Top 10 Large Counties with Fastest Job Growth in 2014: Employment Levels Grew Fastest in Kings County-NY, Riverside County-CA, Travis County-TX; Slowest in Fairfax County-VA, Allegheny County-PA, Cuyahoga County-OH

01 Jul 2015 Top 10 Large Counties with Fastest Job Growth in 2014: Employment Levels Grew Fastest in Kings County-NY, Riverside County-CA, Travis County-TX; Slowest in Fairfax County-VA, Allegheny County-PA, Cuyahoga County-OH

Recently released data show that job growth across large counties in the US varied from a high of 5.7% in Kings County, NY (Brooklyn) to a low of -1.2% in Fairfax County, VA (DC).

Large County Job Growth Table

Large counties (1 million or more population) with the fastest employment growth in 2014 were Kings County, NY; Riverside County, CA; Travis County, TX; Clark County, NV; and Mecklenburg County, NC.

Large counties with the slowest employment growth were Fairfax County, VA; Allegheny County, PA; Cuyahoga County, OH; Pima County, AZ; and Wayne County, MI.

Click here to download a spreadsheet of data for all counties.

Large County Job Growth Map

 

 

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