2009 County Business Patterns w/ Noise

Top 50 Counties by Number of Establishments

Establishments Employment with Noise First-Quarter Payroll with Noise Annual Payroll with Noise

County, State 2009 2008 % diff 2009 2008 % diff 2009 2008 % diff 2009 2008 % diff

Los Angeles County, California 245,523 250,255 -1.9% 3,703,233 3,910,429 -5.3% 43,537,790 45,686,799 -4.7% 178,048,102 185,285,605 -3.9%

Cook County, Illinois 127,868 130,348 -1.9% 2,245,334 2,370,922 -5.3% 30,175,097 33,784,501 -10.7% 116,535,088 125,782,667 -7.4%

New York County, New York 103,528 104,060 -0.5% 1,996,595 2,103,835 -5.1% 57,499,330 79,121,053 -27.3% 180,587,616 214,771,189 -15.9%

Harris County, Texas 91,082 91,094 0.0% 1,809,432 1,841,062 -1.7% 25,770,177 26,635,686 -3.2% 97,474,729 101,506,572 -4.0%

Orange County, California 87,483 89,527 -2.3% 1,336,341 1,447,560 -7.7% 15,751,277 17,397,930 -9.5% 62,901,844 68,034,749 -7.5%

Maricopa County, Arizona 85,789 89,440 -4.1% 1,451,978 1,602,078 -9.4% 15,453,410 16,973,128 -9.0% 60,818,540 66,010,580 -7.9%

San Diego County, California 76,345 78,123 -2.3% 1,119,643 1,188,463 -5.8% 12,582,582 13,626,149 -7.7% 50,265,230 52,961,452 -5.1%

Miami-Dade County, Florida 72,673 74,297 -2.2% 808,269 863,233 -6.4% 8,225,430 8,967,208 -8.3% 32,730,220 34,929,019 -6.3%

King County, Washington 63,244 64,324 -1.7% 1,032,598 1,085,826 -4.9% 14,677,384 15,062,666 -2.6% 59,567,568 61,519,267 -3.2%

Dallas County, Texas 61,359 62,412 -1.7% 1,253,122 1,333,178 -6.0% 16,633,687 18,345,417 -9.3% 63,706,483 69,560,351 -8.4%

Broward County, Florida 55,289 56,937 -2.9% 610,674 662,694 -7.8% 6,040,917 6,563,912 -8.0% 24,382,736 26,166,207 -6.8%

Suffolk County, New York 47,573 48,351 -1.6% 550,192 575,030 -4.3% 6,054,000 6,027,533 0.4% 25,540,186 25,995,331 -1.8%

Nassau County, New York 47,087 47,608 -1.1% 512,737 535,098 -4.2% 5,742,662 5,951,718 -3.5% 24,074,705 24,545,117 -1.9%

Kings County, New York 46,445 45,146 2.9% 484,947 487,540 -0.5% 4,250,833 4,386,299 -3.1% 17,887,682 17,949,969 -0.3%

Santa Clara County, California 44,164 45,116 -2.1% 850,828 920,108 -7.5% 16,075,741 18,001,232 -10.7% 64,936,275 70,802,629 -8.3%

Queens County, New York 42,420 42,088 0.8% 485,341 500,503 -3.0% 4,874,877 5,036,800 -3.2% 20,437,302 20,998,166 -2.7%

Middlesex County, Massachusetts 42,023 42,834 -1.9% 799,100 827,386 -3.4% 12,492,950 13,002,122 -3.9% 48,985,140 50,948,653 -3.9%

Palm Beach County, Florida 41,763 42,802 -2.4% 436,599 477,475 -8.6% 4,527,177 5,120,296 -11.6% 17,875,601 19,626,548 -8.9%

Clark County, Nevada 39,755 41,023 -3.1% 762,726 842,097 -9.4% 7,243,302 8,188,884 -11.5% 28,431,632 31,949,467 -11.0%

Hennepin County, Minnesota 39,222 39,817 -1.5% 824,275 839,168 -1.8% 11,022,332 12,291,230 -10.3% 43,128,263 46,503,931 -7.3%

Oakland County, Michigan 38,614 40,092 -3.7% 614,878 676,591 -9.1% 7,737,269 8,693,886 -11.0% 30,924,795 34,692,565 -10.9%

Tarrant County, Texas 36,935 37,380 -1.2% 677,390 700,825 -3.3% 6,909,352 7,409,525 -6.8% 27,626,001 29,000,139 -4.7%

Alameda County, California 36,360 37,212 -2.3% 581,130 641,423 -9.4% 7,809,221 8,671,192 -9.9% 31,215,188 34,127,258 -8.5%

Cuyahoga County, Ohio 34,102 34,908 -2.3% 648,495 682,823 -5.0% 7,197,556 7,551,785 -4.7% 28,748,873 29,874,408 -3.8%

Riverside County, California 34,055 35,164 -3.2% 480,413 530,055 -9.4% 3,994,775 4,420,560 -9.6% 15,955,787 17,440,680 -8.5%

