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             COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES:  THIRD QUARTER 2003


   In September 2003, Manatee County, Fla., had the biggest 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.  Manatee County, Fla., experi-
enced an over-the-year employment gain of 5.7 percent, compared with a na-
tional decline of 0.4 percent.  Arapahoe County, Colo., had the biggest over-
the-year gain in average weekly wages in the third quarter of 2003, with an 
increase of 13.0 percent.  The U.S. average weekly wage increased by 3.1 per-
cent over the same time span.
   
   Of the 315 largest counties in the United States, 175 had rates of over-
the-year employment growth above the national average in September 2003, and 
129 experienced declines in employment greater than the national average.  Av-
erage weekly wages grew faster than the national average in 149 of the larg-
est U.S. counties, while the percent change in average weekly wages was below 
the national average in 159 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. These 8.3
million employer reports cover 128.5 million full- and part-time workers.
The attached tables contain data for the nation and for the 315 U.S. coun-
ties with employment levels of 75,000 or more.  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.)  September 2003 em-
ployment and 2003 third-quarter average weekly wages for all states are pro-
vided in table 4 of this release.  Data for all states, MSAs, counties, and 
the nation through the second quarter of 2003 are available on the BLS Web 
site at http://www.bls.gov/cew/.  Preliminary data for the third quarter 
of 2003 and revised data for the first and second quarters of 2003 will be
available later in April on the BLS Web site.
   
Large County Employment
   
   The national employment total in September 2003 was 128.5 million, which 
was 0.4 percent lower than in September 2002.  The 315 U.S. counties with 
75,000 or more employees accounted for 70.3 percent of total U.S. covered 
employment, 76.3 percent of total wages, and 87.4 percent of the net over-
the-year employment decline from September 2002.  The biggest gains in em-
ployment from September 2002 to September 2003 were recorded in the counties 
of Clark, Nev. (33,913), Orange, Calif. (23,920), Riverside, Calif. (20,393), 
San Bernardino, Calif. (17,111), and Maricopa, Ariz. (17,005).  (See table A.)
   
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Table A.  Top 10 counties ranked by September 2003 employment, September 2002-03 
employment change, and September 2002-03 percent change in employment
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                                     Employment
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                           |                            |
 September 2003 employment |  Net change in employment, |   Percent change  
        (thousands)        |      September 2002-03     |   in employment, 
                           |         (thousands)        |  September 2002-03
---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------
U.S.              128,546.3|U.S.                  -494.3|U.S.             -0.4       
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Los Angeles, Calif. 4,007.2|Clark, Nev.             33.9|Manatee, Fla.     5.7 
Cook, Ill.          2,529.5|Orange, Calif.          23.9|Lee, Fla.         5.4    
New York, N.Y.      2,184.9|Riverside, Calif.       20.4|Loudoun, Va.      5.4 
Harris, Texas       1,823.7|San Bernardino, Calif.  17.1|Gloucester, N.J.  4.6 
Maricopa, Ariz.     1,571.3|Maricopa, Ariz.         17.0|Clark, Nev.       4.4 
Dallas, Texas       1,438.9|San Diego, Calif.       15.1|Okaloosa, Fla.    4.4 
Orange, Calif.      1,426.5|Fairfax, Va.            10.6|Placer, Calif.    4.3 
San Diego, Calif.   1,256.7|Lee, Fla.               10.0|Hidalgo, Texas    4.0 
King, Wash.         1,095.4|Collin, Texas            7.6|Rutherford, Tenn. 3.9 
Miami-Dade, Fla.      965.2|Hidalgo, Texas           7.3|Pasco, Fla.       3.8 
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   Manatee County, Fla., had the largest over-the-year percentage increase
in employment (5.7 percent), followed by the counties of Lee, Fla., and
Loudoun, Va. (5.4 percent each), Gloucester, N.J. (4.6 percent), and Clark,
Nev., and Okaloosa, Fla. (4.4 percent each).  (See table 1.)
   
   Employment declined in 163 counties from September 2002 to September 2003.  
The largest percentage decline in employment was in Sangamon County, Ill. 
(-4.9 percent), followed by the counties of San Mateo, Calif. (-4.8 percent), 
Santa Clara, Calif., and Somerset, N.J. (-4.7 percent each), and Tulsa, Okla. 
(-4.1 percent).  The largest absolute declines in employment occurred in Santa 
Clara County, Calif. (-48,520), followed by the counties of Dallas, Texas 
(-45,675), Los Angeles, Calif. (-45,503), Cook, Ill. (-38,500), and New York, 
N.Y. (-36,415).

Large County Average Weekly Wages

   The national average weekly wage in the third quarter of 2003 was $704,
which was 3.1 percent higher than in the third quarter of 2002.  Average
weekly wages were higher than the national average in 120 of the largest
315 U.S. counties.  Santa Clara County, Calif., held the top position among
the highest-paid large counties with an average weekly wage of $1,269.  New
York County, N.Y., was second with an average weekly wage of $1,239, followed 
by Somerset, N.J. ($1,152), San Mateo, Calif. ($1,127), and Washington, D.C. 
($1,123).  (See table B.)
   
   Arapahoe County, Colo., led the nation in growth in average weekly wages 
with an increase of 13.0 percent.  Somerset County, N.J., was second with 
11.6 percent growth, followed by the counties of Kalamazoo, Mich. (11.5 per-
cent), Olmsted, Minn. (10.6 percent), and Ventura, Calif. (9.2 percent).
               
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Table B.  Top 10 counties ranked by third quarter 2003 average weekly wages, 
third quarter 2002-03 change in average weekly wages, and third quarter 
2002-03 percent change in average weekly wages
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                                Average weekly wage      
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                           |                           |    
   Average weekly wage,    | Change in average weekly  |   Percent change in
    third quarter 2003     |   wage, third quarter     | average weekly wage,     
                           |          2002-03          | third quarter 2002-03 
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U.S.                   $704|U.S.                    $21|U.S.                 3.1  
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Santa Clara, Calif.  $1,269|Somerset, N.J.         $120|Arapahoe, Colo.     13.0  
New York, N.Y.        1,239|Arapahoe, Colo.         108|Somerset, N.J.      11.6  
Somerset, N.J.        1,152|Santa Clara, Calif.      91|Kalamazoo, Mich.    11.5  
San Mateo, Calif.     1,127|San Mateo, Calif.        79|Olmsted, Minn.      10.6
Washington, D.C.      1,123|Kalamazoo, Mich.         76|Ventura, Calif.      9.2  
Arlington, Va.        1,109|Olmsted, Minn.           76|Rock Island, Ill.    7.7
Suffolk, Mass.        1,081|Ventura, Calif.          65|Santa Clara, Calif.  7.7 
Fairfield, Conn.      1,066|Hudson, N.J.             60|San Mateo, Calif.    7.5  
San Francisco, Calif. 1,065|Washington, D.C.         60|Okaloosa, Fla.       7.3  
Fairfax, Va.          1,038|Fairfax, Va.             57|Hudson, N.J.         6.9  
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   There were 194 counties with an average weekly wage below the national
average.  The lowest average weekly wages were reported in Cameron County,
Texas ($448), followed by the counties of Hidalgo, Texas ($455), Horry,
S.C. ($476), Yakima, Wash. ($478), and Pasco, Fla. ($501).  (See table 1.)

