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                                           For release:  10:00 A.M. EDT
Media contact:                691-5902     Tuesday, July 19, 2005


             COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES:  FOURTH QUARTER 2004

   In December 2004, Rutherford County, Tenn., had the largest over-the-
year percentage increase in employment among the largest counties in the
U.S., according to preliminary data released today by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.  Rutherford County experienced
an over-the-year employment gain of 8.9 percent, compared with national job
growth of 1.7 percent.  Williamson County, Texas, had the largest over-the-
year gain in average weekly wages in the fourth quarter of 2004, with an
increase of 17.8 percent.  The U.S. average weekly wage increased by 5.7
percent over the same time span.
   
   Of the 317 largest counties in the United States, as measured by 2003
employment, 150 had over-the-year percentage growth in jobs above the
national average in December 2004, and 153 experienced changes below the
national average.  Average weekly wages grew faster than the national av-
erage in 133 of the largest U.S. counties, while the percent change in
average weekly wages was below the national average in 177 counties.

   The employment and average weekly wage data by county are compiled under
the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, also known as
the ES-202 program.  The data are derived from reports submitted by every
employer subject to unemployment insurance (UI) laws.  The 8.5 million
employer reports cover 131.6 million full- and part-time workers.  The
attached tables and charts contain data for the nation and for the 317 U.S.
counties with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2003.
In addition, data for San Juan, Puerto Rico, are provided, but not used in
calculating U.S. averages, or in the analysis in the text.  (See Technical
Note.)  December 2004 employment and 2004 fourth-quarter average weekly
wages for all states are provided in table 4 of this release.  Data for
all states, metropolitan statistical areas, counties, and the nation
through the third quarter of 2004 are available on the BLS Web site at
http://www.bls.gov/cew/.  Preliminary data for the fourth quarter of 2004
and revised data for the first, second, and third quarters of 2004 will be
available in July on the BLS Web site.

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Table A.  Top 10 counties ranked by December 2004 employment, December 2003-04
employment change, and December 2003-04 percent change in employment
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                            Employment in large counties
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                           |                            |
 December 2004 employment  |  Net change in employment, |    Percent change  
        (thousands)        |       December 2003-04     |    in employment, 
                           |         (thousands)        |   December 2003-04
---------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------
U.S.              131,560.7|U.S.                 2,198.4|U.S.                 1.7       
---------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------
Los Angeles, Calif. 4,123.1|Maricopa, Ariz.         75.7|Rutherford, Tenn.    8.9 
Cook, Ill.          2,529.3|Clark, Nev.             58.9|Manatee, Fla.        8.7    
New York, N.Y.      2,266.8|Los Angeles, Calif.     58.5|Clark, Nev.          7.5 
Harris, Texas       1,861.3|Riverside, Calif.       40.6|Riverside, Calif.    7.4 
Maricopa, Ariz.     1,696.8|Hillsborough, Fla.      30.8|Loudoun, Va.         6.9 
Orange, Calif.      1,464.8|Orange, Calif.          28.9|Prince William, Va.  6.6 
Dallas, Texas       1,458.4|Orange, Fla.            27.2|Lee, Fla.            6.1 
San Diego, Calif.   1,296.9|Dallas, Texas           26.1|Marion, Fla.         6.0 
King, Wash.         1,117.2|Fairfax, Va.            25.4|Sarasota, Fla.       5.8 
Miami-Dade, Fla.    1,007.1|Broward, Fla.           24.8|Hamilton, Ind.       5.8 
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Large County Employment
   
   In December 2004, national employment, as measured by the QCEW program,
was 131.6 million, up 1.7 percent from December 2003.  The 317 largest
U.S. counties accounted for 70.6 percent of total U.S. covered employment
and 76.7 percent of total covered wages.  These 317 counties had a net job
gain of 1,543,850 over the year, accounting for 70.2 percent of the U.S.
employment increase.  Employment rose in 270 of the large counties from
December 2003 to December 2004.  Rutherford County, Tenn., had the largest
over-the-year percentage gain (8.9 percent).  Manatee, Fla., had the next
largest increase, 8.7 percent, followed by Clark, Nev. (7.5 percent), River-
side, Calif. (7.4 percent), and Loudoun, Va. (6.9 percent).  (See table 1.)
   
   Employment declined in 38 counties from December 2003 to December 2004.
The largest percentage decline was in McLean, Ill. (-2.9 percent), followed
by Trumbull, Ohio (-1.8 percent), Wayne, Mich. (-1.5 percent), Saginaw, Mich.
(-1.4 percent), and Okaloosa, Fla., Madison, Ill., and Ingham, Mich. (-1.3
percent each).
   
   The largest gains in employment from December 2003 to December 2004
were recorded in Maricopa, Ariz. (75,700), Clark, Nev. (58,900), Los
Angeles, Calif. (58,500), Riverside, Calif. (40,600), and Hillsborough,
Fla. (30,800).  (See table A.)
   
   The largest declines in employment occurred in Wayne, Mich. (-12,600),
followed by Allegheny, Pa. (-3,900), Montgomery, Ohio (-2,900), Orleans,
La. (-2,800), and McLean, Ill. (-2,500).
   
Large County Average Weekly Wages

   The national average weekly wage in the fourth quarter of 2004 was $812.
Average weekly wages were higher than the national average in 110 of the
largest 317 U.S. counties.  New York County, N.Y., held the top position
among the highest-paid large counties with an average weekly wage of $1,608.
Santa Clara, Calif., was second with an average weekly wage of $1,460, fol-
lowed by Fairfield, Conn. ($1,430), Suffolk, Mass. ($1,363), and San Mateo,
Calif. ($1,324).  (See table B.)
                                     
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Table B.  Top 10 counties ranked by fourth quarter 2004 average weekly wages, 
fourth quarter 2003-04 change in average weekly wages, and fourth quarter 
2003-04 percent change in average weekly wages
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                      Average weekly wage in large counties     
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                           |                         |    
   Average weekly wage,    | Change in average weekly|   Percent change in
   fourth quarter 2004     |   wage, fourth quarter  |  average weekly wage,     
                           |          2003-04        | fourth quarter 2003-04 
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U.S.                   $812|U.S.                  $44|U.S.                 5.7  
---------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------
New York, N.Y.       $1,608|Williamson, Texas    $135|Williamson, Texas   17.8  
Santa Clara, Calif.   1,460|Santa Clara, Calif.   127|Rock Island, Ill.   14.8  
Fairfield, Conn.      1,430|New York, N.Y.        125|Ventura, Calif.     12.6  
Suffolk, Mass.        1,363|Fairfield, Conn.      120|Henrico, Va.        12.5
San Mateo, Calif.     1,324|Rock Island, Ill.     116|St. Louis, Minn.    11.0  
Washington, D.C.      1,305|Suffolk, Mass.        116|Washington, Ark.    10.6
Arlington, Va.        1,291|Ventura, Calif.       102|Hennepin, Minn.      9.6 
San Francisco, Calif. 1,274|San Mateo, Calif.     101|Santa Clara, Calif.  9.5  
Fairfax, Va.          1,239|Henrico, Va.           96|Suffolk, Mass.       9.3  
Somerset, N.J.        1,235|Essex, N.J.            93|Rockingham, N.H.     9.3  
                           |                         |Essex, N.J.          9.3                  
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   There were 204 counties with an average weekly wage below the national
average in the fourth quarter of 2004.  The lowest average weekly wages
were reported in Cameron, Texas ($500), followed by Hidalgo, Texas ($504),
Webb, Texas ($540), Yakima, Wash. ($541), and Horry, S.C. ($558).  (See
table 1.)
   
   From the fourth quarter 2003 to the fourth quarter 2004, the national
average weekly wage rose by 5.7 percent.  Among the largest counties,
Williamson, Texas, led the nation in growth in average weekly wages, with
an increase of 17.8 percent from the fourth quarter of 2003.  Rock Island,
Ill., was second with 14.8 percent growth, followed by Ventura, Calif.
(12.6 percent), Henrico, Va. (12.5 percent), and St. Louis, Minn. (11.0
percent).

   No counties experienced over-the-year declines in average weekly wages.
Kalamazoo, Mich., had the smallest increase in average weekly wages, 0.5
percent, followed by Richmond, N.Y. (0.7 percent), Genesee and Macomb,
Mich. (0.9 percent each), and Ingham, Mich. (1.0 percent).

Ten Largest U.S. Counties
   
  Of the 10 largest U.S. counties (based on 2003 employment levels), 9
reported increases in employment, while 1 remained constant from December
2003 to December 2004.  Maricopa, Ariz., experienced the fastest growth
in employment among the 10 largest counties, with a 4.7 percent increase.
Within Maricopa County, employment rose in every industry group except
information.  The largest gains were in construction (12.9 percent) and
education and health services (7.0 percent).  (See table 2.)  Miami-Dade,
Fla., had the next largest increase in employment, 2.4 percent, followed
by Orange, Calif. (2.0 percent).  The smallest employment gains occurred
in New York, N.Y. (0.9 percent) and Harris, Texas (1.3 percent).  The only
county of the ten largest counties in the United States that did not have
an increase in employment was Cook County, Ill., whose employment remained
constant.

