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According to the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, the major employers in the <br />area include Texas State University with 2,780 employees, Prime Outlets San <br />Marcos with 2,100 employees, and Tanger Factory Outlet Center with 1,540 <br />employees. San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) has 1,114 <br />workers, Hays County has 850 employees, Hunter Industries and Central Texas <br />Medical Center have 650 workers each, HEB Distribution Center employs 578 <br />workers, City of San Marcos has 517 employees, and Telenetwork Partners, LTD <br />has 500 employees. <br />It should be noted that lower educational attainment has a disparate impact based <br />on race and ethnicity, among African - Americans and Hispanics compared to Whites. <br />In San Marcos, even the difference in the unemployment rate between African - <br />Americans and the other two groups may, to some extent, be attributed to limitations <br />due to educational attainment. According to the 2006 - 2010 ACS estimates (5 -year <br />average), 29.6 percent of Hispanics age 25 and above reported less than a high <br />school education compared to 6.4 percent of Whites and 17.2 percent for African - <br />Americans in the same age group. As a comparison, the percentage of population <br />with less than a high school education in the city was 16.7 percent during the period. <br />The availability of jobs, consistent with the skill levels and educational levels of low - <br />income persons, is largely dependent on the geographic location of the jobs and the <br />workforces' ability to get to and from the employment centers where those job are <br />located. If jobs are concentrated in largely upper income areas, far removed from the <br />areas where lower income persons live, their ability to get to and from work may be <br />difficult, without public transportation, sometimes causing hardships on employees <br />or potential employees that cannot afford their own private automobile. <br />To further examine the impact of employment proximity relative to housing choice for <br />low- and moderate - income persons, we analyzed the use and availability of public <br />transportation and the extent to which public transportation provides flexible routes, <br />affordable rates, time efficient commutes with direct route and limited transfers, and <br />17 <br />