SALES TAX RECEIPTS: Fiscal Year Ended Amount
9/30/92 $1,235,574
9/30/93 1,441,592
9/30/94 1,609,589
9/30/95 1,667,637
9/30/96 1,754,884
9/30/97 1,787,861
9/30/98 1,924,875
9/30/99 1,977,188
9/30/00 2,105,743
9/30/01 2,040,731
9/30/02 2,189,216
9/30/03 2,199,629
9/30/04 2,324,945
9/30/05 2,544,289
9/30/06 2,885,726
BANK DEPOSITS: Year Total Deposits
1992 $269,101,643
1993 294,342,419
1994 269,331,170
1995 286,405,343
1996 295,104,243
1997 319,806,269
1998 330,981,945
1999 325,326,475
2000 323,746,209
2001 333,833,223
2002 336,534,504
2003 407,753,133
2004 407,495,224
2005 422,855,992
2006 457,502,721
AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX VALUATION: Year Amount
1992 $131,776,426
1993 135,420,521
1994 150,751,011
1995 152,999,769
1996 156,414,386
1997 157,185,775
1998 168,328,491
1999 184,493,741
2000 194,373,364
2001 202,640,397
2002 207,971,188
2003 211,680,559
2004 229,488,246
2005* 321,193,382
2006* 330,158,968
(* Appraised Values)
MAJOR EMPLOYERS: Top 10 Employers in Livingston
Livingston ISD - Education - 575 employees
Wal-Mart - Retail Sales - 500 employees
County of Polk - Government - 300 employees
Memorial Medical Center - Health Care - 140 employees
Pine Ridge Nursing Center - Health Care - 120 employees
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative, Inc. - 153 employees
Electric Power
Lowe's Home Improvement Center - 100 employees
Brookshire Bros. - Grocery - 89 employees
First National Bank - Financial Institution - 80 employees
McDonald's - Restaurant - 77 employees
First State Bank - Financial Institution - 70 employees
City of Livingston - Government - 70 employees
Employers in Outlying Areas
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Prison - 835 employees
Corrigan-Camden ISD - Education - 197 employees
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation - 153 employees
Escapees - National Recreation Vehicle Club - 100 employees
Onalaska ISD - Education - 85 employees
American Railroad - Rail Car Manufacturing - 40 employees
Economic Base: Lake Livingston, one of the largest lakes in
the State of Texas, was completed in 1973 and is located 15 miles west
of Livingston on U.S. Highway 190. Lake Livingston, which covers
approximately 90,000 surface acres, is an important tourist attraction
and an economic asset to the City. A wide range of public and commercial
recreation facilities, including full-service marinas, camping and motel
accommodations are located along the shoreline.
In an effort to increase tourism in the area, the City constructed
facilities, staffs and operates a monthly Trade Days event at Pedigo
Park where about 200 vendors sell a variety of crafts, antiques, and
collectible items. This event, which began in May, 1999, has been
extremely successful in attracting new visitors to the area. Local
motels and restaurants report significant increases in their business on
Trade Days weekends. Additionally, several new antique malls and
specialty shops have opened in the downtown business district in
connection with the Trade Days event and there has been a renewed
interest in the remodeling and renovation of buildings in the downtown
business district.
Over the past ten (10) years, Livingston has experienced a
diversification of the economic base with the construction by the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice of a 2,850 bed maximum-security prison unit five miles outside
Livingston. The TDO unit employs approximately 835 people with an annual
payroll of close to $20,000,000.
It is anticipated that future growth
for the region will focus on the health-care industry as well as retiree
and senior-care related industry and small businesses. With the
$30,000,000 expansion of the state-of-the-art hospital now under
construction located on the US 59 highway bypass, development of
numerous new medical office buildings, nursing homes, assisted living
and independent living retirement facilities, and an active-adult
over-55 residential subdivision, Livingston will continue to experience
a growing senior population in the area.
Lumbering, ranching and the production of gas and oil continue to be
important economically to the City.
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