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A COMMUNITY-BASED VISION <br /> The largest industries by employment in Hays County <br /> are Education, Retail Trade, Hotel/Restaurant, Health <br /> Care, Manufacturing/Distribution and Construction. The <br /> fastest growing industries in the County from 2000 to <br /> 2019 were Hotel/Restaurant(6,335 new jobs), Retail <br /> Trade (5,904 new jobs), Education (4,162 new jobs), <br /> Construction (3,836 new jobs), and Health Care (3,678 ,a� 'T & Az <br /> new jobs). <br /> Nearly one-fifth of residents commute to Austin and <br /> approximately five percent of residents commute to San City of San Marcos line workers. <br /> Antonio. In all, approximately 68 percent of residents The top 10 " ' ' <br /> commute out of the city for work,which is nearly double to the Greater San Marcos Partnership <br /> the percent of residents that did so 20 years ago. <br /> 1. Amazon Fulfillment According to the 2017-2021 American Community Survey <br /> 111 employees) <br /> estimates,the total number of households in the city 2. Texas State University <br /> was 25,732. Of those,the American Community Survey employees)(3,730 <br /> estimates that 26.2% percent of these were owner- <br /> occupied. The same data source indicates that the Marcos San <br /> (1,600 employees) <br /> average persons per household is 2.29. The percentage 4. San Marcos Tanger Outlets <br /> of persons aged 25 years and older with a high school <br /> diploma or higher is 90.5%and the percentage of 1 employees) <br /> persons 25 years and older with a Bachelor's degree or 5. San MarcosConsolidated <br /> higher is 34.8%. Approximately 41%of residents identify Independent SchoolDistrict <br /> as Hispanic or Latino. Over 28%of San Marcos residents 1 employees) <br /> 5 years or older speak a language other than English at 6. Hays County <br /> home. ' • <br /> 7. City of San Marcos <br /> According to the Greater San Marcos Partnership,the employees) <br /> population of the region within a one-hour drive of San (758 <br /> Distribution <br /> Marcos is more than 4 million people. From 2010 to (750 employees) <br /> 2020, Hays County was the fastest growing county with Texas9. Central Medical <br /> a population of 100,000 or more in the United States. (675 employees) <br /> Hays County experienced 53 percent growth from 2010 <br /> 4•1 • • <br /> SAN MARCOS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2024 15 <br />