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Patricia Buscher                                                    CB02-76
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                California County Shows Biggest
            Percentage Increase in Jobs and Payroll
                                
  Santa Clara County, Calif., showed one of the fastest-growing percentage
increases in jobs of U.S. counties between 1999 and 2000, according to a
report on business activity released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.

  Santa Clara, part of the San Francisco-Oakland Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area, whose most populous city is San Jose, had a 6.2 percent
increase in employment, tops among the five counties with the largest
numeric gains in job growth.

  According to the report, 2000 County Business Patterns, job growth in 
the rest of the top five counties was as follows: New York County, N.Y., the 
Manhattan portion of New York City, 3.9 percent; Maricopa County, Ariz., 
3.8 percent; Los Angeles County, Calif., 3.1 percent; and Cook County, Ill., 
2.1 percent.

  Among the five counties with the largest gains in payroll, Santa Clara
again had the highest percentage increase (36.7 percent). Middlesex
County, Mass. (up 19.4 percent), and New York County (up 18.1 percent)
were next, followed by Los Angeles County and Cook County (up 7.9 percent
each).

  Nationwide, private sector employment grew by 3 percent from 111 million
in 1999 to 114 million in 2000. In addition, pay for these employees grew
by 9.1 percent to $3.9 trillion.
                                
  The following table shows employee gains for the United States and the
five counties with the largest employee gains from 1999 to 2000:

		        2000	       1999          Gain: 1999-2000	   
County               Employees	     Employees	     Number/Percent	

United States	     114,065,000     110,705,700     3,359,300	3.0	                      			
Los Angeles, Calif.    3,863,900       3,747,800       116,100	3.1
New York, N.Y.  1/     2,080,900       2,001,900	79,000	3.9
Santa Clara, Calif.	 999,500	 941,500	58,000	6.2
Cook, Ill.	       2,554,000       2,501,500	52,500	2.1								
Maricopa, Ariz.	       1,354,200       1,305,300	48,900	3.8

1/ Manhattan portion of New York City
 
  Gains in the number of business establishments with employees for the
United States and the five top counties, from 1999 to 2000, were:

			 2000		  1999	         Gain: 1999-2000
County	             Establishments   Establishments	 Number/Percent

United States		7,070,048        7,008,444	  61,604  0.9								   
Los Angeles, Calif.	  226,282	   222,513         3,769  1.7
New York, N.Y.  1/	  107,781	   105,670	   2,111  2.0
Orange, Calif.		   78,556	    76,532	   2,024  2.6
San Diego, Calif.	   67,922           65,905	   2,017  3.1
Maricopa, Ariz.		   72,014	    70,489	   1,525  2.2

1/ Manhattan portion of New York City              


  Gains for the United States and the five counties with the largest 
dollar gains in annual payrolls, from 1999 to 2000, were:

	
                                                       Gain: 1999-2000
County  	     2000 Payroll      1999 Payroll	Amount/Percent
                      ($billion)	($billion)	 ($billion)

United States	        3,879.4		 3,554.7	 324.7	 9.1	  							
New York, N.Y.  1/	  157.6		   133.5	  24.1  18.1
Santa Clara, Calif.        76.8		    56.2	  20.6  36.7
Los Angeles, Calif.       141.3		   130.9	  10.4	 7.9
Cook, Ill.		  105.2	            97.5           7.7	 7.9
Middlesex, Mass.           44.1		    37.0	   7.2  19.4	

1/ Manhattan portion of New York City

  The 2000 County Business Patterns data series uses the North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, which reflect more
accurately and more comprehensively the growing service-based economy.
NAICS includes 1,170 industries, of which 565 are service based.
                                
  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 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.

