Editing Huntsville, Texas (section)

==Economy==
[[File:TDCJHQHuntsvilleTX.JPG|thumb|left|The BOT Complex, the administrative headquarters of the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]], Huntsville's largest employer as of 2005]]
As of 2022, the largest employer in Huntsville is the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]], with 6,744 employees.<ref name="Massohn22">{{Cite web |title=Major Employers {{!}} Huntsville, TX - Official Website |url=https://www.huntsvilletx.gov/704/Major-Employers |access-date=September 16, 2022 |website=www.huntsvilletx.gov}}</ref> In 1996, the TDCJ had 5,219 employees in Huntsville. Robert Draper of the ''[[Texas Monthly]]'' described Huntsville as the "company town" of the TDCJ; he stated that the industry was "recession-proof" and that "It's hard to find a person in Huntsville who doesn't have at least an indirect affiliation with the prison system", since many businesses indirectly rely on its presence.<ref name="Draper">{{cite web | url=https://www.shsu.edu/academics/criminal-justice/ | title=Home }}</ref> As of 1996, the TDCJ employed over twice the number of people employed by Sam Houston State University, the city's second-largest employer.<ref name=Draper/>

As of 2022, Sam Houston State remained the second-largest employer in Huntsville, with 2,417 employees.<ref name="Massohn22"/> The university has a strong role in the study of [[criminology]].<ref name=Draper/> The third-largest employer is the [[Huntsville Independent School District]], with 980 employees. The fourth-largest employer, Huntsville Memorial Hospital, has 552 employees; 485 employees work for the fifth-largest employer, [[Walmart]].<ref name="Massohn22"/>

As of 2020, Huntsville's average income was lower than Texas' average income.<ref name="Massohn26">{{cite web | url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/huntsvillecitytexas/PST045222 | title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Huntsville city, Texas }}</ref>