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   All of the 10 largest U.S. counties saw over-the-year increases in
average weekly wages.  New York, N.Y., had the fastest growth in wages
among the top 10 counties, 8.4 percent.  Within New York County, wages
increased the most in natural resources and mining (26.1 percent) and
financial activities (14.0 percent).  Harris, Texas, was second in wage
growth, increasing by 7.8 percent, followed by Orange, Calif., with a
gain of 7.1 percent.  The smallest wage gains among the 10 largest
counties occurred in King, Wash. (3.8 percent), followed by Dallas,
Texas (5.1 percent) and Maricopa, Ariz. (5.7 percent).

Largest County by State

   Table 3 shows December 2004 employment and the 2004 fourth-quarter average
weekly wage in the largest county in each state.  (This table includes two
counties--Yellowstone, Mont., and Laramie, Wyo.--that have employment levels
below 75,000.)  The employment levels in these counties in December 2004
ranged from approximately 4.1 million in Los Angeles, Calif., to 39,500 in
Laramie, Wyo.  The highest average weekly wage of these counties was in New
York, N.Y. ($1,608), while the lowest average weekly wage was in Laramie,
Wyo. ($630).






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Technical Note

   
   These data are the product of a federal-state cooperative program, the
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, also known as the
ES-202 program.  The data are derived from summaries of employment and to-
tal pay of workers covered by state and federal unemployment insurance (UI) 
legislation and provided by State Workforce Agencies (SWAs).  The summaries 
are a result of the administration of state unemployment insurance programs 
that require most employers to pay quarterly taxes based on the employment 
and wages of workers covered by UI.  Data for 2004 are preliminary and sub-
ject to revision.

   For purposes of this release, large counties are defined as having
employment levels of 75,000 or greater.  Each year, these large counties
are selected on the basis of the preliminary annual average of employment
for the previous year.  The 318 counties discussed in this release were
derived using 2003 preliminary annual averages of employment.  These
counties will be included in all 2004 quarterly releases.  The counties
in table 2 are selected and sorted each year based on the annual average
employment from the preceding year.

   The preliminary QCEW data presented in this release may differ from
data released by the individual states.  These potential differences result
from the states' continuing receipt of UI data over time and ongoing review
and editing.  The individual states determine their data release timetables.
   
Differences between QCEW, BED, and CES employment measures

   The Bureau publishes three different establishment-based employment
measures for any given quarter.  Each of these measures--QCEW, Business
Employment Dynamics (BED), and Current Employment Statistics (CES)--makes
use of the quarterly UI employment reports in producing data; however, 
each measure has a somewhat different universe coverage, estimation pro-
cedure, and publication product.

   Differences in coverage and estimation methods can result in somewhat
different measures of over-the-quarter employment change. It is important
to understand program differences and the intended uses of the program
products.  (See table below.)  Additional information on each program can 
be obtained from the program Web sites shown in the table below.

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Summary of Major Differences between QCEW, BED, and CES Employment Measures
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                     
           |         QCEW        |         BED          |         CES
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------
Source     |--Count of UI admini-|--Count of longitudi- |--Sample survey: 
           |  strative records   |  nally-linked UI ad- |  400,000 establish-
           |  submitted by 8.5   |  ministrative records|  ments
           |  million establish- |  submitted by 6.5    |
           |  ments              |  million private-sec-|
           |                     |  tor employers       |
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------
Coverage   |--UI and UCFE cover- |--UI coverage, exclud-|Nonfarm wage and sal-
           |  age, including all |  ing government, pri-|  ary jobs:
           |  employers subject  |  vate households, and|--UI coverage, exclud-
           |  to state and feder-|  establishments with |  ing agriculture, pri-
           |  al UI laws         |  zero employment     |  vate households, and
           |                     |                      |  self-employed workers
           |                     |                      |--Other employment, in-
           |                     |                      |  cluding railroads, 
           |                     |                      |  religious organiza-
           |                     |                      |  tions, and other non-
           |                     |                      |  UI-covered jobs
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------
Publication|--Quarterly          |--Quarterly           |--Monthly 
frequency  |  -7 months after the|  -8 months after the |  -Usually first Friday
           |   end of each quar- |   end of each quarter|   of following month
           |   ter               |                      |
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------
Use of UI  |--Directly summarizes|--Links each new UI   |--Uses UI file as a sam-
file       |  and publishes each |  quarter to longitu- |  pling frame and annu-
           |  new quarter of UI  |  dinal database and  |  ally realigns (bench-
           |  data               |  directly summarizes |  marks) sample esti-    
           |                     |  gross job gains and |  mates to first quar-  
           |                     |  losses              |  ter UI levels
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------
Principal  |--Provides a quarter-|--Provides quarterly  |--Provides current month-
products   |  ly and annual uni- |  employer dynamics   |  ly estimates of employ-
           |  verse count of es- |  data on establish-  |  ment, hours, and earn-
           |  tablishments, em-  |  ment openings, clos-|  ings at the MSA, state,
           |  ployment, and wages|  ings, expansions,   |  and national level by
           |  at the county, MSA,|  and contractions at |  industry
           |  state, and national|  the national level  |
           |  levels by detailed |--Future expansions   |
           |  industry           |  will include data at|
           |                     |  the county, MSA, and|
           |                     |  state level and by  |
           |                     |  size of establish-  |
           |                     |  ment                |
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------------
Principal  |--Major uses include:|--Major uses include: |--Major uses include:
uses       |  -Detailed locality |  -Business cycle     |  -Principal national
           |   data              |   analysis           |   economic indicator
           |  -Periodic universe |  -Analysis of employ-|  -Official time series 
           |   counts for bench- |   er dynamics under- |   for employment change
           |   marking sample    |   lying economic ex- |   measures
           |   survey estimates  |   pansions and con-  |  -Input into other ma-
           |  -Sample frame for  |   tractions          |   jor economic indi-
           |   BLS establishment |  -Future:  Employment|   cators
           |   surveys           |   expansion and con- |
           |                     |   traction by size of|
           |                     |   establishment      |
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------------
Program    |--www.bls.gov/cew/   |--www.bls.gov/bdm/    |--www.bls.gov/ces/
Web sites  |                     |                      |
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Coverage
   
   Employment and wage data for workers covered by state UI laws and for
federal civilian workers covered by the Unemployment Compensation for
Federal Employees (UCFE) program are compiled from quarterly contribution
reports submitted to the SWAs by employers.  In addition to the quarterly
contribution reports, employers who operate multiple establishments within
a state complete a questionnaire, called the "Multiple Worksite Report,"
which provides detailed information on the location and industry of each 
of their establishments.  The employment and wage data included in this
release are derived from microdata summaries of more than 8 million employer 
reports of employment and wages submitted by states to the BLS.  These re-
ports are based on place of employment rather than place of residence.
   
   UI and UCFE coverage is broad and basically comparable from state to
state.  In 2003, UI and UCFE programs covered workers in 127.8 million
jobs.  The estimated 122.9 million workers in these jobs (after adjust-
ment for multiple jobholders) represented 96.6 percent of civilian wage 
and salary employment.  Covered workers received $4.826 trillion in pay,
representing 94.6 percent of the wage and salary component of personal
income and 43.9 percent of the gross domestic product.
   
   Major exclusions from UI coverage include self-employed workers, most
agricultural workers on small farms, all members of the Armed Forces, 
elected officials in most states, most employees of railroads, some domes-
tic workers, most student workers at schools, and employees of certain 
small nonprofit organizations.

   State and federal UI laws change periodically.  These changes may have
an impact on the employment and wages reported by employers covered under
the UI program.  Coverage changes may affect the over-the-year comparisons
presented in this news release.  Effective January 1, 2004, the Washington
Employment Security Department no longer includes as covered wages an em-
ployee's income attributable to the transfer of shares of stock to the em-
ployee.  This change in wage coverage pertains to all establishments in
Washington State and contributes significantly to over-the-year changes in
wages in the state in 2004.

Concepts and methodology
   
   Monthly employment is based on the number of workers who worked during
or received pay for the pay period including the 12th of the month.  With
few exceptions, all employees of covered firms are reported, including pro-
duction and sales workers, corporation officials, executives, supervisory 
personnel, and clerical workers.  Workers on paid vacations and part-time 
workers also are included.
   