   Three counties experienced declines in average weekly wages.  Hamilton
County, Ind., had the largest decrease, -3.3 percent, followed by the coun-
ties of Broome, N.Y. (-1.2 percent), and Vanderburgh, Ind. (-0.5 percent).  
Additionally, the average weekly wage in Brazoria County, Texas, was unchanged, 
while the average weekly wage in Onondaga County, N.Y., grew by 0.1 percent.

Ten Largest U.S. Counties
   
   Of the 10 largest U.S. counties (based on 2002 employment levels), 4 re-
ported increases in employment, while declines occurred in 6 from September 
2002 to September 2003.  Maricopa County, Ariz., and Orange County, Calif., 
experienced the fastest growth in employment among the largest counties with 
a 1.1 percent increase each.  Orange County showed employment gains in every 
private industry supersector except in manufacturing, information, and na-
tural resources and mining.  Maricopa County had a similar experience except 
that it also reported a decline in the other services supersector.  Govern-
ment employment in Maricopa County increased by 0.3 percent, whereas govern-
ment employment in Orange County declined by 5.3 percent. (See table 2.)  San  
Diego County, Calif., had the next largest increase, 0.9 percent.   The larg-
est decline in employment for the 10 largest counties was in Dallas County, 
Texas, -2.4 percent.  The next largest declines in employment were recorded 
in New York County, N.Y., and Harris County, Texas, -1.6 percent each.
   
   Nine of the 10 largest U.S. counties saw over-the-year increases in
average weekly wages.  King County, Wash., had the fastest growth in wages
among the top 10 counties, growing at a 5.4 percent rate.  King County's
fastest growing supersectors were natural resources and mining, where the
average weekly wage rose by 25.2 percent, and information with a 16.8 per-
cent increase.  Orange County, Calif., was second in wage growth, increasing 
by 5.3 percent, followed by San Diego County, Calif., where the average wage 
increased by 4.2 percent.  Two Texas counties, Dallas and Harris, experienced 
the smallest increases in average weekly wages among the largest 10 counties, 
rising by only 2.4 percent each.  This was followed by Cook County, Ill., 
with an increase in its average weekly wage of 2.7 percent.

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Largest County by State

   Table 3 shows the September 2003 employment and the 2003 third-quarter
average weekly wage in the largest county in each state.  This table in-
cludes two counties that have employment below 75,000 (Yellowstone, Mont., 
and Laramie, Wyo.).  The employment levels in these counties in September 
2003 ranged from approximately 4 million in Los Angeles County, Calif., to 
39,400 in Laramie County, Wyo.  The highest average weekly wage of these 
counties was in New York, N.Y. ($1,239), while the lowest average weekly 
wage was in Yellowstone, Mont. ($551).
 
 
 


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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 Employment Security Agencies (SESAs).  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 2003 are preliminary 
and subject to revision.
   
   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 employers
           |  submitted by 8.3   |  ministrative records|
           |  million employers  |  submitted by 6.4    |
           |                     |  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
           |                     |                      |--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 by in-  |
           |                     |  dustry and size of  |
           |                     |  establishment       |
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------------
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  |   traction by size   |   jor economic indi-
           |   BLS establishment |   of establishment   |   cators
           |   survey            |                      |
-----------|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------------
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 SESAs 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 wages 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 2002, UI and UCFE programs covered workers in 128.2 million
jobs.  The estimated 123.4 million workers in these jobs (after adjust-
ment for multiple jobholders) represented 99.1 percent of civilian wage 
and salary employment.  Covered workers received $4.713 trillion in pay,
representing 94.3 percent of the wage and salary component of personal
income and 45.1 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.

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 from unrounded employment and wage
values so the average wage values that can be calculated from data from
this database may differ from the averages reported, due to rounding.
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.  When comparing average weekly wage levels between
industries and/or states, these factors should be taken into consideration.
Percent changes are calculated using the final 2002 quarterly data as the
base data.  Final data for 2002 may differ from preliminary data published
earlier.
   
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   In order to insure the highest possible quality of data, SESAs 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 the verification
process are introduced with the data reported for the first quarter of 
the year.  Changes resulting from improved employer reporting also are
introduced in the first quarter.  For these reasons, some data, especi-
ally at more detailed industry levels, may not be strictly comparable with
earlier years.  The 2002 third quarter data used to calculate the over-the-
year changes presented in this release were adjusted for changes in county
classification to make them comparable with data for the third quarter of
2003.  As a result, the adjusted 2002 third quarter data differ to some
extent from the data available on the BLS Web site.
   
   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.
   
Change in industry classification systems
   
   Beginning with the release of data for 2001 in 2002, publications pre-
senting data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program
use the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by
industry.  NAICS is the product of a cooperative effort on the part of the
statistical agencies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  The NAICS
structure is significantly different from that of the 1987 Standard Indus-
trial Classification (SIC) system, which had been used for industry
classification purposes until 2002.  Due to the differences in NAICS and
SIC structures, industry data for 2001 are not comparable with the SIC-
based data for earlier years.
   
   NAICS uses a production-oriented approach to categorize economic units.
Units with similar production processes are classified in the same industry. 
NAICS focuses on how products and services are created, as opposed to the 
SIC focus on what is produced.  This approach yields significantly different 
industry groupings than those produced by the SIC approach.
   
   Data users will be able to work with new NAICS industrial groupings
that better reflect the workings of the U.S. economy.  For example, a new
industry sector called information brings together units which turn infor-
mation into a commodity with units which distribute that commodity.  Infor-
mation's major components are publishing, broadcasting, telecommunications, 
information services, and data processing.  Under the SIC system, these units 
were spread across the manufacturing, communications, business services, and 
amusement services groups.  Another new sector of interest is professional 
and technical services.  This sector is comprised of establishments engaged 
in activities where human capital is the major input.
   
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   Users interested in more information about NAICS can access the Bureau
of Labor Statistics Web page (http://www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm) and the
U.S. Census Bureau Web page (http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html).
The NAICS 2002 manual is available from the National Technical Information
Service (NTIS) Web page (http://www.ntis.gov/).
   
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, 2002
is available for sale from the BLS Publications Sales Center, P.O. Box
2145, Chicago, Illinois 60690, telephone 312-353-1880.  The bulletin is 
now available in a portable document format (PDF) on the BLS Web site at
http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultn02.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 316 largest counties,
third quarter 2003(2)
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                     Employment              Average weekly wage(5)  
                                                                                                     
                           Establishments,                                                            
                            third quarter                 Percent                     Percent          
        County(3)                2003       September     change,   Ranking  Average  change,  Ranking 
                             (thousands)       2003      September     by    weekly    third      by   
                                           (thousands)    2002-03   percent   wage    quarter  percent 
                                                            (4)      change           2002-03   change 
                                                                                        (4)            
                                                                                                                                                                                                          
United States(6).........       8,291.0     128,546.3      -0.4         -     $704      3.1       - 
                                                                                                     
Jefferson, AL............          18.2         368.9      -0.4       176      712      2.3      220 
Madison, AL..............           7.6         160.8       3.6        13      753      3.4      125 
Mobile, AL...............           9.5         161.8      -0.4       176      585      2.3      220 
Montgomery, AL...........           6.4         129.6       0.2       136      606      3.6      109 
Tuscaloosa, AL...........           4.0          76.0      -0.4       176      599      2.2      228 
Anchorage Borough, AK....           7.6         143.4       1.9        48      775      3.2      145 
Maricopa, AZ.............          80.4       1,571.3       1.1        77      699      3.4      125 
Pima, AZ.................          17.5         329.0       0.8       100      615      3.9       84 
Benton, AR...............           4.0          82.5       2.1        40      651      3.3      140 
Pulaski, AR..............          13.1         240.5       1.0        82      635      3.1      151 
                                                                                                     
