Texas Almanac, 1992-1993 Page: 265

                                
Area (sq. mi.).............966.1
Land Area ...............934.8
Civilian Labor ............4,745
Altitude (ft.).......1,867-1,038
Rainfall (in.) ............... 26.6
Jan. m in .......................32
July max .....................97
Grow. Season(days) ..... 229
Total Income (mil.) .....$212
Per Capita Income...$16,911
Total Wages....... $40,508,367
Housing......................9,773

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Agriculture: Cow-calf operations dropping, but sig-
nificant; swine produced; crops include corn, grain
sorghums, cotton; some irrigation for hay, coastal Ber-
muda pastures.
Business: Oil activities, agribusinesses dominate
economy.
GEORGE WEST (2,568) county seat; agribusiness,
petroleum refineries. Other towns, Three Rivers (1,889),
refineries; Pernitas Point (125 in Live Oak County,
mostly in Jim Wells County).
Llano County
LOCATION: West Central (L-14).
Cong. Dist  ....................21  U.S. Jud. Dist. ..........W-An.
St. Sen. Dist ...................24  Ct. Appeals...................... 3
St. Rep. Dist  .................47  Admin. Jud. Dist ............ 3
St. Dist. Cts ....................33
History: Name is Spanish for plains; created, orga-
nized 1856 from Bexar District, Gillespie County.
Physical Features: Drains to Colorado, Llano rivers;
rolling to hilly; Buchanan, Inks, Lyndon B. Johnson
lakes.
Population ................ 11,631 Av. Weekly Wage .... $301.36
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Density  ........................  12
Water Area ............... 31.3
Jobless Rate ................ 3.0
Retail Sales....... $55,944,497
Gross Sales.......$117,195,725
Reg. Voters ................ 7,993
Election Turnout......... 67.9
Vehicles ................. 13,593
Lane  M iles .................. 498
Tax Value...... $1,300,544,502
Fed. Spending......... $51,608
Defense Spending .... $3,824

Vital Statistics, 1989: Births, 110; Deaths, 227; Mar-
riages, 87; Divorces, 76.
Ethnicity, 1990: White, 11,386 (97.9%); Black, 22
(0.2%); American Indian, 39 (0.3%); Asian, 20 (0.2%); His-
panic, 453 (3.9%); Other, 164 (1.4%).
Recreation: Top deer-hunting county; fishing; High-
land Lakes activities; major tourist area; Enchanted Rock
State Park; spring bluebonnet festival; hang gliding;
many local events.
Minerals: Stone, granite, vermiculite, llanite.
Agriculture: Beef cattle top agricultural product;
swine raised; crops include peanuts, hay; some irriga-
tion of peanuts, grass.
Business: Tourism; ranch trading center; granite
mined.
LLANO (2,962) county seat; tourist, hunting center;
livestock  trading; some  manufacturing; hospital;
museum, national downtown historic district; golf
course. Other towns, Kingsland (2,725), tourism, retire-
ment community; metal fabrication; wood work; library;
nursing home; local events; Buchanan Dam (1,099);
Horseshoe Bay (1,222 in Llano County, partly in Burnet
County); Sunrise Beach (497).
Loving County
LOCATION: New Mexico line (J-6).
Cong. Dist ..............  ..  16  U.S. Jud. Dist. .......... N-Pe.
St. Sen. Dist .... .......... 25  Ct. Appeals...................... 8
St. Rep. Dist ...........69 Admin. Jud. Dist. ........... 7
St. Dist. Cts ...... .........  143
History: Last county organized; created 1887 from
Tom Green; organized 1931; named for Oliver Loving,
trail driver. Loving is Texas' least populous county.
Physical Features: Rolling prairies drain to Pecos
River; Red Bluff Reservoir; sandy, loam, clay soils.

Population .................... 107
Area (sq. mi.) ............676.8
Land Area ................673.1
Civilian Labor ..............67
Altitude (ft.) .......3,311-2,685
Rainfall (in.)  .................9.1
Jan. min ....... .............28
July max ......................96
Grow. Season (days)..... 222
Total Income (mil.) ........$3
Per Capita Income...$37,122
Total Wages........... $316,804
Housing.......................59

Av. Weekly Wage ....$264.89
Density  ........................... 0
Water Area ............ 3.7
Jobless Rate ............. 0.0
Retail Sales........... $490,026
Gross Sales.......... $1,328,825
Reg. Voters ............. 112
Election Turnout......... 85.7
Vehicles ...................... 308
Lane M  iles..................... 67
Tax Value......... $222,950,029
Fed. Spending ............. $315
Defense Spending ..........SO

Vital Statistics, 1989: Births, 1; Deaths, 1; Marriages,
9; Divorces, 1.
Ethnicity, 1990: White, 93 (86.9%); Black, 0 (0.0%);
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