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Employment up by 3.7 percent in St. Johns County, Florida, from March 2019 to March 2020
August 25, 2020
Employment increased in 202 of the 357 largest U.S. counties from March 2019 to March 2020, while 335 counties had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages. St. Johns County, Florida, had the largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment, 3.7 percent. Ector County, Texas, experienced the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment, 5.5 percent. In March 2020, national employment increased to 147.1 million, a 0.4-percent increase over the year.
Largest percent gains and losses in county employment, March 2019–20
County
12-month percent change
St. Johns, FL
3.7%
Deschutes, OR
3.5
Yakima, WA
3.5
Cleveland, OK
3.4
Adams, CO
3.3
Ada, ID
3.3
Benton, AR
3.0
Williamson, TX
3.0
Davis, UT
3.0
Madison, AL
2.8
Midland, TX
-2.6
East Baton Rouge, LA
-2.7
Elkhart, IN
-3.4
Calcasieu, LA
-5.4
Ector, TX
-5.5
Six of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year percentage increases in employment. In March 2020, Maricopa County, Arizona, had the largest over-the-year employment percentage gain among the 10 largest counties (+2.5 percent). Within Maricopa, education and health services had the largest employment increase with a gain of 13,126 jobs (+4.0 percent). Cook County, Illinois, had the greatest drop in over-the-year employment percentage among the 10 largest counties (-0.6 percent), with seven of the 10 sectors of private industry contributing to this decline.
United States Department of Labor