   Average weekly wage values are calculated by dividing quarterly total
wages by the average of the three monthly employment levels (all employees,
as described above) and dividing the result by 13, for the 13 weeks in the
quarter.  These calculations are made using unrounded employment and wage
values.  The average wage values that can be calculated using rounded data
from the BLS database may differ from the averages reported.  Included in
the quarterly wage data are non-wage cash payments such as bonuses, the cash
value of meals and lodging when supplied, tips and other gratuities, and, in
some states, employer contributions to certain deferred compensation plans
such as 401(k) plans and stock options.
   
   Average weekly wages are affected by the ratio of full-time to part-
time workers as well as the number of individuals in high-paying and low-
paying occupations and the incidence of pay periods within a quarter.
When comparing average weekly wage levels between industries and/or states,
these factors should be taken into consideration.

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   Federal government pay levels are subject to periodic, sometimes large,
fluctuations due to a calendar effect that consists of some quarters having
more pay periods than others.   Most federal employees are paid on a bi-
weekly pay schedule.  As a result of this schedule, in some quarters,
federal wages contain payments for six pay periods, while in other quarters
their wages include payments for seven pay periods.  Over-the-year
comparisons of average weekly wages may reflect this calendar effect.
Higher growth in average weekly wages may be attributed, in part, to a
comparison of quarterly wages for the current year, which include seven pay
periods, with year-ago wages that reflect only six pay periods.  An
opposite effect will occur when wages in the current period, which contain
six pay periods, are compared with year-ago wages that include seven pay
periods.   The effect on over-the-year pay comparisons can be pronounced in
federal government due to the uniform nature of federal payroll processing.
This pattern may exist in private sector pay, however, because there are
more pay period types (weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly) it is less
pronounced.  The effect is most visible in counties with large concentra-
tions of federal employment.
                            
   In order to ensure the highest possible quality of data, states verify
with employers and update, if necessary, the industry, location, and own-
ership classification of all establishments on a 3-year cycle.  Changes
in establishment classification codes resulting from this process are in-
troduced with the data reported for the first quarter of the year.  Changes 
resulting from improved employer reporting also are introduced in the first 
quarter. 

   QCEW data are not designed as a time series.  QCEW data are simply the
sums of individual establishment records and reflect the number of
establishments that exist in a county or industry at a point in time.
Establishments can move in or out of a county or industry for a number of
reasons--some reflecting economic events, others reflecting administrative
changes.  For example, economic change would come from a firm relocating
into the county; administrative change would come from a company correcting
its county designation.
   
   The over-the-year changes of employment and wages presented in this
release have been adjusted to account for most of the administrative
corrections made to the underlying establishment reports.  This is done by
modifying the prior-year levels used to calculate the over-the-year changes. 
Percent changes are calcuated using an adjusted version of the final 2003
quarterly data as the base data.  The adjusted prior-year levels used to
calculate the over-the-year percent change in employment and wages are not
published.  These adjusted prior-year levels do not match the unadjusted
data maintained on the BLS Web site.  Over-the-year change calculations
based on data from the Web site, or from data published in prior BLS news
releases, may differ substantially from the over-the-year changes presented
in this news release.
   
   The adjusted data used to calculate the over-the-year change measures
presented in this release account for most of the administrative changes--
those occurring when employers update the industry, location, and ownership
information of their establishments.  The most common adjustments for
administrative change are the result of updated information about the
county location of individual establishments.

   The adjusted data do not account for administrative changes caused by
(1) multi-unit employers who start reporting for each individual estab-
lishment rather than as a single entity and (2) the classification of
establishments previously reported in the unknown county or unknown in-
dustry categories.

                                   - 9 -

   The adjusted data used to calculate the over-the-year change measures
presented in any County Employment and Wages news release are valid for
comparisons between the starting and ending points (a 12-month period)
used in that particular release.  Comparisons may not be valid for any
time period other than the one featured in a release even if the changes
were calculated using adjusted data.

   County definitions are assigned according to Federal Information
Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) as issued by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, after approval by the Secretary of
Commerce pursuant to Section 5131 of the Information Technology Management
Reform Act of 1996 and the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 104-
106.  Areas shown as counties include those designated as independent cities 
in some jurisdictions and, in Alaska, those designated as census areas where 
counties have not been created.  County data also are presented for the New 
England states for comparative purposes even though townships are the more 
common designation used in New England (and New Jersey).  The regions re-
ferred to in this release are defined as census regions.

Additional statistics and other information
   
   An annual bulletin, Employment and Wages, features comprehensive infor-
mation by detailed industry on establishments, employment, and wages for 
the nation and all states.  Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 2003
is available for sale from the BLS Publications Sales Center, P.O. Box
2145, Chicago, Illinois 60690, telephone 312-353-1880.  The 2003 bulletin
is now available in a portable document format (PDF) on the BLS Web site
at http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultn03.htm.
   
   News releases on quarterly measures of gross job flows also are 
available upon request from the Division of Administrative Statistics 
and Labor Turnover (Business Employment Dynamics), telephone 202-691-6467;
(http://www.bls.gov/bdm/); (e-mail: BDMInfo@bls.gov).
   
   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200;  TDD message referral
phone number:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 
Table 1. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages in the 318 largest counties,
fourth quarter 2004(2)
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                     Employment              Average weekly wage(5)  
                                                                                                     
                            Establishments,                                                            
                             fourth quarter                                           Percent          
        County(3)                 2004        December    Percent   Ranking  Average  change,  Ranking 
                              (thousands)       2004      change,      by    weekly   fourth      by   
                                            (thousands)  December   percent   wage    quarter  percent 
                                                        2003-04(4)   change           2003-04   change 
                                                                                        (4)            
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
United States(6).........       8,487.6     131,560.7       1.7         -     $812      5.7        - 
                                                                                                     
Jefferson, AL............          18.8         373.6       0.0       272      833      9.2       12 
Madison, AL..............           8.0         167.1       3.6        46      847      3.2      284 
Mobile, AL...............           9.7         165.5       2.3       104      669      7.0       66 
Montgomery, AL...........           6.6         133.2       2.1       114      721      3.4      276 
Tuscaloosa, AL...........           4.2          79.8       3.2        60      713      8.7       17 
Anchorage Borough, AK....           7.7         142.2       1.4       178      830      5.2      166 
Maricopa, AZ.............          80.4       1,696.8       4.7        23      801      5.7      134 
Pima, AZ.................          17.6         348.9       3.4        53      701      4.8      193 
Benton, AR...............           4.6          87.2       4.8        21      726      6.9       73 
Pulaski, AR..............          13.4         245.7       1.2       189      757      5.6      139 
                                                                                                     
Washington, AR...........           5.2          87.8       2.7        82      668     10.6        6 
Alameda, CA..............          48.1         676.3      -0.2       281    1,056      7.4       49 
Contra Costa, CA.........          27.6         344.4       1.2       189    1,010      8.4       20 
Fresno, CA...............          29.0         332.3       2.1       114      651      6.0      117 
Kern, CA.................          16.0         252.9       3.1        67      684      6.0      117 
Los Angeles, CA..........         366.8       4,123.1       1.4       178      959      6.1      110 
Marin, CA................          11.8         112.6       1.6       160    1,062      6.0      117 
Monterey, CA.............          11.9         149.8      -0.2       281      701      4.0      247 
Orange, CA...............          90.3       1,464.8       2.0       121      938      7.1       60 
Placer, CA...............           9.5         132.3       5.0        17      791      8.2       27 
                                                                                                     
Riverside, CA............          38.9         590.8       7.4         4      677      4.6      206 
Sacramento, CA...........          47.2         608.3       1.6       160      866      3.8      256 
San Bernardino, CA.......          42.6         621.9       3.8        38      711      4.6      206 
San Diego, CA............          87.2       1,296.9       1.9       127      872      6.5       89 
San Francisco, CA........          43.3         528.7      -0.4       293    1,274      7.8       34 
San Joaquin, CA..........          16.0         216.5       3.7        41      705      4.1      243 
San Luis Obispo, CA......           8.7          98.3       0.2       259      674      6.6       84 
San Mateo, CA............          22.9         333.7       0.7       226    1,324      8.3       24 
Santa Barbara, CA........          13.2         172.7      -0.5       294      786      8.7       17 
Santa Clara, CA..........          52.8         861.6       1.0       203    1,460      9.5        8 
                                                                                                     
Santa Cruz, CA...........           8.4          92.2       2.9        75      767      6.1      110 
Solano, CA...............           9.6         126.4       0.7       226      753      7.0       66 
Sonoma, CA...............          17.3         190.2       0.5       243      796      6.4       97 
Stanislaus, CA...........          13.2         168.2       2.3       104      666      4.6      206 
Tulare, CA...............           8.6         133.2       0.4       248      577      7.1       60 
Ventura, CA..............          20.7         305.3       1.2       189      913     12.6        3 
Yolo, CA.................           5.1          95.7       1.7       151      758      7.7       38 
Adams, CO................           8.7         143.0       1.9       127      781      7.0       66 
Arapahoe, CO.............          18.9         271.9       0.8       218      983      7.4       49 
Boulder, CO..............          11.9         155.5       3.4        53      959      3.8      256 
                                                                                                     
