SAFE AG communities are concerned about continuing declines in population, tax base and commerce for rural enterprise. The demographic trend of population loss is reflected in the outmigration of second and third generations of pioneer families of the Llano Estacado to larger urban centers which offer greater employment opportunities. Demographic changes further reveal economic distress from the rapid influx of welfare dependent minorities (in increasing numbers), straining the already depleted economic and municipal infrastructures. With few exceptions, the only economic sectors to flourish during the thirty year decline of the rural Texas Llano Estacado economy have been group business cooperatives, government sponsored housing, and other welfare programs.

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