                              -X-

Selected Data by States: 2000

State Non-Farm Employment Establishments Annual Payroll

Number of
employees as of March 12
Percent
change from 1999
Number Percent change from 1999 Amount ($1,000) Percent change from 1999 Average per employee (dollars)

United States 114,064,976 3.0 7,070,048 0.9 3,879,430,052 9.1 34,011

Alabama 1,653,074 1.2 99,817 -0.7 43,957,816 3.5 26,592

Alaska 204,887 3.2 18,501 0.4 7,649,748 7.6 37,336

Arizona 1,919,353 4.4 114,804 2.0 58,235,779 10.0 30,341

Arkansas 990,830 3.8 63,185 0.7 24,663,335 6.4 24,892

California 12,884,692 4.3 799,863 1.9 514,360,478 15.2 39,920

Colorado 1,913,302 5.0 137,528 2.8 68,179,190 14.1 35,634

Connecticut 1,546,250 1.0 92,436 0.0 67,384,810 8.5 43,580

Delaware 377,277 4.6 23,771 1.7 14,320,011 13.5 37,956

District of Columbia 414,983 2.6 19,655 1.0 19,984,505 9.3 48,157

Florida 6,217,386 4.4 428,438 1.0 177,378,971 10.2 28,530

Georgia 3,483,500 3.6 200,442 1.4 112,899,269 8.7 32,410

Hawaii 432,092 3.1 29,853 1.0 12,331,233 5.7 28,538

Idaho 450,788 3.8 37,429 1.2 12,395,973 12.4 27,498

Illinois 5,501,036 3.0 308,067 0.4 201,319,268 7.1 36,597

Indiana 2,650,774 2.7 146,321 -0.1 78,992,813 4.5 29,800

Iowa 1,265,064 2.1 80,890 -0.4 33,752,570 5.4 26,681

Kansas 1,128,732 1.5 74,939 0.6 31,990,762 4.5 28,342

Kentucky 1,513,722 3.0 89,921 0.0 41,233,591 4.3 27,240

Louisiana 1,592,357 0.8 101,016 0.0 42,975,159 3.6 26,988

Maine 491,780 3.5 39,466 1.5 13,490,186 7.2 27,431

Maryland 2,058,304 3.5 128,467 0.8 70,877,270 10.4 34,435

Massachusetts 3,087,044 3.9 176,222 1.7 131,444,257 14.0 42,579

Michigan 4,072,786 1.9 236,912 0.2 145,482,490 5.2 35,721

Minnesota 2,395,361 2.4 139,080 1.3 82,483,852 9.5 34,435

Mississippi 956,781 0.8 59,788 -0.1 22,843,586 3.0 23,875

