EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, MAY 2, 2001 (WEDNESDAY) Public Information Office CB01-78 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov County Business Patterns Staff 301-457-2580 e-mail: cbp@census.gov Maricopa County, Ariz., and Orange County, Calif., Register Country's Biggest Job Gains, Census Bureau Reports
Maricopa County, Ariz., part of the Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz., metropolitan statistical area, and Orange County, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, showed the highest employment growth in the nation between 1998 and 1999, according to County Business Patterns, an annual report on business activity released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. Between 1998 and 1999, the number of employees in Maricopa County increased by 58,800 to a total of 1,305,300, while the number in Orange County grew to 1,331,000, an increase of 56,900, the publication reported. Cook County, Ill., which includes Chicago, was third in job growth, adding 55,400 more workers, followed by San Diego County, Calif. (54,800), and Los Angeles County, Calif. (54,200). "Nationally, the number of employees in private businesses continued to increase, from 108 million in 1998 to 111 million in 1999," Census Bureau analyst Paul Hanczaryk said. During 1999, the pay for all private business employees grew by 7.4 percent over 1998 levels, from $3.3 trillion to almost $3.6 trillion. The following table shows employee gains for the United States and the five counties with the largest employee gains from 1998 to 1999: 1999 1998 Employee Gain: 1998-1999 County Employees Employees Number/Percent United States 110,705,700 108,117,700 2,587,900 2.4 Maricopa, Ariz. 1,305,300 1,246,400 58,800 4.7 Orange, Calif. 1,331,000 1,274,100 56,900 4.5 Cook, Ill. 2,501,500 2,446,100 55,400 2.3 San Diego, Calif. 1,015,800 961,000 54,800 5.7 Los Angeles, Calif. 3,747,800 3,693,500 54,200 1.5 Gains in the number of employer business establishments for the United States and the five top counties for the period 1998 to 1999 were: 1999 1998 Gain County Establishments Establishments Number/Percent United States 7,008,444 6,941,822 66,622 1.0 Los Angeles, Calif. 222,513 219,933 2,580 1.2 Clark, Nev. 28,523 26,691 1,832 6.9 Maricopa, Ariz. 70,489 68,955 1,534 2.2 San Diego, Calif. 65,905 64,413 1,492 2.3 Orange, Calif. 76,532 75,154 1,378 1.8 Gains for the United States and the five counties with the largest gains in annual payrolls, from 1998 to 1999 were: Gain County 1999 Payroll 1998 Payroll Amount/Percent ($billion) ($billion) ($billion) United States 3,554.7 3,309.4 245.3 7.4 New York, N.Y. 1/ 133.5 122.5 11.0 9.0 Santa Clara, Calif. 56.2 47.6 8.6 18.0 Fairfax, Va. 27.5 19.9 7.6 37.9 Los Angeles, Calif. 130.9 123.8 7.1 5.8 Cook, Ill. 97.5 91.5 6.0 6.6 1/ Manhattan portion of New York City The 1999 County Business Patterns data series uses the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, which replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system, beginning with the 1998 data series. NAICS reflects more accurately and more comprehensively the growing services-based economy. It includes 1,170 industries, of which 565 are service-based. In contrast, the SIC system covered 1,004 industries, of which 416 were service-related. County Business Patterns data are obtained from Census Bureau reports and administrative records of other federal agencies. Quality assurance procedures are applied to all phases of collection, processing and tabulation to minimize errors. The data are subject to error from miscoding, estimation for missing or misreported data and difficulties covering the proper units for the report. The data will be available on CD-ROM at a later date. The Census Bureau will release the report for Puerto Rico later this year.
