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industry added 228,044 jobs to the economy. Government The government sector has long been a stabilizing force in the regional economy with the Texas state government and various federal offices located within the Austin area. Statistics indicate that the combined governments sectors represents the second largest portion of the MSA economy, making up 33 percent of the total job economy and 135,500 of the total number of jobs. Data also indicate that, while local and state government numbers are increasing at 3.8 percent per year, federal civilian employment is steady at a slow 1.1 percent, with military government jobs in decline by 3 percent per year. Overall MSA employment increased from 1990 to 2000 by a huge 63 percent, fueling the population growth. Economic trends indicate strong, but slowing economic expansion. City of San Marcos The City of San Marcos lies at the heart ofthe trade and transportation corridor along Interstate 35. Employment is at a record high for the region with unemployment levels some ofthe lowest in the state hovering around 2.8 percent. Within a fifty mile radius can be found some twenty four colleges and universities providing an excellent workforce from which to select. Southwest Texas State University and the Gary Job Center are among the 1-20 city's largest employers, employing close to 3,000 workers. The top twenty employers in the city of San Marcos are shown in Table ID below. The four high employment sectors of trade, service, government, and services are represented. Of the twenty high employers the government sector represents the largest sector at 44 percent with Southwest Texas State University being the largest employer with 2,238. The trade sector is the next largest sector represented. The factory and outlet malls, combined with the Wal-mart Supercenter employ 2,500 workers. The manufacturing and services sectors split the number of remaining jobs among the top twenty with 3,437 jobs between them. In contrast with the MSA and its high tech manufacturing economy, San Marcos manufacturers align more closely with the construction industry. Of the six manufacturers in the San Marcos top twenty, one is a manufacturer of high tech digital photographic systems. PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME Table IE, Per Capita Personal Income (PCPI), compares the per capita personal income (adjusted to $1992) for Hays and CaldwellCounties', the Austin-San Marcos MSA, and the United States between 1970 and 2000. As illustrated by the table, the Austin- San Marcos PCPI started in 1970 with a $2,000 lower per capita income than the US average. Thirty years later the PCPI of the Austin-San Marcos MSA comes very close to that of the national average. The growth in PCPI for the