Missouri 2,398,979 2.0 144,755 -0.1 72,195,796 5.3 30,094

Montana 296,220 2.7 31,849 1.5 6,808,075 5.7 22,983

Nebraska 751,076 2.3 49,623 1.3 20,283,421 4.4 27,006

Nevada 902,775 5.7 48,178 2.7 26,597,395 9.0 29,462

New Hampshire 546,400 3.3 37,414 0.6 17,826,474 11.0 32,625

New Jersey 3,548,429 3.1 233,559 0.7 147,082,234 10.2 41,450

New Mexico 549,352 1.5 42,782 -0.3 14,303,193 4.9 26,036

New York 7,353,209 3.0 492,073 1.3 330,586,554 12.2 44,958

North Carolina 3,385,492 1.8 203,903 1.1 99,687,306 7.4 29,445

North Dakota 255,178 2.0 20,139 -1.2 6,057,225 4.6 23,737

Ohio 5,001,980 2.8 270,509 -0.1 155,035,151 4.4 30,995

Oklahoma 1,201,606 2.6 85,094 0.3 31,700,630 6.1 26,382

Oregon 1,355,442 1.7 100,645 0.7 43,689,551 10.0 32,233

Pennsylvania 5,087,237 2.0 294,741 0.4 165,108,376 6.9 32,455

Rhode Island 415,168 2.4 28,534 1.0 12,585,945 6.3 30,315

South Carolina 1,601,532 2.5 97,146 0.7 43,362,158 6.0 27,075

South Dakota 306,704 3.9 23,783 0.4 7,296,364 6.4 23,790

Tennessee 2,390,322 2.2 130,876 -0.2 69,411,435 5.2 29,039

Texas 8,026,438 3.4 471,509 0.9 269,917,800 10.1 33,629

Utah 917,089 3.1 55,379 2.9 25,439,601 8.9 27,740

Vermont 253,541 2.9 21,564 -0.2 6,938,080 9.5 27,365

Virginia 2,903,548 4.0 175,582 1.2 97,692,222 4.9 33,646

Washington 2,267,485 2.6 164,018 0.7 87,746,294 11.5 38,698

West Virginia 558,171 2.3 41,047 -1.0 14,019,258 3.7 25,116

Wisconsin 2,414,834 2.0 140,415 0.6 72,892,099 5.2 30,185

Wyoming 174,614 3.2 18,120 1.2 4,540,493 5.9 26,003
Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Selected Data for 50 Counties Having Highest Nonfarm Employment: 2000

County Non-Farm Employment Establishments Annual Payroll

Number of employees as of March 12 Percent change from 1999

Number Percent change from 1999

Amount ($1,000) Percent change from 1999 Average per employee (dollars)

