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Patricia Buscher CB03-58 Public Information Office (301) 763-3030/457-3670 (fax) CenStats database (301) 457-1037 (TDD) Detailed tables [PDF] e-mail: pio@census.gov California Counties Among Leaders in Business, Job and Payroll Growth Orange and San Diego counties in California showed some of the largest gains in businesses, jobs and payrolls between 2000 and 2001, according to a report on business activity released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. They were the only counties among the nation's largest with gains in all three categories. According to the report, 2001 County Business Patterns, each county added about 30,000 jobs. Orange County showed a net gain of almost 1,400 businesses; in San Diego, the increase was more than 1,100. Meanwhile, annual payroll in Orange went up $2.3 billion and in San Diego, $2.0 billion. In addition to Orange and San Diego counties, Los Angeles County made the top five in two of the three categories -- it was first in business growth (up nearly 1,700) and third in payroll (up $2.3 billion). Santa Clara County, Calif., led all counties in employment gains, adding 43,500 jobs. It was followed by New York County (Manhattan), N.Y., (41,800) and Harris County (Houston), Tex., (41,200). New York County ($6.8 billion) and Harris County ($5.3 billion) led all counties in payroll growth. Nationwide, private sector employment grew by 0.9 percent from 114 million in 2000 to 115 million in 2001. In addition, pay for all employees grew by 2.8 percent to $4.0 trillion. The following table shows numerical and percentage gains in employees from 2000 to 2001 for the United States and the top five counties:
County |
2001 Employees |
2000
Employees |
Gain:
2000-2001 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number |
Percent |
|||
United States |
115,061,200 |
114,064,900 |
996,300 |
0.9 |
Santa Clara, Calif. |
1,043,000 |
999,500 |
43,500 |
4.3 |
New York, N.Y. 1/ |
2,122,700
|
2,080,900 |
41,800 |
2.0 |
Harris, Tex. |
1,682,300 |
1,641,000 |
41,200 |
2.5 |
Orange, Calif. |
1,409,200 |
1,378,700 |
30,400 |
2.2 |
San Diego, Calif. |
1,081,800 |
1,052,200 |
29,500 |
2.8 |
| 1/ Manhattan portion of New York City | ||||
Numerical and percentage gains from 2000 to 2001 in business establishments with employees for the United States and the top five counties:
County |
2001 Establishments |
2000 Establishments |
Gain:
2000-2001 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number |
Percent |
|||
United States |
7,095,302 |
7,070,047 |
25,255 |
0.4 |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
227,941 |
226,282 |
1,659 |
0.7 |
Orange, Calif. |
79,937 |
78,556 |
1,381 |
1.8 |
Dade, Fla. |
67,703 |
66,509 |
1,194 |
1.8 |
San Diego, Calif. |
69,059 |
67,922 |
1,137 |
1.7 |
Maricopa, Ariz. |
73,102 |
72,014 |
1,088 |
1.5 |
Dollar and percentage gains in annual payrolls from 2000 to 2001 for the United States and the top five counties:
County |
2001 Payroll ($billion) |
2000 Payroll ($billion) |
Gain: 2000-2001 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amount ($billion) |
Percent ($billion) |
|||
United States |
3,989.1 |
3,879.4 |
109.7 |
2.8 |
New York, N.Y. 1/ |
164.4 |
157.6 |
6.8 |
4.3 |
Harris, Tex. |
70.4 |
65.1 |
5.3 |
8.1 |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
143.6 |
141.3 |
2.3 |
1.6 |
Orange, Calif. |
54.7 |
52.4 |
2.3 |
4.3 |
San Diego, Calif. |
39.7 |
37.7 |
2.0 |
5.2 |
| 1/ Manhattan portion of New York City | ||||
The report defines employment as all full- and part-time employees who
were on the payroll during the pay period that includes March 12.
The data are obtained from Census Bureau reports and administrative
records from 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 and estimation for
missing or misreported data.
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.
available free from Adobe.
