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BY THE NUMBERS 2014 306 Employees per Business Self-Employment 12% 19 +6.6 459 Establishments Change from 2001 0% –Male 77% –Female 23% Diversity (Percentile) –Industry 16 –Occupation 18 Business Profile Business Establishments, 2014 LIVE Live Oak County has more 300 businesses along with a population of 12,000. Both the number of business establishments and their average size have grown during the past 15 years. The county’s economy has been impacted to a great extent by the recent boom in shale oil and gas drilling activity in South Texas. Sales by Industry ($ mil), 2013 Businesses by Industry, 2014 Review of Sou Ѡ