Washington, AR...........           4.8          85.3       0.9        91      562      4.3       62 
Alameda, CA..............          47.9         679.0      -2.7       302      934      4.5       57 
Contra Costa, CA.........          27.5         334.8      -1.7       267      874      3.6      109 
Fresno, CA...............          28.7         349.4      -2.2       283      570      4.0       79 
Kern, CA.................          15.6         257.6       0.5       116      602      4.7       47 
Los Angeles, CA..........         349.2       4,007.2      -0.6       190      792      3.7      100 
Marin, CA................          11.8         110.3      -0.8       210      870      3.6      109 
Monterey, CA.............          11.7         176.0      -0.7       198      616      2.3      220 
Orange, CA...............          88.1       1,426.5       1.1        77      812      5.3       23 
Placer, CA...............           9.1         125.6       4.3         7      708      2.9      170 
                                                                                                     
Riverside, CA............          36.2         534.4       2.9        21      602      3.6      109 
Sacramento, CA...........          45.5         599.6       0.3       131      799      3.8       90 
San Bernardino, CA.......          39.9         573.0       2.6        27      627      3.3      140 
San Diego, CA............          84.4       1,256.7       0.9        91      761      4.2       66 
San Francisco, CA........          43.5         534.6      -1.6       257    1,065      0.5      309 
San Joaquin, CA..........          15.3         218.6       0.9        91      628      3.8       90 
San Luis Obispo, CA......           8.6         100.6       0.6       110      585      3.2      145 
San Mateo, CA............          22.9         325.4      -4.8       314    1,127      7.5        8 
Santa Barbara, CA........          13.0         178.6      -0.3       170      679      5.8       15 
Santa Clara, CA..........          51.4         848.7      -4.7       312    1,269      7.7        6 
                                                                                                     
Santa Cruz, CA...........           8.3         101.1      -0.8       210      682      5.2       25 
Solano, CA...............           9.2         127.3      -0.6       190      675      5.3       23 
Sonoma, CA...............          17.0         189.3      -3.8       308      713      2.7      186 
Stanislaus, CA...........          12.9         174.1      -1.1       235      610      4.5       57 
Tulare, CA...............           8.8         140.2       0.2       136      505      5.0       31 
Ventura, CA..............          20.3         299.5       0.5       116      769      9.2        5 
Yolo, CA.................           5.0          97.8        (7)        -      696      3.3      140 
Adams, CO................           8.6         141.2      -3.0       305      686      1.5      272 
Arapahoe, CO.............          18.9         270.5      -1.9       274      941     13.0        1 
Boulder, CO..............          11.8         151.2      -2.5       290      863      4.6       53 
                                                                                                     
Denver, CO...............          24.3         424.6      -3.1       306      863      4.1       72 
El Paso, CO..............          15.6         234.5      -0.6       190      678      2.9      170 
Jefferson, CO............          18.0         203.2      -1.8       270      741      3.6      109 
Larimer, CO..............           9.1         121.9      -1.3       244      668      3.2      145 
Fairfield, CT............          31.8         411.5      -0.3       170    1,066      4.3       62 
Hartford, CT.............          24.2         479.5      -1.5       252      857      2.0      242 
New Haven, CT............          21.9         354.3      -2.4       288      782      3.7      100 
New London, CT...........           6.6         129.7       1.0        82      730      1.5      272 
New Castle, DE...........          17.8         278.7       0.7       106      839      4.1       72 
Washington, DC...........          29.7         650.1      -0.4       176    1,123      5.6       19 
                                                                                                     
Alachua, FL..............           5.7         122.4       2.2        36      537      4.1       72 
Brevard, FL..............          12.1         187.1       2.5        29      669      4.2       66 
Broward, FL..............          56.1         679.8       0.9        91      669      5.2       25 
Collier, FL..............          10.1         111.9       2.8        23      621      4.9       38 
Duval, FL................          21.6         426.5       1.2        73      691      5.7       18 
Escambia, FL.............           7.1         121.8       3.0        17      566      3.7      100 
Hillsborough, FL.........          30.3         594.4       1.3        71      670      5.0       31 
Lee, FL..................          14.4         183.7       5.4         2      598      4.7       47 
Leon, FL.................           7.1         141.4       1.5        62      607      3.4      125 
Manatee, FL..............           6.6         113.3       5.7         1      545      2.3      220 
                                                                                                     
Marion, FL...............           6.1          86.3       3.7        11      522      3.4      125 
Miami-Dade, FL...........          79.9         965.2       0.1       151      682      (7)        - 
Okaloosa, FL.............           4.9          81.0       4.4         5      556      7.3        9 
Orange, FL...............          28.7         602.4       1.3        71      647      3.0      156 
Palm Beach, FL...........          42.1         500.1       0.4       123      696      1.6      267 
Pasco, FL................           7.2          81.3       3.8        10      501      4.8       41 
Pinellas, FL.............          27.8         427.2       2.7        25      618      2.7      186 
Polk, FL.................          10.0         178.5      -0.2       164      577      4.2       66 
Sarasota, FL.............          12.5         147.5      -0.9       216      584      6.6       11 
Seminole, FL.............          11.6         147.2       1.0        82      625      1.6      267 
                                                                                                     
Volusia, FL..............          11.4         150.4       2.4        32      521      3.4      125 
Bibb, GA.................           4.8          85.8       1.1        77      595      1.0      293 
Chatham, GA..............           7.0         125.2       2.0        43      604      2.2      228 
Clayton, GA..............           4.4         109.2      -3.1       306      766      4.6       53 
Cobb, GA.................          19.8         299.1       0.7       106      778      3.7      100 
De Kalb, GA..............          17.1         294.4      -0.4       176      773      4.3       62 
Fulton, GA...............          37.7         725.3      -0.9       216      913      1.8      257 
Gwinnett, GA.............          21.3         294.6       1.5        62      766      3.5      121 
Muscogee, GA.............           4.8          96.3       1.8        52      571      2.3      220 
Richmond, GA.............           4.8         105.2       2.2        36      602      4.5       57 
                                                                                                     
Honolulu, HI.............          24.3         414.3       0.8       100      673      3.4      125 
Ada, ID..................          12.9         183.7       0.5       116      646      1.9      252 
Champaign, IL............           4.0          90.2      -1.0       226      624      1.1      290 
Cook, IL.................         126.0       2,529.5      -1.2       240      835      2.7      186 
Du Page, IL..............          32.2         564.6      -0.9       216      836      2.6      197 
Kane, IL.................          10.7         198.9       0.9        91      664      2.0      242 
Lake, IL.................          18.6         324.0       0.4       123      839      1.8      257 
McHenry, IL..............           7.2          93.8       0.1       151      648      3.5      121 
McLean, IL...............           3.3          85.4      -1.0       226      691      2.7      186 
Madison, IL..............           5.6          95.4      -1.0       226      583      2.5      201 
                                                                                                     
