Area: Central Texas, Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove…… Next to the biggest Army Base in the US---Fort Hood, Texas. $10.852 Billion dollars Economic Impact for 2008 State wide. $ 7.1 Billion dollars economic Impact for 2008 Region wide. http://www.killeenworks.com/forthood.html * Distant from Killeen, Texas. Fort Hood: Post population: 2008/ 93,533……* 4.1 miles                      Off post family members: 2008/ 81,926                      Retirees/Family members/Survivors(locally): 2008/ 254,498 Copperas Cove: 2007/ 30,027……* 12.1 milea Killeen: 2007/ 112,434 .....* 0 mile Harker Heights: 2007/ 24,546 .....* 5.5 miles Nolanville: 2007/ 2,743......* 8.3 miles Florence: 2007/ 1,117.....*12miles Morgan’s Point Resort: 2007/ 4,331 …..* 16 miles Belton: 2007/ 17,330....County seat of Bell County……* 18.4 miles Salado: 2007/ 2,046……* 16.8 miles Temple: 2007/ 58,330……* 25.8 miles Georgetown: 2007/ 46,867……* 34 miles Gatesville: 2007/ 15,205……..* 36.5 mile Austin: 2007/ 743,074……* apx 65 miles away / State Capital Waco: 2007/ 122,222……*apx 55 miles http://www.census.gov/index.html