Selected Data for 50 Counties Having Highest Nonfarm Employment: 1999
County |
Nonfarm Employment | Establishments | Annual Payroll | ||||
Number of employees as of March 12 | Percent change from 1998 |
Number |
Percent change from 1998 |
Amount ($1,000) |
Percent change from 1998 | Average per employee (dollars) | |
Los Angeles, CA | 3,747,755 | 1.5 | 222,513 | 1.2 | 130,918,744 | 5.8 | 34,933 |
Cook, IL | 2,501,517 | 2.3 | 127,634 | 0.4 | 97,523,183 | 6.6 | 38,986 |
New York, NY 1/ | 2,001,945 | 2.6 | 105,670 | 0.5 | 133,503,374 | 9.0 | 66,687 |
Harris, TX | 1,623,424 | 2.0 | 84,106 | 1.0 | 60,023,482 | 5.4 | 36,973 |
Dallas, TX | 1,442,288 | 2.2 | 63,830 | -0.3 | 56,926,667 | 6.9 | 39,470 |
Orange, CA | 1,330,960 | 4.5 | 76,532 | 1.8 | 47,541,086 | 9.9 | 35,719 |
Maricopa, AZ | 1,305,261 | 4.7 | 70,489 | 2.2 | 40,088,841 | 8.3 | 30,713 |
San Diego, CA | 1,015,773 | 5.7 | 65,905 | 2.3 | 33,860,161 | 14.4 | 33,334 |
King, WA | 1,004,382 | 5.1 | 59,335 | 0.8 | 45,142,974 | 8.5 | 44,946 |
Santa Clara, CA | 941,476 | -0.5 | 44,909 | 1.6 | 56,160,222 | 18.0 | 59,651 |
Dade, FL | 863,254 | 3.3 | 66,547 | -0.7 | 25,863,791 | 8.3 | 29,961 |
Hennepin, MN | 854,534 | 4.2 | 38,873 | 1.4 | 32,701,355 | 8.3 | 38,268 |
Middlesex, MA | 814,905 | 3.4 | 42,580 | 1.7 | 36,980,540 | 14.1 | 45,380 |
Wayne, MI | 770,334 | 2.0 | 36,008 | -0.2 | 29,579,266 | 7.5 | 38,398 |
Oakland, MI | 768,482 | 2.9 | 41,811 | 0.4 | 31,981,665 | 8.5 | 41,617 |
Cuyahoga, OH | 757,284 | 1.0 | 38,447 | -0.3 | 25,805,078 | 5.4 | 34,076 |
Fulton, GA | 726,101 | 7.0 | 30,590 | 2.4 | 29,929,181 | 13.0 | 41,219 |
Allegheny, PA | 683,062 | 1.6 | 34,967 | -0.1 | 23,223,182 | 7.7 | 33,999 |
Franklin, OH | 615,487 | 4.3 | 27,827 | 0.7 | 19,882,859 | 8.6 | 32,304 |
Tarrant, TX | 613,868 | 3.8 | 33,045 | 1.4 | 18,633,716 | 9.9 | 30,355 |
Alameda, CA | 613,225 | 2.5 | 35,707 | 1.6 | 24,359,654 | 9.5 | 39,724 |
Du Page, IL | 606,653 | 3.4 | 32,187 | 1.6 | 24,293,182 | 9.8 | 40,045 |
Philadelphia, PA | 599,648 | 2.2 | 26,027 | -0.6 | 21,322,214 | 5.6 | 35,558 |
Clark, NV | 597,099 | 8.7 | 28,523 | 6.9 | 17,018,870 | 13.5 | 28,503 |
Broward, FL | 596,218 | 1.8 | 49,501 | 1.0 | 17,249,922 | 7.6 | 28,932 |
St. Louis, MO | 582,084 | 0.0 | 30,348 | 0.3 | 20,157,775 | 6.4 | 34,630 |
Orange, FL | 559,081 | 5.8 | 25,874 | 2.6 | 15,794,658 | 9.8 | 28,251 |
Suffolk, MA | 547,063 | 1.4 | 20,313 | 2.2 | 26,781,234 | 8.6 | 48,955 |
Bexar, TX | 546,098 | 3.2 | 29,712 | 0.8 | 14,653,353 | 7.6 | 26,833 |
Marion, IN | 543,952 | 1.8 | 24,410 | 0.3 | 19,124,721 | 8.3 | 35,159 |
Nassau, NY | 543,465 | 2.0 | 46,686 | 1.0 | 19,589,771 | 8.6 | 36,046 |
Hamilton, OH | 540,671 | 1.8 | 24,835 | -0.4 | 18,338,823 | 4.6 | 33,919 |