Peoria, IL...............           4.5          96.6      -2.5       290      659      2.5      201 
Rock Island, IL..........           3.4          78.5      -2.0       277      701      7.7        6 
St. Clair, IL............           5.0          93.0       1.9        48      576      2.1      238 
Sangamon, IL.............           5.1         135.6      -4.9       315      729      1.5      272 
Will, IL.................          10.3         156.2       2.5        29      679      3.0      156 
Winnebago, IL............           6.6         137.2      -0.9       216      625      2.5      201 
Allen, IN................           8.6         178.2      -2.1       278      642      2.6      197 
Elkhart, IN..............           4.8         118.0       1.0        82      623      1.5      272 
Hamilton, IN.............           5.9          86.0       3.2        15      722     -3.3      314 
Lake, IN.................           9.8         193.6       0.2       136      642      3.9       84 
                                                                                                     
Marion, IN...............          23.6         572.0      -0.7       198      738      2.8      176 
St. Joseph, IN...........           6.0         123.0      -1.0       226      613      2.0      242 
Vanderburgh, IN..........           4.8         109.0       0.3       131      595     -0.5      312 
Linn, IA.................           5.9         115.1      -1.2       240      684      4.1       72 
Polk, IA.................          13.7         261.5       0.2       136      709      3.5      121 
Scott, IA................           5.0          84.5      -0.2       164      588      2.4      211 
Johnson, KS..............          18.7         290.6       0.0       153      736      3.4      125 
Sedgwick, KS.............          11.7         238.5      -1.6       257      648      0.6      307 
Shawnee, KS..............           4.8          96.7      -1.7       267      600      2.0      242 
Wyandotte, KS............           3.2          75.5      -3.9       310      715      3.0      156 
                                                                                                     
Fayette, KY..............           8.7         165.3      -0.4       176      657      2.5      201 
Jefferson, KY............          21.3         416.9      -0.9       216      685      3.6      109 
Caddo, LA................           7.2         119.7       0.2       136      580      2.5      201 
Calcasieu, LA............           4.6          80.2      -2.5       290      578      2.5      201 
East Baton Rouge, LA.....          13.3         244.0       1.9        48      608      2.4      211 
Jefferson, LA............          14.2         211.0       0.2       136      585      2.3      220 
Lafayette, LA............           7.5         118.8       0.2       136      628      2.8      176 
Orleans, LA..............          13.0         248.7       0.2       136      673      5.5       21 
Cumberland, ME...........          11.1         169.1       0.5       116      636      2.7      186 
Anne Arundel, MD.........          13.0         207.4       0.9        91      738      3.7      100 
                                                                                                     
Baltimore, MD............          19.8         357.0      -0.2       164      739      5.9       13 
Frederick, MD............           5.2          87.1       3.0        17      668      3.7      100 
Howard, MD...............           7.5         136.5       2.4        32      802      1.9      252 
Montgomery, MD...........          30.5         450.6       0.2       136      897      5.0       31 
Prince Georges, MD.......          14.5         313.4       0.9        91      774      2.2      228 
Baltimore City, MD.......          13.9         366.2      -0.9       216      813      3.8       90 
Barnstable, MA...........           9.1          99.5       1.6        58      607      4.5       57 
Bristol, MA..............          14.8         219.5       0.0       153      632      2.3      220 
Essex, MA................          20.3         295.8      -2.1       278      777      5.1       29 
Hampden, MA..............          13.5         200.1      -2.5       290      663      3.4      125 
                                                                                                     
Middlesex, MA............          47.2         787.0      -2.7       302      996      4.1       72 
Norfolk, MA..............          21.5         317.9      -1.6       257      872      4.7       47 
Plymouth, MA.............          13.2         172.0       0.2       136      688      3.6      109 
Suffolk, MA..............          22.1         560.7      -2.9       304    1,081      3.9       84 
Worcester, MA............          19.9         317.3      -0.6       190      738      3.5      121 
Genesee, MI..............           8.6         153.9      -2.6       297      697      0.9      296 
Ingham, MI...............           7.1         171.4      -1.6       257      (7)      (7)        - 
Kalamazoo, MI............           5.5         116.3      -1.2       240      738     11.5        3 
Kent, MI.................          14.4         329.6      -2.6       297      689      4.1       72 
Macomb, MI...............          18.0         322.5      -1.0       226      783      1.3      286 
                                                                                                     
Oakland, MI..............          41.5         723.7      -2.2       283      861      1.4      278 
Ottawa, MI...............           5.7         111.7      -2.6       297      646      3.0      156 
Saginaw, MI..............           4.6          91.6      -1.8       270      674      2.0      242 
Washtenaw, MI............           8.1         192.8      -1.4       249      826      3.8       90 
Wayne, MI................          35.3         805.9      -1.5       252      825      2.0      242 
Anoka, MN................           7.4         111.9       0.8       100      700      1.9      252 
Dakota, MN...............           9.6         165.4       1.4        65      719      3.8       90 
Hennepin, MN.............          41.3         820.5      -1.3       244      911      5.6       19 
Olmsted, MN..............           3.3          86.9       1.5        62      791     10.6        4 
Ramsey, MN...............          15.1         328.1      -0.6       190      795      2.7      186 
                                                                                                     
St. Louis, MN............           5.7          93.0      -2.3       285      620      2.8      176 
Stearns, MN..............           4.1          76.5      -1.3       244      575      1.2      289 
Harrison, MS.............           4.5          90.4       2.6        27      521      2.2      228 
Hinds, MS................           6.6         131.4       0.0       153      626      3.8       90 
Boone, MO................           4.2          76.3      -0.9       216      569      2.5      201 
Clay, MO.................           4.8          86.2      -0.6       190      666      3.7      100 
Greene, MO...............           7.9         145.1       1.2        73      567      2.0      242 
Jackson, MO..............          18.7         365.5      -2.6       297      724      1.7      264 
St. Charles, MO..........           7.0         107.6       1.9        48      614      3.4      125 
St. Louis, MO............          33.8         620.7      -1.8       270      768      4.1       72 
                                                                                                     
St. Louis City, MO.......           8.4         230.2      -2.6       297      782      2.8      176 
Douglas, NE..............          14.9         310.4      -0.9       216      679      3.8       90 
Lancaster, NE............           7.4         149.6       0.0       153      597      1.5      272 
Clark, NV................          35.5         766.1       4.4         5      670      4.9       38 
Washoe, NV...............          11.9         199.6       2.9        21      694      4.0       79 
Hillsborough, NH.........          12.1         192.4       2.0        43      779      4.0       79 
Rockingham, NH...........          10.5         132.5      -0.4       176      682      1.0      293 
Atlantic, NJ.............           6.4         147.3       2.0        43      648      3.7      100 
Bergen, NJ...............          34.0         448.6       0.4       123      884      4.0       79 
Burlington, NJ...........          11.0         195.7       2.4        32      760      2.0      242 
                                                                                                     
Camden, NJ...............          13.2         205.1       1.8        52      720      3.6      109 
Essex, NJ................          21.2         356.7      -0.7       198      908      3.8       90 
Gloucester, NJ...........           5.9          97.3       4.6         4      643      1.1      290 
Hudson, NJ...............          13.7         233.6      -1.4       249      931      6.9       10 
Mercer, NJ...............          10.4         219.5       2.5        29      921      1.0      293 
Middlesex, NJ............          20.4         391.1      -1.0       226      911      4.2       66 
Monmouth, NJ.............          19.6         248.4       2.0        43      756      0.9      296 
Morris, NJ...............          17.5         279.4       0.6       110    1,007      3.8       90 
Ocean, NJ................          11.4         144.8       1.7        55      602      3.3      140 
Passaic, NJ..............          12.4         174.7      -0.4       176      757      1.7      264 
                                                                                                     