Denver, CO...............          24.5         429.1       1.7       151      990      5.9      123 
El Paso, CO..............          16.1         239.3       2.2       108      742      5.2      166 
Jefferson, CO............          18.1         207.0       1.4       178      825      5.2      166 
Larimer, CO..............           9.3         122.9       1.8       135      733      3.2      284 
Fairfield, CT............          31.9         418.0       0.6       235    1,430      9.2       12 
Hartford, CT.............          24.4         487.7       0.9       209    1,016      7.4       49 
New Haven, CT............          22.1         368.4       1.6       160      885      2.9      289 
New London, CT...........           6.7         129.9       0.8       218      847      3.3      279 
New Castle, DE...........          19.5         286.5       0.9       209      980      6.9       73 
Washington, DC...........          30.3         659.6       0.6       235    1,305      5.5      146 
                                                                                                     
Alachua, FL..............           6.1         127.8       3.2        60      619      4.4      219 
Brevard, FL..............          12.9         198.2       3.3        57      780      8.9       15 
Broward, FL..............          59.2         716.6       3.6        46      802      7.5       47 
Collier, FL..............          10.9         129.5       5.0        17      741      5.3      159 
Duval, FL................          23.3         447.8       3.6        46      800      5.5      146 
Escambia, FL.............           7.5         126.3       3.6        46      649      8.3       24 
Hillsborough, FL.........          32.5         631.7       5.1        16      776      5.4      151 
Lee, FL..................          15.9         207.2       6.1         7      708      8.8       16 
Leon, FL.................           7.5         148.0       2.9        75      690      4.1      243 
Manatee, FL..............           7.6         129.8       8.7         2      628      6.6       84 
                                                                                                     
Marion, FL...............           6.9          94.2       6.0         8      607      5.6      139 
Miami-Dade, FL...........          83.2       1,007.1       2.4        95      822      6.3      105 
Okaloosa, FL.............           5.6          79.7      -1.3       307      640      7.7       38 
Orange, FL...............          30.8         645.0       4.4        30      757      6.5       89 
Palm Beach, FL...........          44.6         547.5       4.7        23      815      4.8      193 
Pasco, FL................           7.8          87.9       5.6        12      586      3.5      272 
Pinellas, FL.............          29.2         445.2       3.1        67      720      4.2      238 
Polk, FL.................          10.9         198.4       4.0        36      643      3.9      252 
Sarasota, FL.............          13.7         161.1       5.8         9      706      7.1       60 
Seminole, FL.............          12.5         159.7       5.7        11      745      8.1       30 
                                                                                                     
Volusia, FL..............          12.4         158.1       4.3        32      620      5.6      139 
Bibb, GA.................           4.7          87.1       0.1       267      670      3.7      263 
Chatham, GA..............           7.2         131.0       3.7        41      685      6.7       76 
Clayton, GA..............           4.4         107.6       (7)         -      830      6.4       97 
Cobb, GA.................          20.1         306.3       0.8       218      880      3.5      272 
De Kalb, GA..............          17.1         294.6       0.8       218      875      5.4      151 
Fulton, GA...............          37.8         745.4       3.2        60    1,055      5.8      129 
Gwinnett, GA.............          21.8         312.0       3.4        53      848      3.3      279 
Muscogee, GA.............           4.7          97.6      -0.2       281      625      4.2      238 
Richmond, GA.............           4.8         105.7      -0.2       281      678      6.1      110 
                                                                                                     
Honolulu, HI.............          23.4         441.3       3.3        57      756      7.2       58 
Ada, ID..................          13.4         193.4       4.8        21      742      8.2       27 
Champaign, IL............           4.0          91.2       0.8       218      672      2.0      304 
Cook, IL.................         127.7       2,529.3       0.0       272      985      6.7       76 
Du Page, IL..............          33.1         584.3       1.2       189      975      5.9      123 
Kane, IL.................          11.3         203.0       1.1       198      763      6.1      110 
Lake, IL.................          19.3         324.3       1.7       151    1,032      5.7      134 
McHenry, IL..............           7.6          96.7       3.2        60      737      5.7      134 
McLean, IL...............           3.4          83.5      -2.9       313      796      5.0      178 
Madison, IL..............           5.7          93.9      -1.3       307      694      4.2      238 
                                                                                                     
Peoria, IL...............           4.6         100.0       2.2       108      787      5.6      139 
Rock Island, IL..........           3.4          78.0       0.9       209      902     14.8        2 
St. Clair, IL............           5.1          92.6      -1.2       306      646      7.0       66 
Sangamon, IL.............           5.1         130.2      -0.2       281      772      2.8      293 
Will, IL.................          11.0         163.1       2.4        95      769      4.9      186 
Winnebago, IL............           6.6         137.9       0.7       226      702      4.3      227 
Allen, IN................           8.7         180.7       0.4       248      712      5.0      178 
Elkhart, IN..............           4.8         124.4       5.4        14      712      3.8      256 
Hamilton, IN.............           6.3          91.2       5.8         9      833      6.4       97 
Lake, IN.................           9.9         194.6       1.5       172      733      6.4       97 
                                                                                                     
Marion, IN...............          23.8         586.8       1.6       160      833      4.1      243 
St. Joseph, IN...........           6.0         127.2       1.8       135      684      1.9      306 
Vanderburgh, IN..........           4.8         108.4       0.2       259      684      2.9      289 
Linn, IA.................           6.1         118.2       2.1       114      791      8.2       27 
Polk, IA.................          14.3         264.0       1.8       135      817      7.5       47 
Scott, IA................           5.1          87.7       2.4        95      684      6.0      117 
Johnson, KS..............          19.0         300.7       2.4        95      841      7.3       54 
Sedgwick, KS.............          11.7         245.0       1.9       127      730      4.4      219 
Shawnee, KS..............           4.7          95.0      -0.5       294      683      6.7       76 
Fayette, KY..............           8.9         167.8       0.4       248      741      6.5       89 
                                                                                                     
Jefferson, KY............          21.9         424.3       0.9       209      807      6.5       89 
Caddo, LA................           7.1         123.0       1.6       160      673      3.9      252 
Calcasieu, LA............           4.6          83.6       1.3       185      664      5.9      123 
East Baton Rouge, LA.....          13.1         250.1       1.8       135      688      4.2      238 
Jefferson, LA............          14.0         215.5       0.3       255      687      6.0      117 
Lafayette, LA............           7.6         121.5      -0.1       276      715      5.8      129 
Orleans, LA..............          12.6         247.7      -1.1       305      753      5.5      146 
Cumberland, ME...........          12.3         173.4       0.8       218      769      7.1       60 
Anne Arundel, MD.........          13.8         218.2       2.5        91      839      4.9      186 
Baltimore, MD............          21.0         374.0       2.7        82      854      6.4       97 
                                                                                                     
Frederick, MD............           5.6          91.7       3.0        71      765      5.5      146 
Howard, MD...............           8.1         141.1       0.3       255      952      8.3       24 
Montgomery, MD...........          31.9         458.2       1.2       189    1,067      6.3      105 
Prince Georges, MD.......          15.3         319.2       1.9       127      865      4.6      206 
Baltimore City, MD.......          14.2         358.8      -0.6       298      929      6.2      108 
Barnstable, MA...........           9.3          88.8       0.8       218      724      4.8      193 
Bristol, MA..............          15.5         221.4       0.4       248      726      3.6      270 
Essex, MA................          21.0         294.5      -0.3       288      865      2.6      296 
Hampden, MA..............          14.3         201.8       1.3       185      749      2.9      289 
Middlesex, MA............          48.7         791.6       0.1       267    1,146      5.4      151 
                                                                                                     
Norfolk, MA..............          22.1         320.1       0.2       259    1,007      4.6      206 
Plymouth, MA.............          13.8         176.3       2.4        95      799      4.3      227 
Suffolk, MA..............          22.5         564.1       0.5       243    1,363      9.3        9 
Worcester, MA............          20.6         319.6       0.0       272      830      3.5      272 
Genesee, MI..............           8.5         156.5      -0.3       288      801      0.9      313 
Ingham, MI...............           6.9         168.2      -1.3       307      773      1.0      312 
Kalamazoo, MI............           5.5         116.4      -0.1       276      737      0.5      316 
Kent, MI.................          14.5         339.6       0.7       226      778      4.7      198 
Macomb, MI...............          17.9         327.6       0.5       243      897      0.9      313 
Oakland, MI..............          41.0         724.8      -0.1       276    1,007      2.3      300 
                                                                                                     
