ViewBag.Cooperative.Name Electric Co-Op Demographics

ABOUT US

A business corporation chartered by the State of Texas and operating under Texas laws. It is wholly owned and controlled by the people in Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts and Wheeler counties, to whom it provides electric service. It pays all state and local taxes. The North Plains Electric Cooperative is a business owned by a specific group of people, (not the public) so it is a private enterprise. The people who use its services are members of the organization. Therefore, these members own and control North Plains. As a cooperative, North Plains Electric Cooperative operates on a non-profit basis. All revenues, over and above the cost of doing business for a year, are credited to members under a patronage refund plan called Capital Credits. Your cooperative’s electric rates are designed to bring in enough money to pay operating costs, meet loan payments, and provide a reserve for emergencies. At the end of each calendar year, we subtract our operating expenses from the collected revenue for the year; the balance is our “margin.” Every year that the cooperative produces a margin, member’s individual shares of that margin are credited or allocated to individual capital credit accounts. In the past margins have been typically returned on a twenty-year rotation. Each year the board of directors determines if the financial condition of the cooperative will not be impaired by the return of this investment. The aim of North Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc. is to make electric energy available to its members at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and good management.

Hansford County Demographics

Estimated Population

ESTIMATED POPULATION

5,171

Households

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

1,930

Home Value

MEDIAN HOME VALUE

$137,049

Employees

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

2,808

Births

BIRTHS

86

Median Income

MEDIAN INCOME

$66,021

Capita Income

INCOME PER CAPITA

$77,663

Median Age

MEDIAN AGE

32

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWNS *

CONSTRUCTION

5.43%

EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

0.93%

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

9.26%

GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL)

32.59%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

0.31%

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY

3.47%

MANUFACTURING

2.94%

NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING

14.38%

OTHER SERVICES (NOT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)

2.76%

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES

3.70%

RETAIL TRADE

6.63%

TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING

2.00%

UNEMPLOYMENT

3.07%

UTILITIES

0.62%

WHOLESALE TRADE

11.89%

Hemphill County Demographics

Estimated Population

ESTIMATED POPULATION

3,268

Households

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

1,221

Home Value

MEDIAN HOME VALUE

$248,208

Employees

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

1,582

Births

BIRTHS

27

Median Income

MEDIAN INCOME

$60,796

Capita Income

INCOME PER CAPITA

$80,050

Median Age

MEDIAN AGE

37

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWNS *

CONSTRUCTION

4.01%

EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

2.64%

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

5.27%

GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL)

28.94%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

0.69%

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY

7.16%

MANUFACTURING

2.69%

NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING

13.87%

OTHER SERVICES (NOT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)

2.64%

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES

6.88%

RETAIL TRADE

7.56%

TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING

7.28%

UNEMPLOYMENT

3.09%

UTILITIES

4.76%

WHOLESALE TRADE

2.52%

Hutchinson County Demographics

Estimated Population

ESTIMATED POPULATION

20,467

Households

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

8,289

Home Value

MEDIAN HOME VALUE

$133,776

Employees

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

8,114

Births

BIRTHS

278

Median Income

MEDIAN INCOME

$64,647

Capita Income

INCOME PER CAPITA

$50,799

Median Age

MEDIAN AGE

37

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWNS *

CONSTRUCTION

12.91%

EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

6.68%

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

3.07%

GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL)

18.70%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

0.29%

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY

8.75%

MANUFACTURING

10.88%

NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING

9.50%

OTHER SERVICES (NOT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)

4.53%

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES

3.85%

RETAIL TRADE

10.70%

TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING

2.65%

UNEMPLOYMENT

4.21%

UTILITIES

1.11%

WHOLESALE TRADE

2.17%

Lipscomb County Demographics

Estimated Population

ESTIMATED POPULATION

2,931

Households

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

1,193

Home Value

MEDIAN HOME VALUE

$166,935

Employees

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

1,419

Births

BIRTHS

50

Median Income

MEDIAN INCOME

$67,310

Capita Income

INCOME PER CAPITA

$104,979

Median Age

MEDIAN AGE

42

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWNS *

CONSTRUCTION

2.50%

EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

0.86%

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

3.64%

GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL)

28.98%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2.00%

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY

0.71%

MANUFACTURING

17.27%

NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING

8.49%

OTHER SERVICES (NOT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)

1.14%

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES

4.64%

RETAIL TRADE

5.78%

TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING

8.57%

UNEMPLOYMENT

3.21%

UTILITIES

3.43%

WHOLESALE TRADE

8.78%

Ochiltree County Demographics

Estimated Population

ESTIMATED POPULATION

9,837

Households

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

3,629

Home Value

MEDIAN HOME VALUE

$126,132

Employees

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

3,809

Births

BIRTHS

139

Median Income

MEDIAN INCOME

$67,900

Capita Income

INCOME PER CAPITA

$68,397

Median Age

MEDIAN AGE

32

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWNS *

CONSTRUCTION

7.18%

EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

2.97%

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

4.10%

GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL)

20.59%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

1.04%

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY

9.07%

MANUFACTURING

0.50%

NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING

21.30%

OTHER SERVICES (NOT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)

4.71%

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES

4.32%

RETAIL TRADE

8.83%

TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING

3.58%

UNEMPLOYMENT

2.89%

UTILITIES

1.50%

WHOLESALE TRADE

7.44%

Roberts County Demographics

Estimated Population

ESTIMATED POPULATION

797

Households

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

333

Home Value

MEDIAN HOME VALUE

$178,684

Employees

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

384

Births

BIRTHS

7

Median Income

MEDIAN INCOME

$92,862

Capita Income

INCOME PER CAPITA

$58,739

Median Age

MEDIAN AGE

42

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWNS *

CONSTRUCTION

2.05%

EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

1.71%

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

6.83%

GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL)

35.15%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

0.34%

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY

10.24%

MANUFACTURING

0.34%

NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING

20.14%

OTHER SERVICES (NOT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)

0.68%

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES

3.41%

RETAIL TRADE

6.48%

TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING

0.34%

UNEMPLOYMENT

5.12%

UTILITIES

3.07%

WHOLESALE TRADE

4.10%

Wheeler County Demographics

Estimated Population

ESTIMATED POPULATION

4,939

Households

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS

2,017

Home Value

MEDIAN HOME VALUE

$147,421

Employees

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

1,911

Births

BIRTHS

61

Median Income

MEDIAN INCOME

$51,952

Capita Income

INCOME PER CAPITA

$49,052

Median Age

MEDIAN AGE

42

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWNS *

CONSTRUCTION

2.55%

EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

5.40%

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

3.65%

GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL)

34.08%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

0.60%

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY

15.19%

MANUFACTURING

0.75%

NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING

8.20%

OTHER SERVICES (NOT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)

1.25%

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES

5.05%

RETAIL TRADE

15.29%

TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING

1.95%

UNEMPLOYMENT

3.90%

UTILITIES

0.70%

WHOLESALE TRADE

1.45%