Editing College Station, Texas (section)

==Economy==

As of May 2008, the local [[unemployment]] hovered around 3 to 4%, among the lowest in Texas. This rate is largely attributed to the significant role the university plays in the local economy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/press/2008/062008epress.pdf | title=Texas Employers Add 8,700 Jobs in May | page=2 | publisher=Texas Workforce Commission | date=June 20, 2008 | access-date=July 1, 2008 | archive-date=August 21, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821231319/http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/press/2008/062008epress.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://theeagle.com/businesstechnology/051505bcs2.php | title=New equation gives more realistic look at local jobless rate | last=Nauman | first=Brett | newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eagle | date=May 15, 2005 | access-date=July 1, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20051104065850/http://theeagle.com/businesstechnology/051505bcs2.php | archive-date=November 4, 2005 }}</ref> However, [[underemployment]] is an ongoing issue.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cstx.gov/docs/demographic_report_2002_-_3.pdf | page=2 | title=College Station Demographic Report | publisher=City of College Station | access-date=July 1, 2008 }}</ref>

===Major employers===
* [[Texas A&M University System]] – education – 16,248<ref name="recenter">{{cite web | title=Real Estate Market Overview 2008 College Station&nbsp;— Bryan | first=Edith | last=Craig | author2=Thomas, Beth | author3=Lacy, Blake | author4=Merten, Kory | publisher=Texas A&M University Real Estate Center | year=2008 | url=http://recenter.tamu.edu/mreports/CSBryan.pdf | access-date=June 15, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626162050/http://recenter.tamu.edu/mreports/CSBryan.pdf | archive-date=June 26, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Bryan Independent School District]] – education – 1,952<ref name="recenter" />
* St. Joseph Regional Health Center – health services – 1,590<ref name="recenter" />
* [[Sanderson Farms]] – poultry processing – 1,539<ref name="recenter" />
* [[College Station Independent School District]] – education – 1,400<ref name="recenter" />
* [[Reynolds and Reynolds]]/Rentsys – computer hardware/software – 959<ref name="recenter" />
* [[Bryan, Texas|City of Bryan]] – government – 889<ref name="recenter" />
* City of College Station – government – 865<ref name="recenter" />
* [[Walmart]] – retail – 650<ref name="recenter" />
* Ply Gem – windows – 611<ref name="recenter" />
* [[H-E-B]] Grocery – retail – 590<ref name="recenter" />

===Post Oak Mall===
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Post Oak Mall was the city's first mall and is currently the largest mall in the [[Brazos Valley]]. The {{convert|82|acre|m2|adj=on}} mall is home to 125 stores; its opening on February 17, 1982, helped create the impetus for growing economic and commercial developments for College Station.<ref name="celebrate">{{cite news |url=http://theeagle.com/stories/021607/local_20070216002.php |title=Post Oak Mall to celebrate 25 years |access-date=January 7, 2008 |last=Hensley |first=Laura |date=February 16, 2007 |newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eagle }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is currently the largest taxpayer in College Station and the second-largest in the Brazos Valley, though the anchor stores are free-standing units that are privately owned and taxed separate from the mall proper.<ref name="retain">{{cite news |url=http://theeagle.com/businesstechnology/040404postoakmall.htm |title=Post Oak Mall works to retain costumers |access-date=January 25, 2008 |last=Levey |first=Kelli |date=April 4, 2004 |newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eagle |archive-url = https://archive.today/20070901165843/http://www.theeagle.com/businesstechnology/040404postoakmall.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 1, 2007}}</ref> Over 75% of retail sales in the Brazos Valley come from sales at the mall's stores.<ref name="celebrate" />