Industry Employment Dynamics, 2014
Self-Employment Profile
Today 382 individuals in Refugio County are self-employed.
The number of self-employed workers has varied since 2001.
With a steady growth rate of the total workforce, the level of
self-employment has inched down from 16 percent of the total
workforce in 2001 to 13 percent today.
Unlike other counties in the region, where men make up a
great majority of the self-employed, women account for slightly
more than half (51%) of Refugio County’s self-employment.
Rather than construction, in which the majority of selfemployed workers are men, self-employment is concentrated
in the service sector like retail trade and business services,
where women are more popular. More than half of the selfemployed individuals in Refugio County are in the business
services industry, and 87 percent of them are female.
refugio COUNTY
The major employers in Refugio County spread across
different sectors, including health care, retail trade, and
accommodation and food services.
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Notes: Oil and gas extraction has a location quotient of over 8, which is off the scale of this
chart.
Self-Employment Trend
Self-Employment Dynamics
Top 10 Businesses
Business Name
Industry (NAICS)
H-E-B
Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (447110)
129
Refugio Co Memorial Hospital
General Medical & Surgical Hospitals (622110)
84
Refugio Nursing & Rehab Center
Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)
45
Mission Ridge Rehabilitation & Nursing
Center
Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)
40
Fesco Ltd
Support Activities for Oil & Gas Operations (213112)
38
South Texas Oilfield Maintenance
Commercial & Institutional Building Construction
(236220)
36
Best Western
Hotels and Motels (721110)
36
Sigmor Number 422
Gasolin H