Economic Benchmarks

Tables

47. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT AS A PROPORTION OF TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, COUNTIES, 1995.

Rank

County

All Jobs

Proportion

1

Sacramento, CA

167,281

626,841

26.7

2

Honolulu, HI

143,205

561,167

25.5

3

Bexar, TX

158,715

743,496

21.3

4

San Diego, CA

298,029

1,449,526

20.6

5

San Bernardino, CA

104,265

591,322

17.6

6

Philadelphia, PA

136,035

777,155

17.5

7

New York, NY

432,347

2,480,060

17.4

8

Alameda, CA

134,008

791,104

16.9

9

Riverside, CA

79,998

506,798

15.8

10

Suffolk, NY

100,867

660,954

15.3

11

Franklin, OH

115,073

774,083

14.9

12

Fairfax, VA

89,060

599,805

14.8

13

Shelby, TN

85,960

583,586

14.7

14

Erie, NY

74,191

543,909

13.6

15

Salt Lake ,UT

76,282

569,111

13.4

16

Wayne, MI

128,534

996,216

12.9

17

Marion, IN

83,618

658,762

12.7

18

Hillsborough, FL

73,380

594,577

12.3

19

Dade, FL

138,873

1,126,128

12.3

20

Westchester, NY

59,338

495,409

12.0

21

Hartford, CT

70,103

585,428

12.0

22

King, WA

146,000

1,223,838

11.9

23

Contra Costa, CA

48,262

407,862

11.8

24

Cuyahoga, OH

108,631

930,082

11.7

25

Cook, IL

370,413

3,182,971

11.6

26

Los Angeles, CA

566,202

5,029,233

11.3

27

Maricopa, AZ

165,467

1,471,714

11.2

27

Milwaukee, WI

68,001

610,712

11.1

27

Harris, TX

218,311

1,985,043

11.0

27

Nassau, NY

80,555

733,559

11.0

27

Bronx, NY

28,831

262,967

11.0

32

Broward, FL

80,999

746,312

10.9

33

Tarrant, TX

81,777

757,888

10.8

34

Palm Beach, FL

54,757

520,879

10.5

35

Hennepin, MN

101,308

970,635

10.4

36

Hamilton, OH

68,115

654,031

10.4

37

Clark, NV

62,305

609,684

10.2

38

Allegheny, PA

79,668

831,509

9.6

39

Pinellas, FL

45,466

477,384

9.5

40

Santa Clara, CA

98,885

1,066,839

9.3

41

Dallas, TX

144,794

1,614,127

9.0

42

Orange, CA

141,378

1,576,126

9.0

43

Middlesex, MA

83,702

965,323

8.7

44

Bergen, NJ

44,398

543,632

8.2

45

Fairfield, CT

43,090

532,989

8.1

46

St. Louis, MO

56,926

725,865

7.8

47

Kings, NY

42,371

565,668

7.5

48

Queens, NY

43,078

600,810

7.2

49

DuPage, IL

44,539

627,033

7.1

50

Oakland, MI

55,222

831,408

6.6

Median

11.45

Source:Regional Economic Information Services, Bureau for Economic Analysis.

University of Pittsburgh

September 1998