Los Angeles, CA 3,863,871 3.1 226,282 1.7 141,269,669 7.9 36,562

Cook, IL 2,554,006 2.1 128,165 0.4 105,183,440 7.9 41,184

New York, NY 1/ 2,080,875 3.9 107,781 2.0 157,610,673 18.1 75,742

Harris, TX 1,641,038 1.1 84,792 0.8 65,133,759 8.5 39,691

Dallas, TX 1,478,116 2.5 63,807 0.0 62,039,751 9.0 41,972

Orange, CA 1,378,717 3.6 78,556 2.6 52,421,059 10.3 38,022

Maricopa, AZ 1,354,249 3.8 72,014 2.2 44,315,326 10.5 32,723

San Diego, CA 1,052,214 3.6 67,922 3.1 37,719,724 11.4 35,848

King, WA 1,032,886 2.8 59,811 0.8 51,887,720 14.9 50,236

Santa Clara, CA 999,519 6.2 45,655 1.7 76,783,213 36.7 76,820

Hennepin, MN 865,368 1.3 39,137 0.7 35,811,676 9.5 41,383

Dade, FL 854,389 -1.0 66,509 -0.1 26,994,183 4.4 31,595

Middlesex, MA 852,954 4.7 43,074 1.2 44,146,049 19.4 51,757

Oakland, MI 791,090 2.9 41,899 0.2 34,215,097 7.0 43,251

Cuyahoga, OH 778,909 2.9 38,206 -0.6 27,082,463 5.0 34,770

Fulton, GA 768,516 5.8 30,946 1.2 34,026,764 13.7 44,276

Wayne, MI 757,487 -1.7 36,011 0.0 30,367,170 2.7 40,089

Allegheny, PA 691,227 1.2 34,851 -0.3 24,488,066 5.4 35,427

Alameda, CA 655,730 6.9 36,391 1.9 28,627,936 17.5 43,658

Tarrant, TX 640,927 4.4 33,368 1.0 20,740,123 11.3 32,360

Clark, NV 639,155 7.0 29,631 3.9 18,786,150 10.4 29,392

Franklin, OH 626,841 1.8 27,967 0.5 21,035,298 5.8 33,558

Du Page, IL 620,680 2.3 32,376 0.6 25,299,004 4.1 40,760

Broward, FL 619,401 3.9 50,328 1.7 19,111,362 10.8 30,855

Philadelphia, PA 606,509 1.1 25,782 -0.9 22,820,181 7.0 37,625

St. Louis, MO 586,848 0.8 30,161 -0.6 21,189,987 5.1 36,108

Orange, FL 574,933 2.8 26,391 2.0 17,100,136 8.3 29,743

Bexar, TX 571,900 4.7 29,799 0.3 16,974,831 15.8 29,681

Suffolk, MA 571,117 4.4 20,589 1.4 30,768,397 14.9 53,874

Marion, IN 564,665 3.8 24,388 -0.1 20,172,358 5.5 35,724

Nassau, NY 562,350 3.5 47,201 1.1 20,925,755 6.8 37,211

Hamilton, OH 556,563 2.9 24,896 0.2 19,359,336 5.6 34,784

San Francisco, CA 555,647 3.7 31,406 0.7 31,060,972 17.8 55,901

Suffolk, NY 522,800 4.6 43,465 2.3 19,023,407 12.1 36,388

Fairfax, VA 509,141 8.4 25,580 1.7 27,217,339 -1.0 53,457

Hillsborough, FL 502,834 0.2 26,834 1.6 16,185,281 8.6 32,188

Mecklenburg, NC 498,694 3.5 24,245 2.0 18,871,317 11.0 37,841

Montgomery, PA 497,214 1.1 25,800 0.8 21,121,594 12.4 42,480

Salt Lake, UT 480,875 1.1 25,935 2.4 14,719,037 6.8 30,609

Milwaukee, WI 480,572 1.7 21,315 -0.4 16,455,344 5.0 34,241

Shelby, TN 477,299 3.0 21,343 -0.3 15,339,492 6.3 32,138

Hartford, CT 476,640 0.9 23,198 -0.3 19,970,832 7.6 41,899

Queens, NY 2/ 475,670 4.6 36,309 1.5 15,643,640 7.5 32,888

Bergen, NJ 469,175 3.1 33,175 0.4 21,000,288 10.6 44,760

San Bernardino, CA 465,627 5.6 27,079 1.3 12,798,831 8.8 27,487

Palm Beach, FL 448,651 4.9 36,510 1.6 14,984,163 14.7 33,398

Travis, TX 446,089 8.4 23,548 3.0 19,973,119 21.0 44,774

Fairfield, CT 444,930 2.0 28,587 0.1 25,894,338 12.5 58,199

Pinellas, FL 441,062 8.0 26,090 0.0 12,852,507 16.8 29,140

Kings, NY 3/ 431,792 2.4 38,155 1.9 12,732,387 5.3 29,487
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

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State	Non-Farm Employment		Establishments		Annual Payroll
State	Number of employees as of March 12	Percent change from 1999	Number	Percent change from 1999	Amount ($1,000)	Percent change from 1999	Average per employee (dollars)
United States	114,064,976	3.0	7,070,048	0.9	3,879,430,052	9.1	34,011

