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             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
1/ Manhattan portion of New York City
2/ Queens portion of New York City
3/ Brooklyn portion of New York City
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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County	Nonfarm Employment		Establishments		Annual Payroll
County	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

State	Nonfarm Employment		Establishments		Annual Payroll
State	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