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Adams County, Colorado, has largest 12-month employment increase, June 2019
November 29, 2019
From June 2018 to June 2019, employment increased in 279 of the 355 largest U.S. counties. Adams County, Colorado, part of the Denver metropolitan area, had the largest over-the-year increase in employment with a gain of 5.3 percent. Richmond County, New York (Staten Island); Williamson County, Texas; and Utah County, Utah, tied for the second largest percent increase in employment, at 3.9 percent.
Largest percent increases in employment in largest U.S. counties, June 2018–2019
County
Percent change
Employment, June 2019
Adams, CO
5.3%
227,200
Richmond, NY
3.9
128,600
Williamson, TX
3.9
182,800
Utah, UT
3.9
251,200
Durham, NC
3.8
211,500
Osceola, FL
3.7
96,900
Denton, TX
3.7
257,700
Warren, OH
3.6
99,800
San Francisco, CA
3.4
761,000
Weld, CO
3.3
114,700
St. Lucie, FL
3.3
76,300
York, SC
3.3
100,900
Davidson, TN
3.3
514,700
Among the 355 largest counties, 347 had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages. Average weekly wages in Benton County, Arkansas, were $1,197 in the second quarter of 2019, up 16.3 percent from the second quarter of 2018. During the same period, average weekly wages were $2,430, in San Francisco County, California, an increase of 15.5 percent.
United States Department of Labor
