Employment Change (Dec. 2003 to Dec. 2009)

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 194,362

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 193,457
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 130,320
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 113,421
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 76,114
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 8,302
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH -38,297
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD -50,406
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI -70,687
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA -208,689

Data Source: http://data.bls.gov:8080/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=la

We arrived at the numbers above by subtracting the December 2003 Employment Number from the December
2009 Number. All December 2009 numbers are listed as preliminary by the BLS.

1
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
3
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area.
4
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
5
San Antonio, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
6
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
7
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
8
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area.
9
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
10
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Pol. Adv. paid for by Bill White