Employment Growth in America’s Largest Counties

Among the 50 largest counties in the U.S. based on number of employees, Sacramento had the highest rate of annual employment growth in 2013, rising by 5.5% over the  year to 428,475 jobs. Sacramento was followed by two Texas counties: Travis (up 4.9% to 514,749) and Harris (up 4.7% to 2.0 million). During that same period, employment in Los Angeles County rose by 3.8%. Los Angeles led all counties in the number of establishments (253,227) and employment (3.8 million). Altogether, four counties in California ranked in the top ten for employment growth in 2013.

By state, California had more establishments (874,243) and employees (13.4 million) and a larger annual payroll ($742.5 billion) than any other state in 2013. Texas followed in each of these measures with New York coming in third. 

  

Source: http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/