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 33,360 33,851 -1.5% 669,057 684,970 -2.3% 7,597,037 7,628,794 -0.4% 29,530,251 30,334,661 -2.7%

DuPage County, Illinois 33,330 34,127 -2.3% 574,472 632,340 -9.2% 7,375,254 8,043,623 -8.3% 28,360,358 31,095,869 -8.8%

Fulton County, Georgia 33,026 33,766 -2.2% 714,815 754,994 -5.3% 10,797,347 11,485,115 -6.0% 40,606,341 42,322,191 -4.1%

Wayne County, Michigan 32,960 33,931 -2.9% 593,483 630,214 -5.8% 6,696,700 7,204,674 -7.1% 26,510,588 28,427,092 -6.7%

Bexar County, Texas 32,411 32,613 -0.6% 633,667 645,482 -1.8% 5,841,780 6,134,028 -4.8% 23,209,169 23,879,203 -2.8%

San Bernardino County, California 31,866 33,068 -3.6% 519,247 567,851 -8.6% 4,481,778 4,865,236 -7.9% 18,062,608 19,506,333 -7.4%

Hillsborough County, Florida 31,710 32,626 -2.8% 490,900 526,833 -6.8% 5,296,710 5,610,303 -5.6% 20,646,565 21,693,950 -4.8%

Bergen County, New Jersey 31,669 32,687 -3.1% 421,205 438,448 -3.9% 5,793,411 6,012,866 -3.6% 23,000,122 23,867,794 -3.6%

Westchester County, New York 31,590 32,116 -1.6% 372,772 396,503 -6.0% 5,668,834 6,307,523 -10.1% 21,149,626 22,938,477 -7.8%

Orange County, Florida 31,481 32,439 -3.0% 592,186 640,259 -7.5% 5,748,938 6,101,853 -5.8% 22,859,932 24,314,831 -6.0%

San Francisco County, California 30,490 30,605 -0.4% 492,689 524,359 -6.0% 9,597,422 11,064,195 -13.3% 35,300,499 38,353,738 -8.0%

St. Louis County, Missouri 30,182 30,660 -1.6% 563,427 590,782 -4.6% 6,677,895 6,861,724 -2.7% 26,062,275 27,335,995 -4.7%

Salt Lake County, Utah 29,003 29,853 -2.8% 503,630 527,041 -4.4% 5,136,429 5,270,472 -2.5% 20,511,248 21,033,747 -2.5%

Fairfax County, Virginia 28,736 28,656 0.3% 564,426 578,508 -2.4% 9,290,128 9,538,656 -2.6% 37,258,860 37,639,356 -1.0%
2009 County Business Patterns w/ Noise

Top 50 Counties by Number of Establishments

Establishments Employment with Noise First-Quarter Payroll with Noise Annual Payroll with Noise

County, State 2009 2008 % diff 2009 2008 % diff 2009 2008 % diff 2009 2008 % diff

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 27,889 28,518 -2.2% 531,089 560,059 -5.2% 6,723,339 7,724,715 -13.0% 25,514,656 27,675,752 -7.8%

Travis County, Texas 27,776 27,702 0.3% 473,672 482,717 -1.9% 5,623,041 5,634,722 -0.2% 22,485,941 22,438,334 0.2%

Sacramento County, California 27,635 28,532 -3.1% 417,036 453,536 -8.0% 4,372,953 4,906,786 -10.9% 17,672,153 19,434,371 -9.1%

Fairfield County, Connecticut 27,291 28,132 -3.0% 407,342 435,281 -6.4% 8,269,871 9,763,976 -15.3% 28,988,902 31,864,860 -9.0%

Franklin County, Ohio 27,183 27,593 -1.5% 568,889 594,761 -4.3% 6,251,507 6,671,319 -6.3% 24,492,345 25,500,753 -4.0%

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 26,787 26,729 0.2% 579,921 590,331 -1.8% 7,321,088 7,435,563 -1.5% 28,689,972 28,921,980 -0.8%

Pinellas County, Florida 26,506 27,653 -4.1% 354,914 367,040 -3.3% 3,185,633 3,298,213 -3.4% 13,462,853 13,448,791 0.1%

Montgomery County, Maryland 26,480 26,761 -1.1% 411,814 439,067 -6.2% 5,831,411 6,386,756 -8.7% 22,759,621 24,641,494 -7.6%

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 25,944 26,437 -1.9% 468,429 479,953 -2.4% 6,765,517 7,030,193 -3.8% 25,683,418 25,944,017 -1.0%

Wake County, North Carolina 24,619 24,976 -1.4% 375,345 389,698 -3.7% 4,008,982 4,094,288 -2.1% 15,970,120 16,224,252 -1.6%

Multnomah County, Oregon 24,323 24,606 -1.2% 381,164 409,590 -6.9% 4,221,188 4,444,462 -5.0% 16,818,769 18,002,262 -6.6%