Bee County
BY THE NUMBERS
2013
Population
32,717
Employment
12,309
Unemployment Rate
6.8%
Wages Per Employee
$45,071
Average Personal Income
$31,474
Sales Volume ($ mil)
843
New Home Value
$115,400
— % National Average
52%
Bee county is
Change
From 2012
0.6%
2.1%
-0.2%
7.5%
7.2%
1.1%
0.0%
Change
From 2008
2.8%
15.6%
0.5%
23.3%
29.4%
47.7%
63.0%
Unemployment Rate
Employment Growth
one of the 24
10
10%
counties of the
U.S.
Eagle Ford Shale
8
Texas
production zone.
6
Within the Coastal
5%
Bend region, Live
4
Oak and McMullen
are the other
2
counties with
0
0%
shale oil and gas
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
wells. The impact
of oilfield activity
on Bee county’s
-5%
economy is more
tenuous than the
grew at a strong pace of over 7 percent
other two oil producing counties in the
seven for Live Oak