Somerset, NJ.............           9.8         164.4      -4.7       312    1,152     11.6        2 
Union, NJ................          14.9         240.5       2.7        25      890      2.1      238 
Bernalillo, NM...........          16.6         312.2       0.2       136      646      2.5      201 
Albany, NY...............           9.4         227.3      -0.5       186      754      4.0       79 
Bronx, NY................          15.2         212.4      -1.6       257      707      2.9      170 
Broome, NY...............           4.4          94.6      -2.5       290      579     -1.2      313 
Dutchess, NY.............           7.5         113.9      -0.3       170      733      5.0       31 
Erie, NY.................          23.2         453.7      -0.2       164      631      3.4      125 
Kings, NY................          41.3         437.1      -0.2       164      643      3.2      145 
Monroe, NY...............          17.6         383.0      -0.4       176      713      0.6      307 
                                                                                                     
Nassau, NY...............          49.9         594.5       0.8       100      785      3.6      109 
New York, NY.............         111.7       2,184.9      -1.6       257    1,239      3.2      145 
Oneida, NY...............           5.3         107.7      -0.5       186      560      3.3      140 
Onondaga, NY.............          12.5         246.0      -1.1       235      669      0.1      310 
Orange, NY...............           9.0         124.9       0.3       131      606      4.7       47 
Queens, NY...............          39.6         471.7      -1.0       226      735      2.9      170 
Richmond, NY.............           7.8          86.6       0.0       153      666      1.4      278 
Rockland, NY.............           9.1         110.0      -0.1       160      744      1.4      278 
Suffolk, NY..............          46.6         591.7       0.6       110      763      3.0      156 
Westchester, NY..........          34.7         402.1      -0.2       164      897      4.7       47 
                                                                                                     
Buncombe, NC.............           6.7         105.8       2.1        40      562      2.0      242 
Catawba, NC..............           4.3          85.7      -3.8       308      548      1.3      286 
Cumberland, NC...........           5.6         109.0       1.6        58      554      1.8      257 
Durham, NC...............           6.1         162.0      -0.3       170      928      3.7      100 
Forsyth, NC..............           8.3         175.3      -0.7       198      708      5.0       31 
Guilford, NC.............          13.6         264.7      -0.7       198      656      2.8      176 
Mecklenburg, NC..........          27.1         502.6      -1.3       244      824      5.0       31 
New Hanover, NC..........           6.2          89.0       0.8       100      570      2.7      186 
Wake, NC.................          22.8         383.7       1.4        65      712      0.8      300 
Cass, ND.................           5.1          86.6       1.6        58      587      4.6       53 
                                                                                                     
Butler, OH...............           6.9         129.5       0.2       136      640      2.2      228 
Cuyahoga, OH.............          39.0         764.8      -1.1       235      739      3.4      125 
Franklin, OH.............          29.9         687.1      -1.1       235      714      1.4      278 
Hamilton, OH.............          25.4         547.5       0.3       131      764      0.7      305 
Lake, OH.................           6.8          98.0       0.2       136      611      0.7      305 
Lorain, OH...............           6.3         101.6       0.7       106      616      1.1      290 
Lucas, OH................          11.0         225.3      -1.9       274      662      2.0      242 
Mahoning, OH.............           6.6         105.7      -0.7       198      553      1.8      257 
Montgomery, OH...........          13.4         286.9      -1.6       257      681      2.4      211 
Stark, OH................           9.1         167.2      -2.5       290      576      1.4      278 
                                                                                                     
Summit, OH...............          14.9         263.2      -0.7       198      680      3.8       90 
Trumbull, OH.............           4.9          86.7      -1.9       274      643      2.6      197 
Oklahoma, OK.............          21.5         400.4      -1.8       270      625      5.0       31 
Tulsa, OK................          18.0         315.6      -4.1       311      634      2.8      176 
Clackamas, OR............          11.0         132.9      -0.9       216      671      4.2       66 
Lane, OR.................          10.2         137.7      -2.1       278      579      3.0      156 
Marion, OR...............           8.3         133.1       0.4       123      572      3.6      109 
Multnomah, OR............          25.4         418.9      -2.3       285      733      2.4      211 
Washington, OR...........          14.0         220.2      -1.0       226      830      4.8       41 
Allegheny, PA............          36.0         692.1      -1.6       257      746      2.9      170 
                                                                                                     
Berks, PA................           8.8         161.3      -1.4       249      646      2.4      211 
Bucks, PA................          19.6         249.8       0.6       110      679      2.1      238 
Chester, PA..............          14.2         217.6       2.0        43      856      3.1      151 
Cumberland, PA...........           5.5         124.1      -0.6       190      685      3.9       84 
Dauphin, PA..............           6.9         174.5      -0.7       198      700      2.2      228 
Delaware, PA.............          13.9         206.8      -2.1       278      769      5.9       13 
Erie, PA.................           7.1         125.7      -1.7       267      570      1.8      257 
Lackawanna, PA...........           5.6          97.6       1.4        65      562      1.6      267 
Lancaster, PA............          11.5         221.6       0.3       131      628      3.1      151 
Lehigh, PA...............           8.1         170.5       0.6       110      706      3.1      151 
                                                                                                     
Luzerne, PA..............           7.8         141.2       0.4       123      576      0.9      296 
Montgomery, PA...........          27.3         475.5      -0.7       198      863      5.2       25 
Northampton, PA..........           5.9          91.9       0.9        91      631      2.3      220 
Philadelphia, PA.........          27.5         649.2      -1.0       226      825      4.3       62 
Westmoreland, PA.........           9.3         132.3      -1.5       252      576      2.7      186 
York, PA.................           8.4         164.1      -0.5       186      641      3.4      125 
Kent, RI.................           5.4          80.5       2.8        23      656      5.8       15 
Providence, RI...........          17.3         289.2       0.4       123      695      3.0      156 
Charleston, SC...........          13.1         186.9       1.4        65      600      3.4      125 
Greenville, SC...........          13.4         221.0      -0.1       160      641      1.4      278 
                                                                                                     
Horry, SC................           8.7         104.0       3.0        17      476      1.9      252 
Lexington, SC............           6.1          83.0       0.9        91      551      3.0      156 
Richland, SC.............          10.5         205.1       0.0       153      617      3.2      145 
Spartanburg, SC..........           7.0         116.7       1.0        82      625      1.3      286 
Minnehaha, SD............           5.9         108.1       0.5       116      591      2.8      176 
Davidson, TN.............          17.9         428.6       1.4        65      707      3.4      125 
Hamilton, TN.............           8.3         187.9       0.5       116      624      5.1       29 
Knox, TN.................          10.2         210.4       1.1        77      616      4.8       41 
Rutherford, TN...........           3.5          84.1       3.9         9      639      6.0       12 
Shelby, TN...............          19.9         494.8       1.0        82      737      4.8       41 
                                                                                                     
Bell, TX.................           4.1          88.6      -0.8       210      549      2.8      176 
Bexar, TX................          29.1         655.1      -0.7       198      619      4.9       38 
Brazoria, TX.............           4.0          75.9      -0.6       190      680      0.0      311 
Brazos, TX...............           3.4          77.6       0.5       116      521      4.2       66 
Cameron, TX..............           6.0         114.3      -0.9       216      448      3.0      156 
Collin, TX...............          11.6         194.6       2.2        36      784      2.2      228 
Dallas, TX...............          67.4       1,438.9      -2.4       288      861      2.4      211 
Denton, TX...............           7.9         127.8       1.2        73      615      2.5      201 
El Paso, TX..............          12.4         253.4      -1.2       240      510      0.8      300 
Fort Bend, TX............           6.0          97.0      -0.3       170      713      0.8      300 
                                                                                                     
