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SERVICE BUSINESSES
Business of Texas
Service Establlishments.-(Continued.)
Kind of Business-
Automobile rental service
Automobile repair shops (gen )
Automobile storage garages . I
Automobile top and body repair
Battery and ignition repair
Parking lots ... ......
Tire repair shops..........
Wheel, axle, and spring repair
Other automotive repairs
Other repair service (except
auto, apparel, and shoes).
Armature rewinding shops ....
Bicycle repair shops .........
Blacksmith shops ............
Boat repair shops .........
Electrical appliance repair ..
Harness, leather goods repair
Locksmith and gunsmith shops
Radio repair shops.
Refrigerator service and repair
Saw, tool sharpening, repair ,,
Typewriter repair shops ...
Upholstery, furniture repair ..
Watch, clock, jewelry repair ..
Other repair services .......
Custom industries: 3
Awning and tent manufacturing
establishments (incl rep ) .
Bookbinding establishments ...
Bottling works .... ...
Cabinetmaking shops (incl.
woodworking) ............
Grist mills ................
Hemstitching, embroidering,
buttonholing shops.........
M achine ............... ....
Mattress renovating, repair....
Neon sign manufacturing .
(including repairs) ...
Printing and publishing..
Sawmills, planing mills (Incl
contract logging)...........
Tinsmith shops ............
Tire retreading shops....
Welding shops. ............I
Other custom and manufactur-
ing industries .............I
Miscellaneous services
Interior decorating service ....
Landscaping gardening and .
tree surgery................
Taxidermists ................
Other miscellaneous...ZaE
21;
3,6201
1321
2771
1461
303
150
1,855
19
166
771
1031
5571
431
322
5391
3581
13
37
168
439
13
652
362
154
3168
10
33
30
114*Employees and pay roll include paid executives of corporations but not the number and compensa-
tion of proprietors of unincorporated businesses.
'Less than $500
2Average less than one
3Includes custom industries, and small manufacturing plants not included in the Census of Manu-
facture, for the reason that the value of products of each establishment is less than the minimum
necessary to be classed as a manufacturing plant
Business of Service Establishments, by Counties and Cities.
Following are figures on total commercial service business In each Texas county and
incorporated place of more than 2,500 population, as shown by the census of 1940 for the
calendar year 1939. For kinds of services included in this census, see the list given under
the state totals in the preceding table. In the table below, the figure for each county is the
grand total for that county, including the business done in city or cities listed thereunderCounty & City- o- o >
Texas ........... 31,575 $137,198 61.595!$41,473
Anderson Co....... 142 543 215 147
Palestine ....... 92 3791 142 103
Andrews Co........ 13 21 4 3
Angelina Co........ 110 320 165 92
Lufkm ........ 72 277 140 82
Aransas Co........ 21 43 16 10
Aransas Pass
(Dart) ....... .... ..... ...County & City-- 0- a
Archer Co ....... 481 971 25 15
Armstrong Co...... 161 331 6 3
Atascosa Co........ 84 871 49 14
Austin Co.......... 80 1181 31 13
Bailey Co 30 551 17 11
Bandera Co........ 22 301 7 3
Bastrop Co ........ 57 1191 50 24
Smith, ille .. 21 531 21 12
(Continued on Next Page )SNumber of Employees*
o (average for year
.- Full Part
r s on Total time time
2291 171 331 33: t"'
11,435! 3,9071 2,554 2,192: 362'
1,8631 103 598 550 48
1,553 305 503' 428' 75
531 151 10- SS 16'
1,425 231 465 435: 30'
3281 164 62 -19 13
278 20 74 72
136' 30 341 31 3'
756 841 1q5' 162 33'
241 92! 50 42 8
2,324 1,926 530 407; 123
104 20u 39 36 3,
712 178! 151 122' 29
188 78! 25 19 6
288 102 55 48' 7'
1,1091 575, 169, 132 37
2381 61 50! 46 4
128 47 18 14 4
98 47 22 18 4'
921! 343 254' 215 39'
1,0031 544 96 861 10
861 379 168 123 45
179 25' 46' 34' 12
46 13 17 151 2
100 34 33! 251 S
300 180 72' 371 35
450 4411 2601 1011 1591
66 29 34 34' (2)
540 208 144 102 42'
719 262 1991 1431 56
170 10 41' 28' 3'
1,747 686 532 342 1901
710 387 897 291 606'
362 160 101 59 42
197 24 45 42 3
1,2741 353 316 232 84
1,020! 292 4201 298 122
59 10 111 6 5
629 36 298 236 62
66 33 161 14, 2
656 112 193 1561 37,PaN Roll*
(add 0(0)
Full Part
Total time time
41 41 (')
2,175 2 050 125
516 503 13
427 401 26
84 77 7
324 317 7
39 36; 3
97 96 1
35 34 1
203 182 21
2( 26 3
326 29-4 32
31 30 1
126 113 13
20 19 1
51 5i' 1
10l6 06 10
52 50 2
18 15 3
13 14 1
178 167 11
79 77 2
156 138 18
37 31 6
13 12 1
17 15 2
36 27 9
71 46 25
25 25' (1)
112 96 16
109 95 14
62 61 1
290 242 48
2341 105 129
591 44' 15
44' 43 1
275 241 34
2781 242 36
6 4 2
229' 1031 36
131 12 1
152 138 14
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Texas Almanac, 1941-1942, book, 1941; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117164/m1/293/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.