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Workforce
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5/2005)
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Copperas Cove’s most valuable asset is the availability of a well-educated, highly skilled workforce with a strong work ethic. Approximately 1,000 highly disciplined personnel exit from Fort Hood each month and enter the workforce. Additionally, there is an abundance of underemployed military
family members ready and willing to work.
The Central Texas
Economic Corridor, a regional marketing group of which the
Copperas Cove EDC is a part, along with the Central Texas
Workforce Center has contracted with
Economic Development Services, a consulting firm, to conduct
a labor study.
The data
collected in the surveys display many characteristics of the
work force defined as anyone willing and able to work
between the ages of 16 and 75. This data is for Bell and
Coryell counties; Copperas Cove is located in Coryell
county.
The
analysis of the Central Texas labor force leads to several
conclusions:
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The
area has a relatively young, skilled and educated labor
pool.
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The
area has a tremendous supply of available part-time and
shift labor.
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The
majority will work for under $11 per hour.
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Total Available Workforce |
20.7% |
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Unemployment: |
6.0% |
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Unemployed as a result of
personal choice: |
14.7% |
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Part-time Labor Availability |
19.9% |
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Underemployment |
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Education attained:
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14.03 years |
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Education required:
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13.01 years |
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Average Age |
40.3 years |
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Average Annual Household Income |
$46,766 |
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Education |
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High School or some
college: |
51% |
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Associate degree:
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12% |
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Bachelor degree and/or
higher: |
29% |
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Average years of school
completed: |
14.1 |
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Skills |
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Basic Computer:
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61% |
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Clerical: |
38% |
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Executive/Professional:
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23% |
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Machine Operation with
Computer: |
17% |
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Mechanical: |
17% |
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Advanced Computer:
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15% |
Click here to download the entire Labor Study Executive
Summary in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format (336 KB) |
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Major Employers - Copperas Cove, Texas |
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Employer |
Product |
Employees |
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Fort
Hood |
Military soldiers
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41,484 |
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Fort
Hood |
Civilian-federal and
contract |
12,195 |
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Central
Texas College |
Community College
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1,798 |
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Copperas
Cove ISD |
School administration
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1,222 |
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GC
Services |
Credit collection agency
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1,084 |
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Metroplex Hospital |
Medical |
1,000 |
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Wal-Mart
Supercenter |
Department store
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400 |
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City of
Copperas Cove |
City government |
278 |
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H.E.B.
Grocery Store |
Grocers-retail
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145 |
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Wind
Crest Nursing Center |
Nursing home
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101 |
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Tarleton
University System Center, Killeen |
Senior college
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90 |
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Hill
Country Rehabilitation & Nursing Center |
Nursing home
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80 |
*There are no active unions in the Copperas
Cove area.
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Employment
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2004 Annual Average |
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Area/City |
Labor Force |
Employed |
Unemployed |
Rate |
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Killeen Temple MSA |
123,672 |
116,384 |
6,500 |
5.3 |
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Copperas Cove |
10,721 |
10,137 |
585 |
5.5 |
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Killeen |
30,223 |
28,057 |
2,165 |
7.1 |
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Belton |
7,057 |
6,751 |
306 |
4.3 |
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Temple |
29,705 |
28,732 |
973 |
3.3 |
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Lampasas |
4,475 |
4,293 |
182 |
4.0 |
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Gatesville |
3,439 |
3,291 |
149 |
4.3 |
Source: Texas Workforce Commission, February 2005 |
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Copperas Cove is located within the Killeen-Temple
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which is comprised of
Bell and Coryell Counties and is located in Central
Texas. The area offers a diversified workforce,
especially in manufacturing, trade and service industries.
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