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Maricopa, Arizona, had largest 12-month percent job gains among 10 largest counties in June 2018

November 29, 2018

Maricopa, Arizona, had the largest percentage employment gain (2.8 percent) among the 10 largest U.S. counties from June 2017 to June 2018. Among the major industries in Maricopa, construction experienced the largest percentage increase in employment over that period (7.1 percent). Trade, transportation, and utilities had the largest over-the-year employment increase with a gain of 10,775 jobs, or 2.9 percent. 

 Percent change in employment by industry for the 10 largest U.S. counties, June 2017–June 2018
County Total Total private Natural resources and mining Construction Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information Financial activities

United States

1.5% 1.7% 2.9% 3.7% 1.6% 1.0% 0.4% 1.0%

Los Angeles, California

1.3 1.4 -18.7 3.3 -2.4 0.1 2.3 -0.1

Cook, Illinois

0.9 1.0 0.8 3.7 0.6 0.5 -2.0 1.6

New York, New York

0.7 0.8 14.1 4.6 -3.5 -1.3 1.5 1.9

Harris, Texas

1.3 1.4 -0.5 1.3 3.0 1.4 -3.5 0.7

Maricopa, Arizona

2.8 3.0 1.3 7.1 3.6 2.9 -0.4 2.5

Dallas, Texas

1.8 2.0 15.2 2.5 2.0 2.7 -1.7 -0.9

Orange, California

1.7 1.8 -6.5 3.9 -1.4 0.2 -1.2 -0.5

San Diego, California

2.0 2.2 6.4 5.7 2.5 0.6 -2.7 0.2

King, Washington

2.5 2.7 -3.2 4.2 -0.3 2.4 7.6 3.5

Miami-Dade , Florida

0.9 0.9 4.6 3.4 0.0 1.2 0.2 0.1
Percent change in employment by industry for the ten largest U.S. counties, June 2017–June 2018 (continued)
County Professional and business services Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

United States

1.8% 1.7% 1.2% 1.3% 0.4%

Los Angeles, California

1.2 2.4 1.1 0.0 0.2

Cook, Illinois

0.9 1.5 0.8 2.4 0.2

New York, New York

0.9 0.7 0.2 0.3 -0.2

Harris, Texas

1.4 1.1 1.6 1.3 0.9

Maricopa, Arizona

2.1 3.1 2.6 2.8 0.5

Dallas, Texas

3.0 1.4 2.2 0.7 0.4

Orange, California

2.5 3.1 1.1 0.6 1.0

San Diego, California

3.2 1.4 1.2 -1.6 0.6

King, Washington

2.3 2.2 2.6 2.1 0.6

Miami-Dade , Florida

2.2 0.6 -1.4 -0.8 0.7

All of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year percentage increases in employment from June 2017 to June 2018. Within natural resources and mining, the largest 12-month percentage gains in employment were in Dallas, Texas (15.2 percent), and New York, New York (14.1 percent). Over that period, the largest percentage decreases in employment in natural resources and mining were in Los Angeles, California (−18.7 percent) and Orange, California (−6.5 percent).

In June 2018, King, Washington, experienced the largest 12-month percentage increase in information employment among the 10 largest counties (7.6 percent). Within that industry, Harris, Texas, experienced the largest percentage decrease in employment (−3.5 percent).

These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. To learn more, see "County Employment and Wages: Second Quarter 2018." You can get more industry employment data for the nation, states, counties, and metropolitan areas through the data viewer tool.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Maricopa, Arizona, had largest 12-month percent job gains among 10 largest counties in June 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/maricopa-arizona-had-largest-12-month-percent-job-gains-among-10-largest-counties-in-june-2018.htm (visited October 31, 2024).

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