Ottawa, MI...............           5.7         111.4       1.5       172      739      2.2      302 
Saginaw, MI..............           4.5          90.7      -1.4       310      753      1.1      311 
Washtenaw, MI............           8.1         199.6       1.1       198      904      1.8      307 
Wayne, MI................          34.6         804.2      -1.5       311      950      3.7      263 
Anoka, MN................           7.5         113.8       1.8       135      812      7.8       34 
Dakota, MN...............           9.9         170.5       1.8       135      822      7.7       38 
Hennepin, MN.............          41.0         840.1       1.5       172    1,049      9.6        7 
Olmsted, MN..............           3.3          87.5       0.8       218      792      3.8      256 
Ramsey, MN...............          15.0         330.7       1.0       203      917      5.0      178 
St. Louis, MN............           5.7          94.9       2.0       121      689     11.0        5 
                                                                                                     
Stearns, MN..............           4.2          79.2       2.4        95      665      5.1      174 
Harrison, MS.............           4.6          90.1       0.6       235      572      5.3      159 
Hinds, MS................           6.6         130.2      -1.0       303      713      4.9      186 
Boone, MO................           4.3          79.3       2.8        79      627      4.7      198 
Clay, MO.................           4.9          86.3      -0.2       281      752      4.9      186 
Greene, MO...............           8.0         148.4       2.0       121      617      4.8      193 
Jackson, MO..............          18.7         367.2       0.6       235      816      4.5      213 
St. Charles, MO..........           7.4         116.3       (7)         -      694      4.4      219 
St. Louis, MO............          33.8         626.2       0.6       235      863      5.2      166 
St. Louis City, MO.......           8.2         223.1       (7)         -      888      6.5       89 
                                                                                                     
Douglas, NE..............          15.0         312.1       0.3       255      757      7.4       49 
Lancaster, NE............           7.6         153.7       1.9       127      656      4.0      247 
Clark, NV................          40.0         839.0       7.5         3      770      7.7       38 
Washoe, NV...............          12.8         211.1       5.5        13      769      3.9      252 
Hillsborough, NH.........          12.3         197.7       0.9       209      933      6.4       97 
Rockingham, NH...........          10.7         136.6       2.2       108      873      9.3        9 
Atlantic, NJ.............           6.6         145.5       0.9       209      742      5.8      129 
Bergen, NJ...............          34.4         456.5       0.2       259    1,067      3.7      263 
Burlington, NJ...........          11.2         203.2       1.8       135      864      5.0      178 
Camden, NJ...............          13.4         213.8       3.7        41      863      3.0      288 
                                                                                                     
Essex, NJ................          21.5         366.1       0.4       248    1,090      9.3        9 
Gloucester, NJ...........           6.1         103.0       4.0        36      760      6.1      110 
Hudson, NJ...............          14.0         238.4       0.5       243    1,054      6.7       76 
Mercer, NJ...............          10.8         222.4      -0.5       294    1,064      7.6       44 
Middlesex, NJ............          20.7         399.1       1.2       189    1,046      5.9      123 
Monmouth, NJ.............          20.0         257.7       2.8        79      910      2.6      296 
Morris, NJ...............          17.8         285.1       0.2       259    1,221      7.0       66 
Ocean, NJ................          11.5         144.3       1.9       127      744      7.7       38 
Passaic, NJ..............          12.5         181.0       1.6       160      899      5.6      139 
Somerset, NJ.............          10.0         169.1      -0.6       298    1,235      4.7      198 
                                                                                                     
Union, NJ................          15.0         235.4       (7)         -    1,066      (7)        - 
Bernalillo, NM...........          16.4         318.6       1.9       127      727      5.2      166 
Albany, NY...............           9.6         232.0      -0.2       281      817      2.0      304 
Bronx, NY................          15.4         219.4       1.4       178      769      3.5      272 
Broome, NY...............           4.4          95.9       0.7       226      624      1.3      310 
Dutchess, NY.............           7.9         120.0       2.2       108      809      4.3      227 
Erie, NY.................          23.3         464.6       0.7       226      713      4.5      213 
Kings, NY................          42.1         458.1       1.8       135      735      3.7      263 
Monroe, NY...............          17.7         388.6       0.4       248      780      4.3      227 
Nassau, NY...............          50.9         614.8       0.9       209      924      2.7      295 
                                                                                                     
New York, NY.............         112.9       2,266.8       0.9       209    1,608      8.4       20 
Oneida, NY...............           5.3         111.6       2.2       108      627      4.7      198 
Onondaga, NY.............          12.6         250.8       1.2       189      768      4.6      206 
Orange, NY...............           9.3         130.2       2.1       114      696      4.5      213 
Queens, NY...............          40.3         484.6       1.2       189      817      2.3      300 
Richmond, NY.............           8.1          91.3       1.2       189      733      0.7      315 
Rockland, NY.............           9.4         115.2       1.6       160      864      3.7      263 
Suffolk, NY..............          47.8         611.3       1.1       198      878      4.8      193 
Westchester, NY..........          35.4         421.6       1.8       135    1,101      6.2      108 
Buncombe, NC.............           6.9         109.3       2.5        91      650      5.7      134 
                                                                                                     
Catawba, NC..............           4.3          88.1       1.4       178      630      2.9      289 
Cumberland, NC...........           5.7         113.9       2.9        75      604      4.5      213 
Durham, NC...............           6.1         169.8       2.3       104    1,025      7.2       58 
Forsyth, NC..............           8.4         179.5       1.6       160      764      4.5      213 
Guilford, NC.............          13.7         271.4       2.4        95      739      4.7      198 
Mecklenburg, NC..........          27.4         519.3       2.1       114      948      8.1       30 
New Hanover, NC..........           6.4          93.4       4.5        29      655      3.8      256 
Wake, NC.................          23.6         400.5       3.6        46      817      4.5      213 
Cass, ND.................           5.5          90.4       4.3        32      687      9.0       14 
Butler, OH...............           6.9         134.7       1.0       203      740      7.6       44 
                                                                                                     
Cuyahoga, OH.............          38.3         764.3       0.2       259      864      7.6       44 
Franklin, OH.............          29.3         698.3       0.6       235      808      5.6      139 
Hamilton, OH.............          24.6         549.3       0.6       235      872      4.9      186 
Lake, OH.................           6.7          99.7       0.3       255      687      7.3       54 
Lorain, OH...............           6.2         102.0       0.6       235      714      5.6      139 
Lucas, OH................          10.8         228.2      -0.6       298      746      4.3      227 
Mahoning, OH.............           6.4         106.5       0.7       226      624      7.4       49 
Montgomery, OH...........          13.2         286.1      -1.0       303      780      3.7      263 
Stark, OH................           9.2         168.8       1.4       178      649      6.7       76 
Summit, OH...............          14.8         270.1       1.3       185      784      8.4       20 
                                                                                                     
Trumbull, OH.............           4.8          84.1      -1.8       312      746      2.2      302 
Oklahoma, OK.............          21.9         411.7       1.6       160      698      4.0      247 
Tulsa, OK................          18.3         327.6       2.6        88      731      7.3       54 
Clackamas, OR............          11.6         141.5       3.6        46      752      5.0      178 
Jackson, OR..............           6.3          82.2       3.2        60      597      4.4      219 
Lane, OR.................          10.4         143.4       3.8        38      643      4.4      219 
Marion, OR...............           8.6         129.8       3.0        71      628      2.4      298 
Multnomah, OR............          25.6         429.6       1.7       151      815      4.2      238 
Washington, OR...........          14.7         231.3       4.4        30      906      1.6      308 
Allegheny, PA............          35.6         691.6      -0.6       298      848      5.7      134 
                                                                                                     
Berks, PA................           9.0         166.2       2.6        88      730      3.7      263 
Bucks, PA................          20.3         259.3       1.8       135      800      4.0      247 
Chester, PA..............          14.7         228.3       1.8       135    1,049      8.4       20 
Cumberland, PA...........           5.7         126.9       1.4       178      756      5.4      151 
Dauphin, PA..............           7.0         177.1       2.7        82      809      7.0       66 
Delaware, PA.............          13.6         212.1       0.1       267      875      4.7      198 
Erie, PA.................           7.2         128.2       2.0       121      645      5.4      151 
Lackawanna, PA...........           5.8         100.4       1.8       135      636      7.3       54 
Lancaster, PA............          11.7         227.9       2.1       114      712      5.0      178 
Lehigh, PA...............           8.4         174.9       0.9       209      826      5.0      178 
                                                                                                     
