Exhibit 2
Upper Rio Grande Region Employment Indices, 2003-2013
| Year | Non-Metro Counties |
El Paso MSA | Upper Rio Grande Region |
Texas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| 2004 | 104.02 | 101.15 | 100.99 | 100.88 |
| 2005 | 103.31 | 103.87 | 102.55 | 102.53 |
| 2006 | 106.41 | 107.51 | 105.31 | 105.27 |
| 2007 | 107.45 | 110.95 | 107.14 | 107.13 |
| 2008 | 105.62 | 113.14 | 109.71 | 109.85 |
| 2009 | 107.97 | 112.65 | 109.91 | 109.97 |
| 2010 | 114.00 | 116.17 | 112.90 | 112.86 |
| 2011 | 119.08 | 119.21 | 115.47 | 115.35 |
| 2012 | 123.51 | 121.93 | 117.77 | 117.58 |
| 2013 | 127.49 | 124.40 | 119.85 | 119.60 |
Source: Economic Modeling Specialists Inc.