January 18, 2025
Quarterly Economic Scorecard Shows Performance for Counties, Metros, and States
Headlight Data today released its updated Quarterly Economic Scorecard, which shows performance by quarter for counties, metros, and states. Trend data shows performance over the last ten years… read more
January 17, 2025
Monthly Economic Scorecard Shows Performance for Metros
Headlight Data today released its updated Economic Scorecard for Metros, which shows performance versus metros of the same population size. Trend data shows performance over the last five years… read more
June 30, 2024
Annual Economic Scorecard Shows Performance for Counties, Metros, and States
Headlight Data today released its updated Annual Economic Scorecard, which shows performance by year for counties, metros, and states. Trend data shows performance over the last ten years.Headlight analyzes data from the BLS’ Quarterly… read more
August 9, 2017
US Manufacturing Industry Enjoys Longest Growth Streak in 30 Years but Growth in 2016 Slows
Today, Headlight Data released its annual rankings of the fastest-growing US counties in manufacturing. Visit our News page to see top performing counties in 8 selected manufacturing industries and manufacturing overall… read more
April 14, 2016
Fastest Growing Large Metro Private Economies of 2015 are Austin, Orlando, Richmond; Slowest are Rochester, Buffalo, Oklahoma City
Recently released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics illuminates which large metros have the fastest growing private sector. Growth is measured by the percentage change in private sector employment between Dec. 2014 and Dec… read more
August 19, 2015
Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Performing Holding Company Economies of 2014: Harris County-TX / Houston Creates the Most Jobs at Holding Companies; Fairfax County-VA / Washington DC Loses the Most
Recently released data show that jobs created in 2014 by holding companies across counties in the US varied from a high of 9,600 in Harris County-TX (Houston) to a loss of 2,600 jobs in Fairfax County-VA (Washington DC). "Holding Companies"… read more
August 12, 2015
Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Performing Agriculture Economies of 2014: Yakima-WA Creates Most Agriculture Jobs; Ventura County-CA Loses Most
Recently released data show that agriculture job creation in 2014 across counties in the US varied from a high of 2,300 in Yakima County-WA (Yakima) to a loss of 1,100 jobs in Ventura County-CA (Oxnard). Job numbers include only salaried… read more
August 12, 2015
Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Food Manufacturing Economies of 2014: Vanderburgh County/ Evansville IN Creates Most Food Manufacturing Jobs; Marshall County/ Albertville AL Loses Most
Recently released data show that food manufacturing job creation in 2014 across counties in the US varied from a high of 1,100 in Vanderburgh County, IN (Evansville) to a loss of 900 jobs in Marshall County, AL (Albertville).Out of more… read more
August 3, 2015
Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Performing Air Transportation Economies of 2014: Orange County-FL / Orlando Creates the Most Air Transportation Jobs; Dallas County-TX / Dallas Loses the Most
Recently released data show that air transportation job creation in 2014 across counties in the US varied from a high of 1,400 in Orange County-FL (Orlando) to a loss of 4,000 jobs in Dallas County-TX (Dallas).Out of more than 220 counties… read more
August 3, 2015
Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Performing Truck Transportation Economies of 2014: Riverside County-CA / Riverside Creates the Most Truck Transportation Jobs; Blair County-PA / Altoona Loses the Most
Recently released data show that truck transportation job creation in 2014 across counties in the US varied from a high of 1,900 in Riverside County-CA (Riverside) to a loss of 700 jobs in Blair County-PA (Altoona).Out of more than 2,300… read more