Alabama	1,653,074	1.2	99,817	-0.7	43,957,816	3.5	26,592
Alaska	204,887	3.2	18,501	0.4	7,649,748	7.6	37,336
Arizona	1,919,353	4.4	114,804	2.0	58,235,779	10.0	30,341
Arkansas	990,830	3.8	63,185	0.7	24,663,335	6.4	24,892
California	12,884,692	4.3	799,863	1.9	514,360,478	15.2	39,920
Colorado	1,913,302	5.0	137,528	2.8	68,179,190	14.1	35,634
Connecticut	1,546,250	1.0	92,436	0.0	67,384,810	8.5	43,580
Delaware	377,277	4.6	23,771	1.7	14,320,011	13.5	37,956
District of Columbia	414,983	2.6	19,655	1.0	19,984,505	9.3	48,157
Florida	6,217,386	4.4	428,438	1.0	177,378,971	10.2	28,530
Georgia	3,483,500	3.6	200,442	1.4	112,899,269	8.7	32,410
Hawaii	432,092	3.1	29,853	1.0	12,331,233	5.7	28,538
Idaho	450,788	3.8	37,429	1.2	12,395,973	12.4	27,498
Illinois	5,501,036	3.0	308,067	0.4	201,319,268	7.1	36,597
Indiana	2,650,774	2.7	146,321	-0.1	78,992,813	4.5	29,800
Iowa	1,265,064	2.1	80,890	-0.4	33,752,570	5.4	26,681
Kansas	1,128,732	1.5	74,939	0.6	31,990,762	4.5	28,342
Kentucky	1,513,722	3.0	89,921	0.0	41,233,591	4.3	27,240
Louisiana	1,592,357	0.8	101,016	0.0	42,975,159	3.6	26,988
Maine	491,780	3.5	39,466	1.5	13,490,186	7.2	27,431
Maryland	2,058,304	3.5	128,467	0.8	70,877,270	10.4	34,435
Massachusetts	3,087,044	3.9	176,222	1.7	131,444,257	14.0	42,579
Michigan	4,072,786	1.9	236,912	0.2	145,482,490	5.2	35,721
Minnesota	2,395,361	2.4	139,080	1.3	82,483,852	9.5	34,435
Mississippi	956,781	0.8	59,788	-0.1	22,843,586	3.0	23,875
Missouri	2,398,979	2.0	144,755	-0.1	72,195,796	5.3	30,094
Montana	296,220	2.7	31,849	1.5	6,808,075	5.7	22,983
Nebraska	751,076	2.3	49,623	1.3	20,283,421	4.4	27,006
Nevada	902,775	5.7	48,178	2.7	26,597,395	9.0	29,462
New Hampshire	546,400	3.3	37,414	0.6	17,826,474	11.0	32,625
New Jersey	3,548,429	3.1	233,559	0.7	147,082,234	10.2	41,450
New Mexico	549,352	1.5	42,782	-0.3	14,303,193	4.9	26,036
New York	7,353,209	3.0	492,073	1.3	330,586,554	12.2	44,958
North Carolina	3,385,492	1.8	203,903	1.1	99,687,306	7.4	29,445
North Dakota	255,178	2.0	20,139	-1.2	6,057,225	4.6	23,737
Ohio	5,001,980	2.8	270,509	-0.1	155,035,151	4.4	30,995
Oklahoma	1,201,606	2.6	85,094	0.3	31,700,630	6.1	26,382
Oregon	1,355,442	1.7	100,645	0.7	43,689,551	10.0	32,233
Pennsylvania	5,087,237	2.0	294,741	0.4	165,108,376	6.9	32,455
Rhode Island	415,168	2.4	28,534	1.0	12,585,945	6.3	30,315
South Carolina	1,601,532	2.5	97,146	0.7	43,362,158	6.0	27,075
South Dakota	306,704	3.9	23,783	0.4	7,296,364	6.4	23,790
Tennessee	2,390,322	2.2	130,876	-0.2	69,411,435	5.2	29,039
Texas	8,026,438	3.4	471,509	0.9	269,917,800	10.1	33,629
Utah	917,089	3.1	55,379	2.9	25,439,601	8.9	27,740
Vermont	253,541	2.9	21,564	-0.2	6,938,080	9.5	27,365
Virginia	2,903,548	4.0	175,582	1.2	97,692,222	4.9	33,646
Washington	2,267,485	2.6	164,018	0.7	87,746,294	11.5	38,698
West Virginia	558,171	2.3	41,047	-1.0	14,019,258	3.7	25,116
Wisconsin	2,414,834	2.0	140,415	0.6	72,892,099	5.2	30,185
Wyoming	174,614	3.2	18,120	1.2	4,540,493	5.9	26,003

