The region includes the following counties:
• Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, and Swisher
Source: RDM, PCRD & ESRI
Economic & Demographic
Attributes
Value
Remarks
Population (2012)
72,815 People living in the region
Jobs (2012)
36,797 Full and part-time jobs
Average Earnings (2012)
Completions (2010)
GRP, Gross Regional Product
(2012)
Include wages, salaries,
$33,655 supplements and proprietor
income
Students completing a specific
1,969
course of study
Final market value of all goods
$1,939,526,721 and services produced in the
region
Source
Census
EMSI (QCEW, BLS; BEA)
EMSI (BLS; BEA)
EMSI (NCES; IPEDS)
EMSI (BEA; QCEW, BLS)
Exports (2012)
$ earned from selling goods
$3,966,991,475 and services to foreign and
external domestic regions
EMSI model (BEA)
Imports (2012)
$ spent on procuring goods and
$4,224,584,568 services from foreign and
external domestic region
EMSI model (BEA)
Data Source: EMSI 2013.1 & Census
Industry Cluster Analysis, 2007-2012
12
Mature
Star
Agri. & Food Process., 9.27, 4,984
10
8
LQ, 2012
6
Arts & Ent., 0.3, 425
Printing & Publishing, 0.22, 138
Forest & Wood Prod., 0.15, 47
4
Mfg Supercluster, 0.37, 449
Energy (Fossil & Renewable), 1.01, 1,539
Edu. & Knowledge, 0.98, 825
Transportation & Logistics, 2.05, 2,237
Apparel & Textiles, 1.75, 473
2
Mining, 0.84, 88
-80%
-50%
-20%
IT & Telecomm., 0.08, 108
10%
70%
100%
130%
160%
190%
Advanced Materials, 0.22, 227
220%
250%
280%
0
Defense & Security, 0.18, 193
Chemicals & Chemical Based , 0.48, 203
Biomedical/Biotechnical, 0.57, 1,577
Transforming
40%
Business & Financial Services, 0.54, 2,440
-2
% Change in LQ, 2007-2012
Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2012, and Employment 2012
Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD
Emerging
Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2012, and Employment 2012
Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD
Level of Specialization
• Agribusiness, Food Processing &
Technology
• Apparel & Textiles
• Transportation & Logistics
• Energy (Fossil & Renewable)
• Machinery Manufacturing
Percent Growth in Specialization
• Arts, Entertainment, Recreation
& Visitor Industries
• Defense & Security
• Information Technology &
Telecommunications
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Advanced Materials
Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences)
Business & Financial Services
Chemicals & Chemical Based Products
Education & Knowledge Creation
Fabricated Metal Product
Manufacturing
Forest & Wood Products
Manufacturing Supercluster
Mining
Printing & Publishing
Industry Cluster Analysis, 2002-2007
12
Mature
Star
Agri. & Food Process., 9.59, 5,120
10
8
LQ. 2007
6
4
Chemicals & Chemical Based , 0.37, 185
Defense & Security, 0.21, 215
Transportation & Logistics, 2.11, 2,399
Energy (Fossil & Renewable), 0.84, 1,192
Printing & Publishing, 0.21, 147
IT & Telecomm., 0.10, 126
Apparel & Textiles, 2.4, 768
Arts & Ent., 0.3, 424
2
Edu. & Knowledge, 0.79, 605
-60%
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
Mfg Supercluster, 0.32, 445
40%
60%
80%
0
Biomedical/Biotechnical, 0.56, 1,458
Mining, 0.37, 38
Transforming
100%
120%
140%
160%
180%
200%
Forest & Wood Prod., 0.14, 57
Advanced Materials, 0.06, 69
Business & Financial Services, 0.44, 1,819
-2
% Change in LQ, 2002-2007
Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2007, and Employment 2007
Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD
Emerging
Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2007, and Employment 2007
Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD
Level of Specialization
• Agribusiness, Food Processing &
Technology
• Apparel & Textiles
• Machinery Manufacturing
• Transportation & Logistics
Percent Growth in Specialization
• Advanced Materials
• Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life
Sciences)
• Business & Financial Services
• Chemicals & Chemical Based Products
• Defense & Security
• Education & Knowledge Creation
• Energy (Fossil & Renewable)
• Information Technology &
Telecommunications
• Mining
• Arts, Entertainment, Recreation &
Visitor Industries
• Fabricated Metal Product
Manufacturing
• Forest & Wood Products
• Manufacturing Supercluster
• Printing & Publishing
South Plains Region, Average Earnings, 2012
$90 000
$80 000
$70 000
$60 000
$50 000
$40 000
$30 000
$20 000
$10 000
$-
Data Source: EMSI 2013.2 & 2013.1, industry cluster definitions by PCRD
Average Earnings, Region, 2012
Average Earnings, TX, 2012
Cluster Name
Agribusiness, Food Processing & Technology
Business & Financial Services
Transportation & Logistics
Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences)
Energy (Fossil & Renewable)
Education & Knowledge Creation
Apparel & Textiles
Manufacturing Supercluster
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Visitor Industries
Machinery Manufacturing
Advanced Materials
Chemicals & Chemical Based Products
Defense & Security
Printing & Publishing
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Information Technology & Telecommunications
Mining
Forest & Wood Products
2012 Jobs
4,984
2,440
2,237
1,577
1,539
825
473
449
425
332
227
203
193
138
116
108
88
47
Note: Computer & electronic product mfg, Glass & ceramics, Transportation
equipment mfg, Electrical equip mfg, and Primary metal mfg do not exist in the region
Data Source: EMSI 2013.2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD
2012 LQ
Percent Change
LQ, 2007-2012
2012 EPW
9.27
0.54
2.05
0.57
1.01
0.98
1.75
0.37
0.3
1.43
0.22
0.48
0.18
0.22
0.41
0.08
0.84
0.15
(3%)
23%
(3%)
2%
20%
24%
(27%)
16%
0%
4%
267%
30%
(14%)
5%
41%
(20%)
127%
7%
$38,489
$30,416
$48,321
$40,734
$47,699
$26,675
$32,436
$45,852
$15,747
$43,048
$60,168
$83,082
$24,464
$27,608
$53,912
$47,938
$76,190
$36,236
Competitive Effect (shiftshare), 2007-2012
-198
442
-73
4
247
153
-178
56
-4
9
164
44
-31
2
32
-17
49
4
Note : ** presents “Star clusters”.
Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD
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