Texas Midwest

The Texas Midwest Region is home to a diverse business and industry climate that benefits from a well-educated, hardworking workforce.

The region is strategically located for business initiatives. The area’s largest cities are Abilene, San Angelo and Brownwood. The Texas Midwest Community Network is a regional organization, founded in 1994, focused on the economic development of the Midwest Texas region.

Highway
Interstate 20

Rail
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Union Pacific Railroad

Airport
Abilene Regional Airport
(325) 676-6367
www.abilenetx.com

Brownwood Regional Airport (325) 643-1482
www.brownwoodtx.com

San Angelo Regional Airport (Mathis Field)
www.sanangelotexas.us

Abilene
Albany
Anson
Aspermont
Baird
Ballinger
Brady
Breckenridge
Bronte
Brownwood
Buffalo Gap
Cisco
Clyde
Coleman
Colorado City
Comanche
Cross Plains
De Leon
Dublin
Early
Eastland
Eden
Goldthwaite
Gorman
Hamilton
Hamlin
Haskell
Knox City
Menard
Munday
Ranger
Rising Star
Robert Lee
Rotan
Roscoe
San Angelo
Santa Anna
Snyder
Stamford
Sweetwater
Throckmorton
Tye
Winters

The region has 24,221 square miles with a population density of 20.25 residents per square mile, compared to a statewide density of 79.54 residents per square mile. According to the 2000 census, the Texas Midwest region grew in population from 465,169 in 1990 to 490,468 in 2000, an increase of 5.4 percent.

(Source: www.tmcn.org)

Texas has no state income tax. The local sales and property taxes vary by city and county.

Texas Midwest Community Network
3702 Loop 322,
Abilene, TX 79602
Phone: (325) 795-8626
Fax: (325) 675-5214
www.texasmidwest.org

Sources:
www.texasmidwest.org

The Texas Midwest Region is home to a diverse business and industry climate that benefits from a well-educated, hardworking workforce. The region is strategically located for business initiatives. The area’s largest cities are Abilene, San Angelo and Brownwood. The Texas Midwest Community Network is a regional organization, founded in 1994, focused on the economic development of the Midwest Texas region.

Highway
Interstate 20

Rail
Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Railway

Airport
Abilene Regional Airport
(325) 676-6367
www.abilenetx.com

Brownwood Regional Airport (325) 643-1482
www.brownwoodtx.com

San Angelo Regional Airport (Mathis Field)
www.sanangelotexas.us

Texas has no state income tax. The local sales tax and property tax vary by city and county.

The region has 24,221 square miles with a population density of 20.25 residents per square mile, compared to a statewide density of 79.54 residents per square mile. According to the 2000 census, the Texas Midwest region grew in population from 465,169 in 1990 to 490,468 in 2000, an increase of 5.4 percent.

(Source:  www.tmcn.org)

The Texas Midwest Community Network (TMCN) is a nonprofit organization whose members include 43 communities in 25 counties surrounding the anchor cities of Abilene and San Angelo.

For marketing purposes the name TEXAS MIDWEST was selected to better define location. Other familiar tags used throughout the region include Big Country, Concho Valley and Rolling Plains. Texas Midwest is east of the Dallas–Fort Worth area and encompasses 24,221 square miles, a landmass the size of Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecticut combined.

With a total population of more than half a million, the region offers a workforce of just over 200,000 people. Through regional partnerships between workforce centers, economic development organizations, universities and industry leaders the workforce needs of employers are addressed and fulfilled. TMCN strives to support, encourage and facilitate these partnerships.

Percentage of population who finished high school or higher, 75.3%
Percentage of population who completed bachelor’s degree or higher, 17.5%

Abilene
Albany
Anson
Aspermont
Baird
Ballinger
Brady
Breckenridge
Bronte
Brownwood
Buffalo Gap
Cisco
Clyde
Coleman
Colorado City
Comanche
Cross Plains
De Leon
Dublin
Early
Eastland
Eden
Goldthwaite
Gorman
Hamilton
Hamlin
Haskell
Knox City
Merkel
Munday
Ranger
Rising Star
Robert Lee
Rotan
Roscoe
San Angelo
Santa Anna
Snyder
Stamford
Sweetwater
Throckmorton
Tye
Winters

Goodfellow Air Force Base, 6,015
Shannon Health Systems, 2,206
San Angelo Independent
School District, 2,012
Angelo State University, 1,360
SITEL, Inc., 1,350
Verizon, Inc., 1,350
City of San Angelo, 944
Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson), 841
San Angelo State University, 753
San Angelo Community
Medical Center, 715

(source: www.sanangelo.org)

White, 83.1%
Hispanic, 21%
Black, 4.5%
Other, 1.3%

Per Capita Income (2002), $22,809
Average Weekly Wage
(First Quarter, 2004), $510.65
Household Income (2000), $53,167

Dyess Air Force Base (Mil/Civ), 5,810/872
Abilene Independent School District, 2,698
Hendrick Health System, 2,761
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 1,163
City of Abilene, 1,197
Abilene State School, 1,230
BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, 1,150
Abilene Christian University, 850
Abilene Regional Medical Center, 739
County of Taylor, 537
Sears Methodist Retirement System, 579