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 Sweeper Parts Killeen - Killeen is situated in Bell County and presently has a population of approximately 140,021. During the last decade Killeen City has gone through substantial development. During 2000, the population was just 86,911. By the year 2009, it was 119,510 and in 2010 the population had reached 127,921. The city of Killeen is one of the principle cities of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The area which Killeen City now occupies was originally a small farming community by the name of Palo Alto, that had existed since 1872. During 1881, the Gulf, Santa Fe and Colorado Railway acquired 360 acres of land, including the land where Palo Alto was located. They created a 70-block town on the land. The town was named after the assistant general manager of railroad, Frank P. Killeen. Killeen prospered, and by the following year a railroad depot, saloon, a school and several stores had been developed. Some inhabitants from nearby communities relocated to the city and by 1884 the population had risen to about 350 individuals. By this time, Killeen had five general stores, two gristmills, two cotton gins, two saloons, a blacksmith shop a hotel and a lumberyard.
Fort Hood is located right near Killeen City. As a result, the economy within Killeen is heavily dependent on the soldiers stationed at the Fort. Fort Hood is the area's largest source of job. Various areas of employment within Killeen City are educational services, government, healthcare, construction, food and accommodation services, and finance and insurance. Approximately 25% of the workforce works in sales and occupations. About 21% is involved in professional, management and related occupations and approximately 24 percent is employed in service work.
Some of the occupations in the city of Killeen need a university or college degree. Amongst the most common jobs are registered nurses, teachers, management analysts, training and development specialists, network and computer systems administrators, educational, school and vocational counselors, computer programmers and computer systems analysts. Around 16% of the population holds a bachelors degree. The cost of living index is 79.9 and during 2009 the average income was $32,000.
The top businesses within the city of Killeen and the surrounding area are Fort Hood, Central Texas College, MetroPlex Hospital, Killeen Independent School District, Walmart, Metroplex Adventist Hospital, H E Butt Grocery, West Business Services LP, Kmart Corporation, United States Postal Services, Mantech Telecommunications and Information, Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Home Depot USA, Inc, System Studies and Simulation Inc, and Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
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