[deport]

You are correct that gun companies would be a very small part of the growth in Texas. The oil patch would be large but that also dominoes over into other sectors. If you are interest in Texas business growth here are some links via google to look at. Take care.

Texas business growth

Here's an example of growth between 2002 - 2011 by sector.

[DannyTN]

That’s chart is a little misleading in that’s its 10 years that ended in 2012. 38,000 oil jobs were added in Texas in the year 2012-2013. It’s not that the chart is wrong. It’s just not representative of where the growth is now.

And the health jobs are driven more by Federal spending and demographics than anything else.