Luzerne, PA..............           8.0         142.3      -0.5       294      647      6.1      110 
Montgomery, PA...........          27.4         488.3       0.1       267    1,016      8.1       30 
Northampton, PA..........           6.2          92.7       1.6       160      719      5.4      151 
Philadelphia, PA.........          28.8         638.7      -0.1       276      971      7.1       60 
Westmoreland, PA.........           9.4         137.5       3.3        57      656      6.5       89 
York, PA.................           8.7         171.7       3.0        71      706      5.5      146 
Kent, RI.................           5.6          83.2       1.0       203      724      4.0      247 
Providence, RI...........          17.9         289.8      -0.3       288      784      2.8      293 
Charleston, SC...........          11.9         196.2       3.7        41      666      4.7      198 
Greenville, SC...........          12.3         227.1       1.7       151      719      5.3      159 
                                                                                                     
Horry, SC................           8.0         102.0       4.9        19      558      6.5       89 
Lexington, SC............           5.6          87.6       1.7       151      635      6.9       73 
Richland, SC.............           9.6         210.9       1.7       151      697      5.3      159 
Spartanburg, SC..........           6.3         116.9       0.2       259      694      3.4      276 
Minnehaha, SD............           6.0         110.3       1.6       160      663      3.3      279 
Davidson, TN.............          17.9         439.2       2.1       114      828      5.9      123 
Hamilton, TN.............           8.3         194.9       1.7       151      706      3.2      284 
Knox, TN.................          10.4         221.1       3.2        60      707      4.4      219 
Rutherford, TN...........           3.7          94.2       8.9         1      748      4.9      186 
Shelby, TN...............          19.7         505.5       1.1       198      838      5.4      151 
                                                                                                     
Bell, TX.................           4.2          93.9       4.1        34      602      5.8      129 
Bexar, TX................          30.0         663.1       0.1       267      721      7.0       66 
Brazoria, TX.............           4.1          77.4       1.7       151      753      5.3      159 
Brazos, TX...............           3.5          79.2       1.5       172      566      5.4      151 
Cameron, TX..............           6.1         116.7       0.7       226      500      4.4      219 
Collin, TX...............          13.0         217.9       (7)         -      893      (7)        - 
Dallas, TX...............          68.3       1,458.4       1.8       135    1,001      5.1      174 
Denton, TX...............           8.7         138.5       3.4        53      700      6.5       89 
El Paso, TX..............          12.5         255.9       0.7       226      579      5.3      159 
Fort Bend, TX............           6.6         103.7       4.6        27      806      5.1      174 
                                                                                                     
Galveston, TX............           4.8          88.2       1.6       160      690      3.6      270 
Harris, TX...............          90.8       1,861.3       1.3       185      978      7.8       34 
Hidalgo, TX..............           9.5         194.9       4.1        34      504      3.3      279 
Jefferson, TX............           5.8         117.8      -0.3       288      771      6.6       84 
Lubbock, TX..............           6.5         119.7       2.6        88      603      5.2      166 
McLennan, TX.............           4.7          98.8       1.0       203      633      4.3      227 
Montgomery, TX...........           6.4          94.8       5.4        14      737      3.4      276 
Nueces, TX...............           8.0         144.9       1.1       198      681      6.6       84 
Potter, TX...............           3.9          77.2       0.0       272      628      5.2      166 
Smith, TX................           4.9          88.3       2.0       121      701      6.4       97 
                                                                                                     
Tarrant, TX..............          34.0         708.8       1.9       127      827      4.3      227 
Travis, TX...............          25.3         525.5       3.2        60      923      6.7       76 
Webb, TX.................           4.3          79.9       2.5        91      540      4.9      186 
Williamson, TX...........           5.2          88.9       4.7        23      893     17.8        1 
Davis, UT................           6.5          94.3       3.8        38      642      4.7      198 
Salt Lake, UT............          35.8         535.9       2.8        79      743      6.0      117 
Utah, UT.................          11.6         154.3       4.6        27      615      4.4      219 
Weber, UT................           5.5          88.7       1.8       135      593      3.3      279 
Chittenden, VT...........           5.7          97.0       1.5       172      780      1.4      309 
Arlington, VA............           7.1         158.2       2.9        75    1,291      7.7       38 
                                                                                                     
Chesterfield, VA.........           6.8         115.5       2.3       104      752      7.9       33 
Fairfax, VA..............          30.0         561.3       4.7        23    1,239      6.7       76 
Henrico, VA..............           8.3         172.2       2.5        91      864     12.5        4 
Loudoun, VA..............           6.4         118.1       6.9         5    1,035      5.1      174 
Prince William, VA.......           6.1          99.0       6.6         6      732      5.8      129 
Alexandria City, VA......           5.7          94.8       2.7        82    1,049      6.6       84 
Chesapeake City, VA......           4.9          94.8       2.7        82      644      6.3      105 
Newport News City, VA....           3.7          99.5       2.2       108      736      5.9      123 
Norfolk City, VA.........           5.6         145.6       0.2       259      782      4.3      227 
Richmond City, VA........           7.0         160.6       1.8       135      914      6.4       97 
                                                                                                     
Virginia Beach City, VA..          10.7         176.0       3.1        67      643      6.1      110 
Clark, WA................          10.6         123.4       4.9        19      714      5.3      159 
King, WA.................          78.2       1,117.2       1.8       135      973      3.8      256 
Kitsap, WA...............           6.2          81.6       3.0        71      692      2.4      298 
Pierce, WA...............          19.9         254.8       3.5        52      699      4.3      227 
Snohomish, WA............          16.2         215.5       3.7        41      787      4.1      243 
Spokane, WA..............          14.8         196.2       2.7        82      630      4.3      227 
Thurston, WA.............           6.3          91.8       1.5       172      696      3.9      252 
Yakima, WA...............           8.4          87.5       2.0       121      541      4.6      206 
Kanawha, WV..............           6.2         108.5      -0.8       302      689      5.0      178 
                                                                                                     
Brown, WI................           6.7         147.6       0.4       248      772      8.6       19 
Dane, WI.................          13.7         298.4       2.4        95      770      3.1      287 
Milwaukee, WI............          21.7         499.7      -0.3       288      824      6.7       76 
Outagamie, WI............           5.0         101.6       3.1        67      705      5.2      166 
Racine, WI...............           4.3          76.7       0.5       243      815      7.1       60 
Waukesha, WI.............          13.3         231.0       2.4        95      821      3.8      256 
Winnebago, WI............           3.9          87.3      -0.1       276      798      7.8       34 
                                                                                                     
San Juan, PR.............          13.6         338.0       1.0       203      535      4.3      227 

  1 Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal
Employees (UCFE) programs.  These 317 U.S. counties comprise 70.6 percent of the total covered workers
in the U.S.
  2 Data are preliminary.
  3 Includes areas not officially designated as counties.  See Technical Note.
  4 Percent changes were computed from quarterly employment and pay data adjusted for noneconomic
county reclassifications.  See Technical Note.
  5 Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
  6 Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
  7 Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards.





Table 2. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages in the ten largest counties,
fourth quarter 2004(2)
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                      Employment         Average weekly  
                                                                                            wage(4)     
                                                Establishments,                                          
                                                 fourth quarter                                          
         County by NAICS supersector                  2004                    Percent            Percent 
                                                  (thousands)     December    change,  Average   change, 
                                                                    2004     December  weekly    fourth  
                                                                (thousands) 2003-04(3)  wage     quarter 
                                                                                               2003-04(3)
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
United States(5).............................       8,487.6     131,560.7       1.7     $812       5.7 
  Private industry...........................       8,215.2     110,295.2       1.9      816       6.0 
    Natural resources and mining.............         123.0       1,592.9       2.1      758       7.8 
    Construction.............................         828.7       6,999.3       4.6      865       3.2 
    Manufacturing............................         369.7      14,281.7      -0.1      985       4.3 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....       1,860.9      26,305.1       1.3      704       5.9 
    Information..............................         143.3       3,102.1      -1.9    1,239       8.7 
    Financial activities.....................         792.7       7,985.2       1.4    1,238       8.6 
    Professional and business services.......       1,349.9      16,664.6       3.4    1,016       7.3 
    Education and health services............         751.5      16,374.2       2.4      773       5.6 
    Leisure and hospitality..................         684.3      12,363.1       2.6      346       3.3 
    Other services...........................       1,100.4       4,288.3       0.2      518       4.6 
  Government.................................         272.4      21,265.6       0.6      794       4.9 
                                                                                                       
Los Angeles, CA..............................         366.8       4,123.1       1.4      959       6.1 
  Private industry...........................         363.0       3,539.4       1.9      960       6.8 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.6          10.7       1.4    1,277      37.5 
    Construction.............................          13.1         142.0       7.1      939       6.5 
    Manufacturing............................          17.0         476.8      -1.6      959       6.8 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          53.4         810.9       2.4      782       6.5 
    Information..............................           8.9         221.7       7.9    1,720       8.4 
    Financial activities.....................          23.1         238.9       0.9    1,363       8.9 
    Professional and business services.......          40.0         576.4       2.0    1,132       7.6 
    Education and health services............          26.9         463.2       1.5      870       5.7 
    Leisure and hospitality..................          25.8         378.0       2.1      782       0.9 
    Other services...........................         153.9         219.8      -0.3      442       4.2 
  Government.................................           3.8         583.7      -1.0      957       2.9 
                                                                                                       