Galveston, TX............           4.7          88.7       1.0        82      619      4.4       61 
Harris, TX...............          88.3       1,823.7      -1.6       257      824      2.4      211 
Hidalgo, TX..............           9.0         177.8       4.0         8      455      1.8      257 
Jefferson, TX............           5.8         118.0       1.1        77      649      4.7       47 
Lubbock, TX..............           6.4         114.9      -0.8       210      552      2.6      197 
McLennan, TX.............           4.6          97.3      -0.8       210      572      4.8       41 
Montgomery, TX...........           6.0          85.9       3.7        11      636      1.8      257 
Nueces, TX...............           8.0         142.4      -0.7       198      582      3.0      156 
Smith, TX................           4.8          84.7       0.2       136      610      2.2      228 
Tarrant, TX..............          33.2         689.9      -1.5       252      722      1.4      278 
                                                                                                     
Travis, TX...............          24.2         507.0      -1.6       257      802      3.0      156 
Williamson, TX...........           4.7          83.6       3.0        17      744      2.5      201 
Davis, UT................           5.9          90.4       0.8       100      597      3.6      109 
Salt Lake, UT............          33.3         514.4      -0.3       170      647      2.7      186 
Utah, UT.................          10.2         143.7       0.7       106      550      1.5      272 
Weber, UT................           5.1          85.5      -0.4       176      548      2.4      211 
Chittenden, VT...........           5.6          95.1       0.0       153      688      2.2      228 
Arlington, VA............           6.8         150.9      -0.1       160    1,109      2.8      176 
Chesterfield, VA.........           6.5         110.4       1.6        58      638      0.9      296 
Fairfax, VA..............          29.6         534.7       1.7        55    1,038      5.8       15 
                                                                                                     
Henrico, VA..............           8.0         166.7      -0.1       160      731      1.4      278 
Loudoun, VA..............           5.8         105.5       5.4         2      888      0.8      300 
Prince William, VA.......           5.6          89.5       3.6        13      636      4.6       53 
Alexandria City, VA......           5.5          91.3       1.2        73      910      1.7      264 
Chesapeake City, VA......           4.6          90.8       3.2        15      553      2.2      228 
Newport News City, VA....           3.6          95.6       0.6       110      640      2.1      238 
Norfolk City, VA.........           5.5         145.0      -0.8       210      695      3.6      109 
Richmond City, VA........           7.0         157.1      -2.3       285      799      3.0      156 
Virginia Beach City, VA..          10.3         167.0       1.0        82      551      4.8       41 
Clark, WA................          11.4         117.8       2.2        36      663      3.1      151 
                                                                                                     
King, WA.................          88.3       1,095.4      -0.7       198      962      5.4       22 
Kitsap, WA...............           6.7          77.7       1.4        65      683      1.6      267 
Pierce, WA...............          21.8         248.4       2.1        40      638      2.9      170 
Snohomish, WA............          17.5         206.3      -0.5       186      744      3.0      156 
Spokane, WA..............          16.0         191.8       0.4       123      589      2.4      211 
Thurston, WA.............           6.9          88.6       2.3        35      664      2.8      176 
Yakima, WA...............           9.7         104.0       0.2       136      478      3.0      156 
Kanawha, WV..............           6.1         108.4      -1.3       244      600      1.9      252 
Brown, WI................           6.7         145.4       1.7        55      635      1.6      267 
Dane, WI.................          13.5         285.1       1.0        82      686      3.9       84 
                                                                                                     
Milwaukee, WI............          22.5         498.3      -1.1       235      712      3.9       84 
Outagamie, WI............           4.9          98.0       1.8        52      618      0.8      300 
Racine, WI...............           4.3          75.0      -2.1       278      669      3.4      125 
Waukesha, WI.............          13.2         224.9       0.4       123      722      2.7      186 
Winnebago, WI............           3.9          87.8      -2.5       290      674      2.7      186 
                                                                                                     
San Juan, PR.............          11.4         306.1      -1.5       252      466      5.2       25 

  1 Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal
Employees (UCFE) programs.  These 315 U.S. counties comprise 70.3 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,
third quarter 2003(2)
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                    Employment         Average weekly  
                                                                                           wage(4)     
                                                                                                       
                                                Establishments,                                          
         County by NAICS supersector             third quarter               Percent             Percent 
                                                     2003       September    change,  Average    change, 
                                                  (thousands)      2003     September  weekly     third  
                                                               (thousands)   2002-03    wage     quarter 
                                                                               (3)               2002-03 
                                                                                                   (3)   
                                                                                                                                                                                                              
United States(5).............................       8,291.0     128,546.3      -0.4     $704       3.1 
  Private industry...........................       8,025.1     107,849.8      -0.5      696       3.1 
    Natural resources and mining.............         124.5       1,764.8      -0.9      607       2.4 
    Construction.............................         808.3       6,925.2       0.2      744       1.5 
    Manufacturing............................         379.4      14,401.2      -5.1      854       3.9 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....       1,860.9      25,023.5      -0.7      623       2.5 
    Information..............................         146.3       3,137.8      -4.7    1,100       6.0 
    Financial activities.....................         762.7       7,865.6       1.9      999       6.7 
    Professional and business services.......       1,325.5      16,008.4      -0.4      823       3.0 
    Education and health services............         729.3      15,777.6       2.3      674       3.2 
    Leisure and hospitality..................         668.9      12,436.1       1.2      305       2.3 
    Other services...........................       1,070.2       4,264.2      -0.2      462       2.2 
  Government.................................         265.9      20,696.5       0.1      750       3.3 
                                                                                                       
Los Angeles, CA..............................         349.2       4,007.2      -0.6      792       3.7 
  Private industry...........................         345.3       3,445.6      -0.5      773       3.3 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.6          12.2       1.2      809      10.1 
    Construction.............................          12.9         135.2      -0.1      795       1.4 
    Manufacturing............................          17.9         489.9      -7.8      810       4.5 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          53.9         769.8      -0.7      682       2.7 
    Information..............................           9.2         190.6      -5.3    1,337       3.1 
    Financial activities.....................          22.9         235.7       1.0    1,190       7.0 
    Professional and business services.......          39.9         568.7       1.0      873       3.3 
    Education and health services............          26.4         449.5       2.0      729       2.8 
    Leisure and hospitality..................          25.2         373.2       3.9      463       5.9 
    Other services...........................         136.3         220.1       4.7      394       2.6 
  Government.................................           3.9         561.6      -1.2      915       6.1 
                                                                                                       
Cook, IL.....................................         126.0       2,529.5      -1.2      835       2.7 
  Private industry...........................         124.9       2,209.1      -1.4      826       2.1 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.1           1.5       0.7      916       3.4 
    Construction.............................          10.4         102.8       1.3    1,032      -0.2 
    Manufacturing............................           7.9         266.1      -5.9      850       1.9 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          26.7         479.7      -1.3      695       0.0 
    Information..............................           2.5          65.3      -5.9    1,175       5.6 
    Financial activities.....................          13.7         220.1       0.3    1,252       5.1 
    Professional and business services.......          25.9         404.2      -3.1    1,010       1.9 
    Education and health services............          12.2         347.3       1.1      736       4.4 
    Leisure and hospitality..................          10.5         222.5       2.7      362       1.7 
    Other services...........................          12.6          95.2      -2.1      615       1.3 
  Government.................................           1.2         320.4      -0.2      (6)       (6) 
                                                                                                       
