| Selected Data for 50 Counties Having Highest Non-Farm Employment 1998 | |||||||
| [Data Source: Census Bureau; California Counties Highlighted] | |||||||
| Non-Farm Employment | Establishments | Annual Payroll | |||||
| County | No. of empl. | % chg fr 97 | Total No. | % chg fr 97 | Amt. ($1000s) | % chg fr 97 | $ per empl |
| UNITED STATES | 108,117,731 | 2.7 | 6,941,822 |
0.7 | 3,309,400,000 | 8.6 | 30,609 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 3,693,537 | 2.9 | 219,933 | 0.5 | 123,783,190 | 6.9 | 33,513 |
| Cook, IL | 2,446,113 | 2.1 | 127,124 | 0.5 | 91,485,933 | 8.2 | 37,401 |
| New York, NY | 1,951,646 | 1.4 | 105,128 | 1.2 | 122,512,615 | 11.1 | 62,774 |
| Harris, TX | 1,592,279 | 5.3 | 83,308 | 1.3 | 56,948,014 | 11.1 | 35,765 |
| Dallas, TX | 1,411,913 | 3.1 | 63,998 | 0 | 53,229,253 | 13.6 | 37,700 |
| Orange, CA | 1,274,074 | 5.1 | 75,154 | 1.6 | 43,261,217 | 11.7 | 33,955 |
| Maricopa, AZ | 1,246,448 | 4.6 | 68,955 | 1.9 | 37,009,066 | 12.2 | 29,692 |
| San Diego, CA | 961,014 | 6 | 64,413 | 1.8 | 29,596,400 | 13.1 | 30,797 |
| King, WA | 955,805 | 2.9 | 58,839 | 0.7 | 41,614,294 | 23.3 | 43,538 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 946,363 | 6 | 44,204 | 1.9 | 47,589,390 | 12.6 | 50,287 |
| Dade, FL | 835,903 | 2.4 | 67,042 | -0.2 | 23,873,282 | 6.1 | 28,560 |
| Hennepin, MN | 820,439 | 1.5 | 38,350 | 1.3 | 30,194,803 | 8.6 | 36,803 |
| Middlesex, MA | 787,896 | 1.7 | 41,848 | 0.6 | 32,400,149 | 12.5 | 41,122 |
| Wayne, MI | 755,495 | 0.6 | 36,089 | -0.2 | 27,507,268 | 5.7 | 36,410 |
| Cuyahoga, OH | 749,942 | 1.7 | 38,566 | -0.3 | 24,475,426 | 4.7 | 32,636 |
| Oakland, MI | 746,998 | 4 | 41,626 | 0.4 | 29,477,823 | 10.7 | 39,462 |
| Fulton, GA | 678,327 | 5.1 | 29,887 | 1.2 | 26,476,880 | 14.6 | 39,033 |
| Allegheny, PA | 672,404 | 0.2 | 34,987 | -0.5 | 21,562,413 | 5.9 | 32,068 |
| Alameda, CA | 598,220 | 3.7 | 35,137 | 1.1 | 22,237,245 | 8 | 37,172 |
| Tarrant, TX | 591,128 | 6.2 | 32,593 | 0.5 | 16,958,422 | 10.1 | 28,688 |
| Franklin, OH | 589,962 | 3.3 | 27,644 | 0.6 | 18,311,725 | 11 | 31,039 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 586,689 | 1.5 | 26,181 | -1.5 | 20,193,733 | 5.6 | 34,420 |
| Du Page, IL | 586,425 | 3.3 | 31,672 | 1.5 | 22,128,922 | 10.3 | 37,735 |
| Broward, FL | 585,668 | 3.9 | 49,026 | 1.1 | 16,036,830 | 7.2 | 27,382 |
| St. Louis, MO | 582,360 | 0.4 | 30,262 | -0.2 | 18,951,999 | 4.3 | 32,543 |
| Clark, NV | 549,060 | 4.9 | 26,691 | 6.7 | 14,997,766 | 11 | 27,315 |
| Suffolk, MA | 539,259 | 2.6 | 19,870 | 0.9 | 24,653,907 | 14.2 | 45,718 |
| Marion, IN | 534,151 | 4 | 24,348 | -0.4 | 17,666,734 | 11.2 | 33,074 |
| Nassau, NY | 532,641 | 1.4 | 46,238 | 0.6 | 18,034,793 | 7.5 | 33,859 |
| Hamilton, OH | 531,128 | 0.5 | 24,944 | -1 | 17,524,771 | 7 | 32,995 |
| San Francisco, CA | 531,023 | 2.7 | 31,632 | 0.5 | 23,635,443 | 8.9 | 44,509 |
| Bexar, TX | 529,247 | 1.8 | 29,487 | 0.9 | 13,618,555 | 8.6 | 25,732 |
| Orange, FL | 528,249 | 6.8 | 25,218 | 1.9 | 14,382,922 | 11.8 | 27,228 |
| Hillsborough, FL | 493,710 | 5.4 | 26,125 | 1.3 | 14,010,997 | 11.2 | 28,379 |
| Suffolk, NY | 487,168 | 1.7 | 41,675 | 1.4 | 16,062,744 | 6.7 | 32,972 |
| Montgomery, PA | 476,769 | 1.5 | 25,388 | 1 | 17,350,690 | 7.6 | 36,392 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 475,869 | 0.5 | 21,384 | -1.8 | 15,033,114 | 6.4 | 31,591 |
| Salt Lake, UT | 466,200 | 3.7 | 24,553 | 1.5 | 13,160,097 | 9.5 | 28,228 |
| Hartford, CT | 459,632 | 1.3 | 23,275 | -1 | 17,360,148 | 9.5 | 37,770 |
| Mecklenburg, NC | 456,674 | 0.5 | 23,466 | -2.4 | 15,866,266 | 6.4 | 34,743 |
| Shelby, TN | 453,920 | 3.2 | 21,376 | -0.4 | 13,654,921 | 9.1 | 30,082 |
| Bergen, NJ | 446,352 | 0.8 | 32,941 | 0.2 | 17,865,329 | 6.4 | 40,025 |
| Queens, NY | 444,825 | 1.6 | 35,408 | 1.6 | 13,841,289 | 5.7 | 31,116 |
| Fairfax, VA | 444,700 | 5.8 | 24,581 | 1.2 | 19,939,778 | 22.8 | 44,839 |
| San Bernardino, CA | 425,068 | 4.5 | 26,132 | 1.3 | 10,828,605 | 8.2 | 25,475 |
| Fairfield, CT | 424,846 | 1 | 28,438 | 0.4 | 21,547,737 | 11.7 | 50,719 |
| Palm Beach, FL | 414,845 | 2.7 | 35,287 | 1.7 | 12,128,879 | 8.4 | 29,237 |
| Kings, NY | 409,177 | 1.1 | 36,980 | 2.3 | 11,605,124 | 5.2 | 28,362 |
| Multnomah, OR | 399,456 | 1 | 23,396 | 0.7 | 12,740,308 | 6.1 | 31,894 |
| Erie, NY | 399,282 | 0.3 | 22,528 | -1 | 10,955,772 | 4.4 | 27,439 |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns 1998 (7/20/2000). | |||||||