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RGV sales tax revenues grow steadilyRGV sales tax revenues grow steadilyhttps://www.recenter.tamu.edu/news/newstalk-texas/?Item=217092019-01-04T06:00:00Z2019-01-05T01:00:00Z

​​​​​CAMERON, HIDALGO COUNTIES – The Rio Grande Valley had a good year for sales tax revenue collections, with all the major communities showing increases on the numbers posted a year ago. 

According to the Texas Comptroller's Office's end-of-year report, which shows data from November 2017 to October 2018, every community reported in the two counties saw revenue increases.

Cameron County was up 6.11 percent, and Hidalgo County was up 8.87 percent, says the Rio South Texas Economic Council. 

Within Cameron County, South Padre Island sales taxes revenue collections were up 4.85 percent. San Benito was up 1.65 percent, Port Isabel was up 6.22 percent, Harlingen was up 5.35 percent, and Brownsville was up 6.78 percent. 

Within Hidalgo County, Weslaco was up 7.13 percent, Mission was up 6.58 percent, Edinburg was up 8.88 percent, Pharr was up 11.09 percent, McAllen was up 9.45 percent, and Mercedes was up 2.09 percent.

Looking at other border counties, Maverick County was up 6.88 percent, Val Verde County was up 3.40 percent, El Paso County was up 5.38 percent, and Webb County was up 4.60 percent.​

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