New York, NY.................................         111.7       2,184.9      -1.6    1,239       3.2 
  Private industry...........................         111.5       1,747.2      -1.3    1,305       2.8 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.0           0.1      15.0      971     -11.4 
    Construction.............................           2.2          31.5      -2.1    1,300       4.6 
    Manufacturing............................           3.5          47.1      -8.9      956       1.9 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          22.3         234.2       0.0      960       2.6 
    Information..............................           4.4         128.8      -5.5    1,588       5.5 
    Financial activities.....................          16.8         348.8      -2.7    2,099       2.7 
    Professional and business services.......          22.7         426.3      -1.5    1,438       1.8 
    Education and health services............           7.8         263.8       1.3      897       7.7 
    Leisure and hospitality..................          10.0         177.5       1.0      624       4.9 
    Other services...........................          15.9          80.2       0.2      751       4.0 
  Government.................................           0.2         437.7      -2.7      975       4.8 
                                                                                                       
Harris, TX...................................          88.3       1,823.7      -1.6      824       2.4 
  Private industry...........................          87.9       1,584.2      -1.9      828       1.8 
    Natural resources and mining.............           1.2          61.2       (6)    1,811       (6) 
    Construction.............................           6.4         140.6      -3.5      791       0.5 
    Manufacturing............................           4.7         165.2      -6.0    1,011       3.7 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          20.9         389.5      -3.1      761       0.8 
    Information..............................           1.4          34.0      -4.3    1,022       2.1 
    Financial activities.....................           9.3         112.1       1.5    1,038       6.7 
    Professional and business services.......          16.9         277.3      -3.4      913       2.4 
    Education and health services............           8.7         187.1       1.1      758       2.3 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           6.5         156.6       0.6      318      -1.2 
    Other services...........................          10.4          56.8      -3.7      503       1.0 
  Government.................................           0.4         239.5       0.9      794       6.1 
                                                                                                       
Maricopa, AZ.................................          80.4       1,571.3       1.1      699       3.4 
  Private industry...........................          79.9       1,357.4       1.3      696       3.1 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.5           7.6      -3.3      499       0.6 
    Construction.............................           8.4         131.1       3.4      692       1.6 
    Manufacturing............................           3.3         125.2      -6.5      999       4.0 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          18.6         316.0       0.0      683       2.7 
    Information..............................           1.6          36.3      -3.1      826      -0.6 
    Financial activities.....................           9.3         132.3       3.8      878       7.9 
    Professional and business services.......          17.9         254.6       2.1      677       3.2 
    Education and health services............           7.5         157.6       6.6      742       4.2 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           5.6         149.4       1.4      341       3.0 
    Other services...........................           5.7          44.2      -2.7      480       1.7 
  Government.................................           0.5         213.9       0.3      716       4.5 
                                                                                                       
Dallas, TX...................................          67.4       1,438.9      -2.4      861       2.4 
  Private industry...........................          66.9       1,281.6      -2.8      868       2.7 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.5           6.5       (6)    2,365       (6) 
    Construction.............................           4.5          76.1      -1.8      776       2.2 
    Manufacturing............................           3.5         145.2      -6.0      964       2.0 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          15.5         316.8      -4.1      851       4.2 
    Information..............................           1.8          63.8      -6.8    1,185       0.9 
    Financial activities.....................           8.4         139.6       0.8    1,099       6.5 
    Professional and business services.......          13.8         232.6      -4.3      937       1.4 
    Education and health services............           6.1         131.2       3.2      817       2.8 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           5.0         126.7      -0.9      399       3.6 
    Other services...........................           6.7          40.6      -3.3      553      -2.6 
  Government.................................           0.4         157.3       1.5      (6)       (6) 
                                                                                                       
Orange, CA...................................          88.1       1,426.5       1.1      812       5.3 
  Private industry...........................          86.7       1,289.3       1.9      807       5.2 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.3           6.0     -20.1      563      15.8 
    Construction.............................           6.4          85.0       2.7      872       4.6 
    Manufacturing............................           6.1         180.0      -4.9      940       8.2 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          17.4         266.4       1.1      755       3.3 
    Information..............................           1.5          34.1      -3.6    1,089       2.6 
    Financial activities.....................           9.6         127.0      12.3    1,354      11.4 
    Professional and business services.......          17.4         258.7       2.7      821       0.4 
    Education and health services............           9.1         125.9       7.6      736       1.1 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           6.6         160.7       0.4      356       5.3 
    Other services...........................          12.3          45.4       2.2      491       1.9 
  Government.................................           1.4         137.2      -5.3      859       7.5 
                                                                                                       
San Diego, CA................................          84.4       1,256.7       0.9      761       4.2 
  Private industry...........................          83.0       1,045.4       1.6      739       4.2 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.9          11.8      -2.7      462       1.1 
    Construction.............................           6.4          82.1       5.5      778       1.6 
    Manufacturing............................           3.6         105.3      -5.9      986       5.3 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          14.2         208.2       1.5      639       2.9 
    Information..............................           1.4          36.8       1.0    1,500      29.5 
    Financial activities.....................           8.8          81.5       6.7      993       6.4 
    Professional and business services.......          14.8         203.0       0.4      864       1.5 
    Education and health services............           7.5         121.1       2.8      687       3.5 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           6.5         143.0       2.9      348       3.9 
    Other services...........................          18.9          52.3       5.4      431       0.2 
  Government.................................           1.4         211.3      -2.4      870       4.1 
                                                                                                       
King, WA.....................................          88.3       1,095.4      -0.7      962       5.4 
  Private industry...........................          87.7         943.7      -0.8      977       5.5 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.5           3.5      -5.4    1,047      25.2 
    Construction.............................           7.1          56.9      -1.9      864      -0.3 
    Manufacturing............................           2.8         103.7      -8.3    1,115      -4.4 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          16.1         217.1      -0.9      780       4.3 
    Information..............................           1.7          68.6       0.0    2,979      16.8 
    Financial activities.....................           6.4          77.8       3.7    1,097      10.4 
    Professional and business services.......          13.0         158.5      -0.4      996       5.7 
    Education and health services............           6.1         107.3       1.8      704       4.0 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           5.8         102.1       1.7      396       2.1 
    Other services...........................          28.2          48.3      -0.6      450       1.1 
  Government.................................           0.6         151.8      -0.3      869       4.4 
                                                                                                       
Miami-Dade, FL...............................          79.9         965.2       0.1      682       (6) 
  Private industry...........................          79.6         814.6       0.1      670       3.6 
    Natural resources and mining.............           0.5           7.8       2.2      430       2.6 
    Construction.............................           4.9          41.5       5.4      694       2.4 
    Manufacturing............................           2.9          51.2      -6.3      613       2.9 
    Trade, transportation, and utilities.....          23.5         240.1      -2.0      637       2.9 
    Information..............................           1.7          27.6      -7.5      923       1.7 
    Financial activities.....................           8.2          65.2       1.4      972       8.6 
    Professional and business services.......          15.9         131.6       1.6      776       1.2 
    Education and health services............           7.9         122.9       2.2      716       6.2 
    Leisure and hospitality..................           5.3          89.6       2.7      387       5.4 
    Other services...........................           7.5          34.2      -2.0      428       2.4 
  Government.................................           0.3         150.7       0.4      748       (6) 

  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.
  6 Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards.
   