Cook, IL.....................................         127.7       2,529.3       0.0      985       6.7 
  Private industry...........................         126.4       2,214.5       0.2      992       6.7 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.1           1.3       6.9    1,124      14.5 
    Construction.............................          10.8          94.5      -2.2    1,191       1.4 
    Manufacturing............................           7.5         256.8      -1.7    1,039       7.0 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          26.6         495.1       0.0      803       6.8 
    Information..............................           2.5          62.6      -2.2    1,317      11.8 
    Financial activities.....................          14.2         217.3      -0.2    1,579       6.9 
    Professional and business services.......          26.1         412.7       2.0    1,307       7.7 
    Education and health services............          12.6         357.8       1.5      832       5.3 
    Leisure and hospitality..................          10.7         217.4      -0.2      390       4.3 
    Other services...........................          12.7          94.2      -0.9      695       5.8 
  Government.................................           1.2         314.8      -1.8      939       7.6 
                                                                                                       
New York, NY.................................         112.9       2,266.8       0.9    1,608       8.4 
  Private industry...........................         112.7       1,815.5       1.2    1,760       8.1 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.0           0.1      -5.9    1,536      26.1 
    Construction.............................           2.1          28.7       0.0    1,591       1.8 
    Manufacturing............................           3.3          45.0      -1.8    1,437      13.0 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          21.8         248.0       2.1    1,180       0.9 
    Information..............................           4.2         129.6      -1.6    1,839       4.2 
    Financial activities.....................          16.9         353.1       0.6    3,468      14.0 
    Professional and business services.......          22.5         443.8       1.9    1,826       6.5 
    Education and health services............           8.0         278.5       1.6      956       4.3 
    Leisure and hospitality..................          10.3         194.9       1.8      834       6.4 
    Other services...........................          16.1          83.6       0.5      910       3.5 
  Government.................................           0.2         451.3      -0.4      998       9.4 
                                                                                                       
Harris, TX...................................          90.8       1,861.3       1.3      978       7.8 
  Private industry...........................          90.4       1,620.7       1.8      999       7.5 
    Natural resources and mining.............           1.3          64.7       2.9    2,400       9.5 
    Construction.............................           6.3         133.2      -1.8      938       2.4 
    Manufacturing............................           4.6         164.3       0.9    1,223      10.6 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          21.2         406.8       1.5      870       6.0 
    Information..............................           1.4          33.3      -3.0    1,161       6.1 
    Financial activities.....................           9.8         115.1       2.2    1,257       6.7 
    Professional and business services.......          17.3         291.7       3.6    1,168       8.4 
    Education and health services............           9.2         191.7       1.7      879       8.7 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           6.8         159.2       2.4      356       6.6 
    Other services...........................          10.5          56.4       0.3      557       4.1 
  Government.................................           0.5         240.5      -2.0      839      10.2 
                                                                                                       
Maricopa, AZ.................................          80.4       1,696.8       4.7      801       5.7 
  Private industry...........................          79.9       1,472.4       5.1      800       5.8 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.5          10.6       6.9      632      17.0 
    Construction.............................           8.3         148.5      12.9      819       5.1 
    Manufacturing............................           3.2         130.0       1.9    1,071       2.0 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          18.3         350.6       4.3      757       5.7 
    Information..............................           1.5          34.2      -7.6      952       8.8 
    Financial activities.....................           9.7         139.6       4.3    1,024       9.9 
    Professional and business services.......          17.7         278.8       6.8      833       7.1 
    Education and health services............           7.9         172.2       7.0      879       4.5 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           5.8         160.2       2.8      370       1.9 
    Other services...........................           5.5          44.5       0.1      539       8.0 
  Government.................................           0.5         224.4       2.2      807       5.4 
                                                                                                       
Dallas, TX...................................          68.3       1,458.4       1.8    1,001       5.1 
  Private industry...........................          67.9       1,299.8       1.9    1,021       5.1 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.5           6.6       2.6    2,429     -11.6 
    Construction.............................           4.4          75.7       3.6      921       2.0 
    Manufacturing............................           3.4         145.0       2.1    1,136       6.3 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          15.6         319.1       0.9      950       6.7 
    Information..............................           1.8          58.7      -4.7    1,350       5.1 
    Financial activities.....................           8.7         142.0       1.6    1,304       7.0 
    Professional and business services.......          13.9         250.4       3.8    1,188       2.5 
    Education and health services............           6.3         132.9       2.6      956       7.5 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           5.2         126.2       1.7      455       5.3 
    Other services...........................           6.6          39.8      -2.5      611       4.4 
  Government.................................           0.5         158.6       1.5      831       3.9 
                                                                                                       
Orange, CA...................................          90.3       1,464.8       2.0      938       7.1 
  Private industry...........................          88.9       1,335.9       2.5      942       7.3 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.2           6.0      -1.7      594       1.9 
    Construction.............................           6.7          91.7       4.6    1,019       5.9 
    Manufacturing............................           5.9         184.2       0.7    1,093       5.9 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          17.2         280.7       2.2      858       5.9 
    Information..............................           1.4          33.2      -2.0    1,235       7.9 
    Financial activities.....................          10.1         140.1       8.2    1,520      11.7 
    Professional and business services.......          17.5         259.6       1.5    1,020       8.1 
    Education and health services............           9.3         130.3       2.3      876       3.4 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           6.7         162.3       1.7      366       2.5 
    Other services...........................          13.7          47.3       3.2      547       4.2 
  Government.................................           1.4         128.9      -2.7      897       4.8 
                                                                                                       
San Diego, CA................................          87.2       1,296.9       1.9      872       6.5 
  Private industry...........................          85.8       1,077.4       2.1      865       6.7 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.9          11.1       0.6      551      10.2 
    Construction.............................           6.7          89.3      10.2      949       9.1 
    Manufacturing............................           3.5         105.4       0.5    1,134       1.3 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          14.1         224.3       2.7      693       6.5 
    Information..............................           1.3          37.6       2.0    1,881      18.0 
    Financial activities.....................           9.1          80.7       0.3    1,152       7.6 
    Professional and business services.......          15.0         209.1       1.5    1,065       6.5 
    Education and health services............           7.6         120.9      -0.3      833       6.7 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           6.6         145.7       1.4      369       5.1 
    Other services...........................          21.0          53.1       3.4      461       3.6 
  Government.................................           1.4         219.5       0.5      905       5.5 
                                                                                                       
King, WA.....................................          78.2       1,117.2       1.8      973       3.8 
  Private industry...........................          77.7         960.4       1.9      987       4.3 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.4           2.9       4.3    1,216       9.3 
    Construction.............................           6.3          56.8       5.5      954       3.7 
    Manufacturing............................           2.6         102.7       0.7    1,189       1.4 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          14.9         227.2       1.4      859       6.3 
    Information..............................           1.5          68.5      -1.4    1,946       5.9 
    Financial activities.....................           6.3          76.5      -0.3    1,157       3.7 
    Professional and business services.......          12.1         164.2       4.8    1,195       3.1 
    Education and health services............           6.0         113.0       4.1      785       5.7 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           5.5         102.9       2.8      416       3.2 
    Other services...........................          22.0          45.7      -4.6      508      10.4 
  Government.................................           0.5         156.8       1.1      887       0.6 
                                                                                                       
Miami-Dade, FL...............................          83.2       1,007.1       2.4      822       6.3 
  Private industry...........................          82.9         853.9       2.9      800       6.4 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.5          10.4       2.1      453       8.6 
    Construction.............................           5.2          43.7       7.2      845       6.3 
    Manufacturing............................           2.8          49.7      -0.7      722       3.9 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          23.9         249.3       0.8      747       6.4 
    Information..............................           1.8          26.8      -3.8    1,116      11.2 
    Financial activities.....................           8.9          68.6       3.8    1,161       7.7 
    Professional and business services.......          16.6         142.2       7.3    1,024       6.4 
    Education and health services............           8.2         126.0       1.8      794       4.3 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           5.6          98.1       4.6      452       3.4 
    Other services...........................           7.7          35.1       0.4      480       6.4 
  Government.................................           0.3         153.2       0.1      947       7.5 

  1 Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal
Employees (UCFE) programs.
  2 Data are preliminary.
  3 Percent changes were computed from quarterly employment and pay data adjusted for noneconomic
county reclassifications.  See Technical Note.
  4 Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
  5 Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.