San Francisco, CA | 536,012 | 0.9 | 31,202 | -1.4 | 26,375,442 | 11.6 | 49,207 |
Hillsborough, FL | 501,962 | 1.7 | 26,413 | 1.1 | 14,909,224 | 6.4 | 29,702 |
Suffolk, NY | 499,811 | 2.6 | 42,477 | 1.9 | 16,968,725 | 5.6 | 33,950 |
Montgomery, PA | 491,629 | 3.1 | 25,606 | 0.9 | 18,790,209 | 8.3 | 38,220 |
Mecklenburg, NC | 481,787 | 5.5 | 23,779 | 1.3 | 16,994,788 | 7.1 | 35,274 |
Salt Lake, UT | 475,802 | 2.1 | 25,333 | 3.2 | 13,782,071 | 4.7 | 28,966 |
Milwaukee, WI | 472,647 | -0.7 | 21,394 | 0.0 | 15,675,130 | 4.3 | 33,165 |
Hartford, CT | 472,171 | 2.7 | 23,261 | -0.1 | 18,551,853 | 6.9 | 39,291 |
Fairfax, VA | 469,801 | 5.6 | 25,142 | 2.3 | 27,490,504 | 37.9 | 58,515 |
Shelby, TN | 463,516 | 2.1 | 21,403 | 0.1 | 14,431,043 | 5.7 | 31,134 |
Queens, NY 2/ | 454,941 | 2.3 | 35,765 | 1.0 | 14,550,394 | 5.1 | 31,983 |
Bergen, NJ | 454,885 | 1.9 | 33,045 | 0.3 | 18,995,218 | 6.3 | 41,758 |
San Bernardino, CA | 440,958 | 3.7 | 26,735 | 2.3 | 11,761,543 | 8.6 | 26,673 |
Fairfield, CT | 436,325 | 2.7 | 28,560 | 0.4 | 23,021,009 | 6.8 | 52,761 |
Palm Beach, FL | 427,874 | 3.1 | 35,926 | 1.8 | 13,058,269 | 7.7 | 30,519 |
Kings, NY 3/ | 421,678 | 3.1 | 37,436 | 1.2 | 12,088,841 | 4.2 | 28,668 |
Travis, TX | 411,597 | 6.5 | 22,855 | 1.7 | 16,507,521 | 23.3 | 40,106 |
Sacramento, CA | 408,586 | 5.1 | 25,359 | 1.2 | 12,860,725 | 9.4 | 31,476 |
Selected Data by States: 1999
State |
Nonfarm Employment | Establishments | Annual Payroll | ||||
Number of employees as of March 12 | Percent change from 1998 | Number | Percent change from 1998 | Amount ($1,000) | Percent change from 1998 | Average per employee (dollars) | |
United States | 110,705,661 | 2.4 | 7,008,444 | 1.0 | 3,554,692,909 | 7.4 | 32,109 |
Alabama | 1,633,909 | 1.9 | 100,507 | 0.2 | 42,453,530 | 5.3 | 25,983 |
Alaska | 198,459 | 1.2 | 18,433 | 1.2 | 7,108,281 | 3.3 | 35,817 |
Arizona | 1,838,277 | 4.2 | 112,545 | 2.1 | 52,954,561 | 8.0 | 28,807 |
Arkansas | 954,948 | 1.1 | 62,737 | 0.6 | 23,170,883 | 6.5 | 24,264 |
California | 12,356,363 | 2.7 | 784,935 | 1.4 | 446,547,247 | 9.9 | 36,139 |
Colorado | 1,821,717 | 3.6 | 133,743 | 2.6 | 59,775,138 | 11.1 | 32,813 |
Connecticut | 1,530,539 | 2.4 | 92,454 | 0.1 | 62,082,551 | 6.6 | 40,563 |
Delaware | 360,735 | 1.7 | 23,381 | 2.2 | 12,612,016 | 6.6 | 34,962 |
District of Columbia | 404,372 | 0.6 | 19,469 | -0.5 | 18,287,742 | 5.4 | 45,225 |
Florida | 5,954,982 | 3.5 | 424,089 | 0.8 | 160,961,646 | 7.4 | 27,030 |
Georgia | 3,363,797 | 5.2 | 197,759 | 1.8 | 103,836,505 | 9.7 | 30,869 |
Hawaii | 419,047 | 0.6 | 29,569 | -0.1 | 11,661,968 | 3.3 | 27,830 |
Idaho | 434,461 | 2.6 | 36,975 | 2.8 | 11,027,126 | 4.1 | 25,381 |
Illinois | 5,342,675 | 2.3 | 306,899 | 0.8 | 188,020,334 | 7.0 | 35,192 |