County	Non-Farm Employment		Establishments		Annual Payroll
County	Number of employees as of March 12	Percent change from 1999	Number	Percent change from 1999	Amount ($1,000)	Percent change from 1999	Average per employee (dollars)
Los Angeles, CA	3,863,871	3.1	226,282	1.7	141,269,669	7.9	36,562
Cook, IL	2,554,006	2.1	128,165	0.4	105,183,440	7.9	41,184
New York, NY 1/	2,080,875	3.9	107,781	2.0	157,610,673	18.1	75,742
Harris, TX	1,641,038	1.1	84,792	0.8	65,133,759	8.5	39,691
Dallas, TX	1,478,116	2.5	63,807	0.0	62,039,751	9.0	41,972
Orange, CA	1,378,717	3.6	78,556	2.6	52,421,059	10.3	38,022
Maricopa, AZ	1,354,249	3.8	72,014	2.2	44,315,326	10.5	32,723
San Diego, CA	1,052,214	3.6	67,922	3.1	37,719,724	11.4	35,848
King, WA	1,032,886	2.8	59,811	0.8	51,887,720	14.9	50,236
Santa Clara, CA	999,519	6.2	45,655	1.7	76,783,213	36.7	76,820
Hennepin, MN	865,368	1.3	39,137	0.7	35,811,676	9.5	41,383
Dade, FL	854,389	-1.0	66,509	-0.1	26,994,183	4.4	31,595
Middlesex, MA	852,954	4.7	43,074	1.2	44,146,049	19.4	51,757
Oakland, MI	791,090	2.9	41,899	0.2	34,215,097	7.0	43,251
Cuyahoga, OH	778,909	2.9	38,206	-0.6	27,082,463	5.0	34,770
Fulton, GA	768,516	5.8	30,946	1.2	34,026,764	13.7	44,276
Wayne, MI	757,487	-1.7	36,011	0.0	30,367,170	2.7	40,089
Allegheny, PA	691,227	1.2	34,851	-0.3	24,488,066	5.4	35,427
Alameda, CA	655,730	6.9	36,391	1.9	28,627,936	17.5	43,658
Tarrant, TX	640,927	4.4	33,368	1.0	20,740,123	11.3	32,360
Clark, NV	639,155	7.0	29,631	3.9	18,786,150	10.4	29,392
Franklin, OH	626,841	1.8	27,967	0.5	21,035,298	5.8	33,558
Du Page, IL	620,680	2.3	32,376	0.6	25,299,004	4.1	40,760
Broward, FL	619,401	3.9	50,328	1.7	19,111,362	10.8	30,855
Philadelphia, PA	606,509	1.1	25,782	-0.9	22,820,181	7.0	37,625
St. Louis, MO	586,848	0.8	30,161	-0.6	21,189,987	5.1	36,108
Orange, FL	574,933	2.8	26,391	2.0	17,100,136	8.3	29,743
Bexar, TX	571,900	4.7	29,799	0.3	16,974,831	15.8	29,681
Suffolk, MA	571,117	4.4	20,589	1.4	30,768,397	14.9	53,874
Marion, IN	564,665	3.8	24,388	-0.1	20,172,358	5.5	35,724
Nassau, NY	562,350	3.5	47,201	1.1	20,925,755	6.8	37,211
Hamilton, OH	556,563	2.9	24,896	0.2	19,359,336	5.6	34,784
San Francisco, CA	555,647	3.7	31,406	0.7	31,060,972	17.8	55,901
Suffolk, NY	522,800	4.6	43,465	2.3	19,023,407	12.1	36,388
Fairfax, VA	509,141	8.4	25,580	1.7	27,217,339	-1.0	53,457
Hillsborough, FL	502,834	0.2	26,834	1.6	16,185,281	8.6	32,188
Mecklenburg, NC	498,694	3.5	24,245	2.0	18,871,317	11.0	37,841
Montgomery, PA	497,214	1.1	25,800	0.8	21,121,594	12.4	42,480
Salt Lake, UT	480,875	1.1	25,935	2.4	14,719,037	6.8	30,609
Milwaukee, WI	480,572	1.7	21,315	-0.4	16,455,344	5.0	34,241
Shelby, TN	477,299	3.0	21,343	-0.3	15,339,492	6.3	32,138
Hartford, CT	476,640	0.9	23,198	-0.3	19,970,832	7.6	41,899
Queens, NY 2/	475,670	4.6	36,309	1.5	15,643,640	7.5	32,888
Bergen, NJ	469,175	3.1	33,175	0.4	21,000,288	10.6	44,760
San Bernardino, CA	465,627	5.6	27,079	1.3	12,798,831	8.8	27,487
Palm Beach, FL	448,651	4.9	36,510	1.6	14,984,163	14.7	33,398
Travis, TX	446,089	8.4	23,548	3.0	19,973,119	21.0	44,774
Fairfield, CT	444,930	2.0	28,587	0.1	25,894,338	12.5	58,199
Pinellas, FL	441,062	8.0	26,090	0.0	12,852,507	16.8	29,140
Kings, NY 3/	431,792	2.4	38,155	1.9	12,732,387	5.3	29,487