1992 ECONOMIC CENSUS -- AREA PROFILE

                             Jeff Davis County, TX

                 Number    Sales or             Output   Jobs/1000  Estabs/100K
                     of    Receipts    Number      per  population   population
     Sector      Estabs      ($mil)   of Jobs   capita    #  %ofST     #  %ofST

Manufacturing         1         (D)        (D)     (D)     0     0    52     43

Retail               16           7         70   3,510    37    53   835    150
Services              6           3         71   1,359    37    46   313     45

                              TEXAS               

                 Number    Sales or             Output   Jobs/1000  Estabs/100K
                     of    Receipts    Number      per  population   population
     Sector      Estabs      ($mil)   of Jobs   capita    #  %ofUS     #  %ofUS
Mining            7,544      38,546    149,900   2,180     8   339    43    353
Construction     29,110      36,731    335,521   2,077    19   104   165     73
Manufacturing    21,662     212,735    953,900  12,031    54    81   123     84
Transportation   12,069      17,009    172,091     962    10    79    68     94
Communications    3,118      16,274     87,526     920     5    98    18    115
Utilities         2,354      38,020     74,950   2,150     4   118    13    169
Wholesale        36,611     281,273    408,925  15,907    23    99   207    107
Retail           98,404     130,686  1,230,404   7,391    70    96   557     93
Services        123,560      84,763  1,430,220   4,794    81   107   699     98
Finance           9,877      34,461    161,237   1,949     9    52    56     67
Insurance        11,622      46,091    132,726   2,607     8    89    66    104
Real Estate      14,642       8,258     90,419     467     5   106    83     92

                                 United States

                 Number    Sales or             Output   Jobs/1000  Estabs/100K
                     of    Receipts    Number      per  population   population
     Sector      Estabs      ($mil)   of Jobs   capita    #            #       
Mining           30,787     162,095    638,200     635     3          12
Construction    572,851     528,106  4,668,280   2,070    18         225
Manufacturing   370,934   3,004,862 16,967,400  11,780    67         145
Transportation  184,297     299,274  3,159,451   1,173    12          72
Communications   39,244     230,667  1,294,236     904     5          15
Utilities        20,049     310,961    915,012   1,219     4           8
Wholesale       495,457   3,249,874  5,971,401  12,741    23         194
Retail        1,526,215   1,894,880 18,407,453   7,429    72         598
Services      1,825,435   1,202,613 19,290,352   4,715    76         716
Finance         214,098   1,572,331  4,468,766   6,164    18          84
Insurance       160,639     847,730  2,152,179   3,323     8          63
Real Estate     229,493     141,673  1,231,471     555     5          90
Notes:  (D)-Withheld to avoid disclosing company data.  (NA) Not available.
Mining not reported for metros, construction not reported for counties.
Trans:  State & metro excludes large passenger airlines; metro excl pipelines.
Utilities:  metro excludes electic, gas utilities.
    Source:  1992 Economic Census.  Find it at:  http://www.census.gov/econ97
           1992 Economic Census Profile:  Retail, Wholesale, Service
                             Jeff Davis County, TX

Top Places in Jeff Davis County, TX
           in terms of 1992 population

                                 --- Retail ---  -- Wholesale -- --- Services---
                         Popu-   Number          Number          Number         
                         lation  of      Sales   of       Sales  of       Rcpts
    Geo Area Name       (1992)  Estabs  ($mil)  Estabs   ($mil) Estabs   ($mil)
Balance of county         1,916      16       7       0      (D)      6        3

            1992 Economic Census:  Minority-Owned, Women-Owned Firms

                             Jeff Davis County, TX
Firms and Receipts by Group (Groups with 100 or more firms)
                           ----- All Firms ---- ---- Firms with Employees -----
                                                                         Number
                                       Receipts             Receipts         of
             Group            Number    ($mil.)    Number    ($mil.)  Employees

          All firms              173        8.0        23        4.0         88

This table includes sole proprietorships, partnerships, and subchapter S
corporations, and excludes "C" corporations.  Detail may not add to total
due to rounding.  Data may have high variance; see documentation for details.