Indiana | 2,580,408 | 1.6 | 146,528 | 0.2 | 75,591,951 | 5.8 | 29,295 |
Iowa | 1,239,354 | 2.1 | 81,213 | 0.5 | 32,026,668 | 5.3 | 25,841 |
Kansas | 1,111,884 | 2.8 | 74,486 | 0.6 | 30,600,434 | 6.4 | 27,521 |
Kentucky | 1,469,315 | 1.8 | 89,946 | 0.4 | 39,540,856 | 7.2 | 26,911 |
Louisiana | 1,579,949 | 0.2 | 101,020 | 0.4 | 41,487,661 | 1.7 | 26,259 |
Maine | 475,149 | 4.0 | 38,878 | 1.4 | 12,586,264 | 8.9 | 26,489 |
Maryland | 1,988,950 | 2.6 | 127,431 | 0.7 | 64,183,349 | 7.3 | 32,270 |
Massachusetts | 2,971,052 | 1.6 | 173,267 | 3.2 | 115,269,583 | 8.9 | 38,798 |
Michigan | 3,996,300 | 2.0 | 236,456 | 0.4 | 138,301,024 | 7.5 | 34,607 |
Minnesota | 2,338,642 | 2.9 | 137,305 | 1.7 | 75,337,972 | 7.5 | 32,214 |
Mississippi | 948,883 | 1.3 | 59,834 | 0.1 | 22,172,251 | 5.2 | 23,367 |
Missouri | 2,350,965 | 1.8 | 144,874 | 0.7 | 68,536,025 | 6.0 | 29,152 |
Montana | 288,358 | 4.0 | 31,365 | 1.3 | 6,441,362 | 8.1 | 22,338 |
Nebraska | 733,905 | 1.9 | 48,968 | 0.6 | 19,435,923 | 6.9 | 26,483 |
Nevada | 854,358 | 6.7 | 46,890 | 5.1 | 24,391,383 | 11.6 | 28,549 |
New Hampshire | 528,902 | 2.0 | 37,180 | 0.9 | 16,060,229 | 8.0 | 30,365 |
New Jersey | 3,440,721 | 2.1 | 231,823 | 0.4 | 133,445,676 | 6.1 | 38,784 |
New Mexico | 541,386 | 0.2 | 42,918 | 0.7 | 13,638,579 | 3.8 | 25,192 |
New York | 7,135,960 | 2.0 | 485,954 | 0.8 | 294,640,576 | 7.3 | 41,290 |
North Carolina | 3,324,155 | 3.1 | 201,706 | 1.5 | 92,841,543 | 7.0 | 27,929 |
North Dakota | 250,292 | 0.3 | 20,380 | 0.5 | 5,789,027 | 4.6 | 23,129 |
Ohio | 4,867,368 | 1.3 | 270,766 | 0.2 | 148,512,614 | 5.9 | 30,512 |
Oklahoma | 1,171,356 | 0.3 | 84,854 | 0.0 | 29,887,654 | 4.3 | 25,515 |
Oregon | 1,332,403 | 1.7 | 99,945 | 0.8 | 39,706,937 | 5.3 | 29,801 |
Pennsylvania | 4,986,591 | 1.6 | 293,491 | 0.3 | 154,388,369 | 6.1 | 30,961 |
Rhode Island | 405,445 | 0.7 | 28,240 | 0.0 | 11,842,626 | 6.5 | 29,209 |
South Carolina | 1,561,727 | 2.3 | 96,440 | 1.5 | 40,900,431 | 6.1 | 26,189 |
South Dakota | 295,139 | 2.0 | 23,693 | 0.7 | 6,857,456 | 7.1 | 23,235 |
Tennessee | 2,338,780 | 1.7 | 131,116 | 0.0 | 65,963,770 | 5.6 | 28,204 |
Texas | 7,763,815 | 2.5 | 467,087 | 0.9 | 245,163,283 | 7.0 | 31,578 |
Utah | 889,355 | 2.7 | 53,809 | 3.4 | 23,363,993 | 5.2 | 26,271 |
Vermont | 246,320 | 3.0 | 21,598 | 1.6 | 6,336,255 | 7.2 | 25,724 |
Virginia | 2,791,977 | 3.4 | 173,550 | 0.8 | 93,167,636 | 14.7 | 33,370 |
Washington | 2,209,129 | 3.5 | 162,932 | 0.9 | 78,711,159 | 7.4 | 35,630 |
West Virginia | 545,495 | -0.3 | 41,451 | -0.6 | 13,513,976 | 1.8 | 24,774 |
Wisconsin | 2,368,404 | 2.1 | 139,646 | 0.7 | 69,270,659 | 6.7 | 29,248 |
Wyoming | 169,188 | 3.3 | 17,909 | 0.1 | 4,288,227 | 7.7 | 25,346 |