Table 3. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages in the largest county by
state, fourth quarter 2004(2)
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                  Employment         Average weekly  
                                                                         wage(5)     
                             Establishments,                                          
                              fourth quarter                                          
        County(3)                  2004                   Percent            Percent 
                               (thousands)   December     change,  Average   change, 
                                               2004      December  weekly    fourth  
                                           (thousands)  2003-04(4)  wage     quarter 
                                                                           2003-04(4)
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
United States(6).........       8,487.6     131,560.7       1.7     $812       5.7 
                                                                                   
Jefferson, AL............          18.8         373.6       0.0      833       9.2 
Anchorage Borough, AK....           7.7         142.2       1.4      830       5.2 
Maricopa, AZ.............          80.4       1,696.8       4.7      801       5.7 
Pulaski, AR..............          13.4         245.7       1.2      757       5.6 
Los Angeles, CA..........         366.8       4,123.1       1.4      959       6.1 
Denver, CO...............          24.5         429.1       1.7      990       5.9 
Hartford, CT.............          24.4         487.7       0.9    1,016       7.4 
New Castle, DE...........          19.5         286.5       0.9      980       6.9 
Washington, DC...........          30.3         659.6       0.6    1,305       5.5 
Miami-Dade, FL...........          83.2       1,007.1       2.4      822       6.3 
                                                                                   
Fulton, GA...............          37.8         745.4       3.2    1,055       5.8 
Honolulu, HI.............          23.4         441.3       3.3      756       7.2 
Ada, ID..................          13.4         193.4       4.8      742       8.2 
Cook, IL.................         127.7       2,529.3       0.0      985       6.7 
Marion, IN...............          23.8         586.8       1.6      833       4.1 
Polk, IA.................          14.3         264.0       1.8      817       7.5 
Johnson, KS..............          19.0         300.7       2.4      841       7.3 
Jefferson, KY............          21.9         424.3       0.9      807       6.5 
Orleans, LA..............          12.6         247.7      -1.1      753       5.5 
Cumberland, ME...........          12.3         173.4       0.8      769       7.1 
                                                                                   
Montgomery, MD...........          31.9         458.2       1.2    1,067       6.3 
Middlesex, MA............          48.7         791.6       0.1    1,146       5.4 
Wayne, MI................          34.6         804.2      -1.5      950       3.7 
Hennepin, MN.............          41.0         840.1       1.5    1,049       9.6 
Hinds, MS................           6.6         130.2      -1.0      713       4.9 
St. Louis, MO............          33.8         626.2       0.6      863       5.2 
Yellowstone, MT..........           5.5          71.8       3.9      637       4.8 
Douglas, NE..............          15.0         312.1       0.3      757       7.4 
Clark, NV................          40.0         839.0       7.5      770       7.7 
Hillsborough, NH.........          12.3         197.7       0.9      933       6.4 
                                                                                   
Bergen, NJ...............          34.4         456.5       0.2    1,067       3.7 
Bernalillo, NM...........          16.4         318.6       1.9      727       5.2 
New York, NY.............         112.9       2,266.8       0.9    1,608       8.4 
Mecklenburg, NC..........          27.4         519.3       2.1      948       8.1 
Cass, ND.................           5.5          90.4       4.3      687       9.0 
Cuyahoga, OH.............          38.3         764.3       0.2      864       7.6 
Oklahoma, OK.............          21.9         411.7       1.6      698       4.0 
Multnomah, OR............          25.6         429.6       1.7      815       4.2 
Allegheny, PA............          35.6         691.6      -0.6      848       5.7 
Providence, RI...........          17.9         289.8      -0.3      784       2.8 
                                                                                   
Greenville, SC...........          12.3         227.1       1.7      719       5.3 
Minnehaha, SD............           6.0         110.3       1.6      663       3.3 
Shelby, TN...............          19.7         505.5       1.1      838       5.4 
Harris, TX...............          90.8       1,861.3       1.3      978       7.8 
Salt Lake, UT............          35.8         535.9       2.8      743       6.0 
Chittenden, VT...........           5.7          97.0       1.5      780       1.4 
Fairfax, VA..............          30.0         561.3       4.7    1,239       6.7 
King, WA.................          78.2       1,117.2       1.8      973       3.8 
Kanawha, WV..............           6.2         108.5      -0.8      689       5.0 
Milwaukee, WI............          21.7         499.7      -0.3      824       6.7 
                                                                                   
Laramie, WY..............           2.9          39.5      -0.1      630       5.5 
                                                                                   
San Juan, PR.............          13.6         338.0       1.0      535       4.3 
St. Thomas, VI...........           1.7          22.9      -3.4      628       5.7 

  1 Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
  2 Data are preliminary.
  3 Includes areas not officially designated as counties.  See Technical Note.
  4 Percent changes were computed from quarterly employment and pay data adjusted
for noneconomic county reclassifications.  See Technical Note.
  5 Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
  6 Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin
Islands.





Table 4. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages by state, 
fourth quarter 2004(2)
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                Employment        Average weekly 
                                                                      wage(3)    
                            Establishments,                                        
                             fourth quarter                                        
          State                   2004                   Percent           Percent
                              (thousands)    December    change,  Average  change,
                                               2004     December   weekly  fourth 
                                           (thousands)   2003-04    wage   quarter
                                                                           2003-04
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
United States(4).........       8,487.6     131,560.7       1.7     $812      5.7
                                                                                 
Alabama..................         116.0       1,882.0       2.3      695      5.8
Alaska...................          20.2         288.4       2.1      780      4.4
Arizona..................         127.6       2,459.0       4.4      752      5.9
Arkansas.................          77.0       1,149.1       1.4      623      6.0
California...............       1,229.4      15,163.8       1.7      928      6.7
Colorado.................         164.3       2,181.7       2.2      830      5.9
Connecticut..............         109.6       1,663.8       1.0    1,056      6.3
Delaware.................          29.5         418.0       2.1      883      7.0
District of Columbia.....          30.3         659.6       0.6    1,305      5.5
Florida..................         534.2       7,729.7       3.7      736      6.5
                                                                                 
Georgia..................         253.0       3,916.5       2.1      772      5.0
Hawaii...................          35.9         603.0       3.3      723      6.6
Idaho....................          50.3         597.8       3.6      618      6.6
Illinois.................         331.3       5,773.7       0.6      877      6.0
Indiana..................         152.8       2,883.9       1.1      706      4.6
Iowa.....................          91.8       1,441.9       1.6      667      6.5
Kansas...................          82.8       1,317.5       1.5      668      5.9
Kentucky.................         107.9       1,761.9       1.2      679      5.3
Louisiana................         117.1       1,890.3       0.7      658      4.9
Maine....................          51.1         600.9       0.9      661      4.8
                                                                                 
Maryland.................         156.9       2,506.0       1.7      879      5.8
Massachusetts............         212.9       3,169.2       0.4    1,007      5.6
Michigan.................         253.7       4,348.5      -0.3      835      3.3
Minnesota................         159.5       2,635.3       1.6      835      7.5
Mississippi..............          66.9       1,116.7       0.8      586      4.8
Missouri.................         168.8       2,670.4       1.4      709      4.9
Montana..................          41.7         409.3       3.2      572      4.2
Nebraska.................          55.8         891.8       0.9      648      5.7
Nevada...................          64.6       1,186.1       6.7      768      6.5
New Hampshire............          47.7         624.0       1.4      840      6.5
                                                                                 
New Jersey...............         269.2       3,964.7       1.1    1,001      5.7
New Mexico...............          50.0         773.2       2.2      645      5.0
New York.................         556.7       8,466.9       1.0    1,016      5.8
North Carolina...........         230.7       3,844.9       2.3      714      5.2
North Dakota.............          24.4         326.2       2.7      599      6.4
Ohio.....................         289.0       5,350.3       0.5      754      5.9
Oklahoma.................          93.1       1,458.8       2.2      627      5.0
Oregon...................         120.8       1,623.5       2.8      719      3.5
Pennsylvania.............         332.5       5,573.2       0.9      796      6.0
Rhode Island.............          35.4         482.6       0.4      765      3.5
                                                                                 
South Carolina...........         114.4       1,811.0       2.0      655      5.0
South Dakota.............          28.8         371.2       1.6      581      3.9
Tennessee................         130.7       2,704.3       2.3      728      5.5
Texas....................         514.2       9,479.9       1.9      800      6.1
Utah.....................          79.5       1,100.6       3.3      664      5.2
Vermont..................          24.6         304.7       1.1      676      2.3
Virginia.................         208.1       3,568.2       2.7      841      6.9
Washington...............         215.4       2,718.0       2.5      790      4.1
West Virginia............          48.0         695.4       1.4      620      5.6
Wisconsin................         158.7       2,755.2       1.4      719      5.4
                                                                                 
Wyoming..................          22.6         247.9       2.6      641      4.1
                                                                                 
Puerto Rico..............          53.5       1,098.0       1.9      468      3.8
Virgin Islands...........           3.2          43.7       1.0      670      6.3

  1 Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
  2 Data are preliminary.
  3 Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
  4 Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the
Virgin Islands.