The Austin Index

Millions of dollars in retail sales generated for every 100 new jobs created in Austin: 4

Combined number of jobs created at Dell, Motorola, AMD, and Applied Materials between 1990-1996: 16,000

Percentage of Texas manufacturing jobs created in Austin in 1996: 20

Percentage increase in Austin technology jobs created by small companies between 1996 and 1997: 100

Percentage increase in Austin retail sales between 1990 and 1998: 100

Projected increase in Austin businesses issuing public stocks before 2003: 100

Percentage increase in patents issued in Austin between 1991-1996: 100

Unemployment rate for African-American males compared to white males in Austin: 2.33 to 1

Ratio of number of patents issued in California to the number issued in Texas in 1996: 2.5 to 1

Ratio of venture capital dollars currently invested in Silicon Valley to those invested in Austin: 34 to 1

Net sales increase at Dell Computer between FY1986 and FY1998: $12,293,000,000

Combined budgets of feature film productions in Austin between 1992 and 1997: $354,900,000

Billions of dollars lost by Intel Corporation at the close of stock trading on March 5, 1998: 19.5

Warranty services available on Power Computing hardware: none

Percentage of city and county tax abatement received by Samsung with no strings attached: 40

Percentage of Austin's property tax revenue received from the top five semiconductor companies in 1996: 10

Percentage of new Austinites who rank "job opportunities" as their favorite Austin perk: 4

Percentage of new Austinites who rank various environmental amenities as their favorite Austin perks: 48

Austin MSA population projected to live within Austin city limits in 1998: Under 50%

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Sources: Angelou Economic Advisors, ICF Kaiser International, The Benchmark Company, The New York Times Magazine, Dell Computer, Texas Film Commission, CNNfn.com

For this index, "Austin" refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of the five counties surrounding Austin.