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04 Aug 2016

Counties with Best and Worst Air Transportation Economies of 2015: Tarrant County (Dallas, TX) Creates Most Air Transportation Jobs; Marion County (Indianapolis, IN) Loses Most

Recently released data show that air transportation job creation in 2015 across counties in the US varied from a high of 3,100 in Tarrant County (Dallas, TX) to a loss of 3,500 jobs in Marion County (Indianapolis, IN). Out of 226 counties with air transportation economies,...

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04 Aug 2016

Counties with Best and Worst Hotel & Tourism Economies of 2015: Miami-Dade County (Miami, FL) Creates Most Accommodation Jobs; Atlantic County (Atlantic City, NJ) Loses Most

Recently released data show that accommodation job creation in 2015 across all counties in the US varied from a high of 2,000 in Miami-Dade County (Miami, FL) to a loss of 3,800 jobs in Atlantic County (Atlantic City, NJ). Out of more than 1,900 counties with...

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04 Aug 2016

Counties with Best and Worst Truck Transportation Economies of 2015: Dallas County (Dallas, TX) Creates Most Truck Transportation Jobs; Sacramento County (Sacramento, CA) Loses Most

Recently released data show that truck transportation job creation in 2015 across counties in the US varied from a high of 2,000 in Dallas County (Dallas, TX) to a loss of 820 jobs in Sacramento County (Sacramento, CA). Out of more than 2,380 counties with truck...

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27 Jul 2016

Counties with Best and Worst Food Manufacturing Economies of 2015: Fresno County (Fresno, CA) Creates Most Food Manufacturing Jobs; Norfolk County (Boston, MA) Loses Most

Recently released data show that food manufacturing job creation in 2015 across counties in the US varied from a high of 1,500 in Fresno County (Fresno, CA) to a loss of 800 jobs in Norfolk County (Boston, MA). Out of more than 1,200 counties with food...

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27 Jul 2016

Counties with Best and Worst Manufacturing Economies of 2015: San Diego County (San Diego, CA) Creates Most Manufacturing Jobs; Macomb County (Detroit, MI) Loses Most

Recently released data show that manufacturing job creation in 2015 across counties in the US varied from a high of 7,500 manufacturing jobs in San Diego County (San Diego, CA) to a loss of 7,000 jobs in Macomb County (Detroit, MI). Out of more than 2,700...

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27 Jul 2016

Counties with Best and Worst Oil & Gas Economies of 2015: Oklahoma County (Oklahoma City, OK) Creates Most Oil & Gas Jobs, Harris County (Houston, TX) Loses Most

Recently released data show that oil, gas and mining job creation in 2015 across counties in the US varied from a high of 660 in Oklahoma County in Oklahoma City, OK to a loss of 1,140 jobs in Harris County in Houston, TX. Out of 261...

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01 Jul 2016

Counties Attracting Most Newcomers in 2014 are in Austin, Houston and Phoenix; Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami Lose Most

Recently released data from the Internal Revenue Service illuminates which US counties have the highest county-to-county net household migration. Net household migration is total in-migrants minus out-migrants using the IRS-reported number of tax returns as a proxy for households. We exclude flows between counties in...

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01 Jul 2016

Counties Attracting Most New Taxpayer Income in 2014 are in Austin, Miami and Phoenix; Counties in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles Lose Most

Recently released data from the Internal Revenue Service illuminates which US counties are attracting the most gross income due to county-to-county net household migration. Net household migration is total in-migrants minus out-migrants using the IRS-reported number of tax returns as a proxy for households. Gross...

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01 Jul 2016

States Attracting Most Newcomers in 2014 are Texas, Florida, Colorado; Most Income Received by Florida, Texas, South Carolina

Recently released data from the Internal Revenue Service illuminates which US states have the highest state-to-state net household migration. Net household migration is total in-migrants minus out-migrants using the IRS-reported number of tax returns as a proxy for households. Texas had the most household net relocations....

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05 Jun 2016

Fastest Growing Large Metro Populations of 2015 are Austin, Orlando and Raleigh

Recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau illuminates which large metros have the fastest growing populations. Growth is measured by the percentage change in population between July 2014 and July 2015. Headlight Data ranks population growth for the 53 largest metros (1,000,000+ people) in...

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