 
 
 

Table 3. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages in the largest county by
state, third quarter 2003(2)
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                Employment         Average weekly  
                                                                       wage(5)     
                            Establishments,                                          
                             third quarter                                           
        County(3)                2003                    Percent             Percent 
                              (thousands)   September    change,   Average   change, 
                                               2003     September  weekly     third  
                                           (thousands)  2002-03(4)  wage     quarter 
                                                                            2002-03(4)
                                                                                                                                                                      
United States(6).........       8,291.0     128,546.3      -0.4     $704       3.1 
                                                                                   
Jefferson, AL............          18.2         368.9      -0.4      712       2.3 
Anchorage Borough, AK....           7.6         143.4       1.9      775       3.2 
Maricopa, AZ.............          80.4       1,571.3       1.1      699       3.4 
Pulaski, AR..............          13.1         240.5       1.0      635       3.1 
Los Angeles, CA..........         349.2       4,007.2      -0.6      792       3.7 
Denver, CO...............          24.3         424.6      -3.1      863       4.1 
Hartford, CT.............          24.2         479.5      -1.5      857       2.0 
New Castle, DE...........          17.8         278.7       0.7      839       4.1 
Washington, DC...........          29.7         650.1      -0.4    1,123       5.6 
Miami-Dade, FL...........          79.9         965.2       0.1      682       (7) 
                                                                                   
Fulton, GA...............          37.7         725.3      -0.9      913       1.8 
Honolulu, HI.............          24.3         414.3       0.8      673       3.4 
Ada, ID..................          12.9         183.7       0.5      646       1.9 
Cook, IL.................         126.0       2,529.5      -1.2      835       2.7 
Marion, IN...............          23.6         572.0      -0.7      738       2.8 
Polk, IA.................          13.7         261.5       0.2      709       3.5 
Johnson, KS..............          18.7         290.6       0.0      736       3.4 
Jefferson, KY............          21.3         416.9      -0.9      685       3.6 
Orleans, LA..............          13.0         248.7       0.2      673       5.5 
Cumberland, ME...........          11.1         169.1       0.5      636       2.7 
                                                                                   
Montgomery, MD...........          30.5         450.6       0.2      897       5.0 
Middlesex, MA............          47.2         787.0      -2.7      996       4.1 
Wayne, MI................          35.3         805.9      -1.5      825       2.0 
Hennepin, MN.............          41.3         820.5      -1.3      911       5.6 
Hinds, MS................           6.6         131.4       0.0      626       3.8 
St. Louis, MO............          33.8         620.7      -1.8      768       4.1 
Yellowstone, MT..........           5.7          69.7       1.3      551       3.4 
Douglas, NE..............          14.9         310.4      -0.9      679       3.8 
Clark, NV................          35.5         766.1       4.4      670       4.9 
Hillsborough, NH.........          12.1         192.4       2.0      779       4.0 
                                                                                   
Bergen, NJ...............          34.0         448.6       0.4      884       4.0 
Bernalillo, NM...........          16.6         312.2       0.2      646       2.5 
New York, NY.............         111.7       2,184.9      -1.6    1,239       3.2 
Mecklenburg, NC..........          27.1         502.6      -1.3     $824       5.0 
Cass, ND.................           5.1          86.6       1.6      587       4.6 
Cuyahoga, OH.............          39.0         764.8      -1.1      739       3.4 
Oklahoma, OK.............          21.5         400.4      -1.8      625       5.0 
Multnomah, OR............          25.4         418.9      -2.3      733       2.4 
Allegheny, PA............          36.0         692.1      -1.6      746       2.9 
Providence, RI...........          17.3         289.2       0.4      695       3.0 
                                                                                   
Greenville, SC...........          13.4         221.0      -0.1      641       1.4 
Minnehaha, SD............           5.9         108.1       0.5      591       2.8 
Shelby, TN...............          19.9         494.8       1.0      737       4.8 
Harris, TX...............          88.3       1,823.7      -1.6      824       2.4 
Salt Lake, UT............          33.3         514.4      -0.3      647       2.7 
Chittenden, VT...........           5.6          95.1       0.0      688       2.2 
Fairfax, VA..............          29.6         534.7       1.7    1,038       5.8 
King, WA.................          88.3       1,095.4      -0.7      962       5.4 
Kanawha, WV..............           6.1         108.4      -1.3      600       1.9 
Milwaukee, WI............          22.5         498.3      -1.1      712       3.9 
                                                                                   
Laramie, WY..............           2.8          39.4       1.8      573       4.4 
                                                                                   
San Juan, PR.............          11.4         306.1      -1.5      466       5.2 
St. Thomas, VI...........           1.7          22.6      -1.4      539       1.7 

  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.
  7 Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards.
   
 
 
 

Table 4. Covered(1) establishments, employment, and wages by state, 
third quarter 2003(2)
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                Employment        Average weekly 
                                                                      wage(3)    
                            Establishments,                                        
                             third quarter                                         
          State                  2003                     Percent           Percent
                              (thousands)    September    change,  Average  change,
                                               2003      September weekly    third 
                                           (thousands)    2002-03   wage    quarter
                                                                            2002-03
                                                                                                                                                                  
United States(4).........       8,291.0     128,546.3      -0.4     $704      3.1
                                                                                 
Alabama..................         111.6       1,825.3      -0.6      607      3.1
Alaska...................          19.7         308.4       1.5      730      3.1
Arizona..................         125.9       2,269.0       1.3      659      3.5
Arkansas.................          75.0       1,130.5      -0.3      541      2.9
California...............       1,166.8      14,923.9      -0.3      797      3.9
Colorado.................         161.1       2,124.4      -1.6      744      4.5
Connecticut..............         108.9       1,627.4      -1.4      869      3.1
Delaware.................          26.8         406.1      -0.3      753      3.9
District of Columbia.....          29.7         650.1      -0.4    1,123      5.6
Florida..................         499.3       7,234.3       1.5      627      3.6
                                                                                 
Georgia..................         245.6       3,811.1      -0.2      684      2.5
Hawaii...................          37.2         567.3       1.3      648      3.5
Idaho....................          48.2         590.4       0.5      547      2.1
Illinois.................         324.8       5,738.7      -1.2      751      2.6
Indiana..................         151.5       2,848.1      -0.7      627      2.1
Iowa.....................          90.1       1,414.4      -0.4      580      3.4
Kansas...................          82.6       1,287.9      -1.5      594      2.6
Kentucky.................         105.6       1,727.7       0.1      594      3.1
Louisiana................         117.1       1,853.4       0.1      579      2.8
Maine....................          47.0         603.7       0.2      577      2.9
                                                                                 
Maryland.................         149.2       2,448.6       0.4      763      4.1
Massachusetts............         205.2       3,163.9      -1.8      860      3.6
Michigan.................         251.6       4,349.2      -2.0      730      2.4
Minnesota................         158.3       2,597.8      -0.7      730      4.3
Mississippi..............          65.5       1,102.5      -0.9      521      3.6
Missouri.................         165.9       2,633.8      -0.6      636      2.6
Montana..................          42.3         401.9       0.9      507      3.5
Nebraska.................          55.0         876.8       0.0      580      3.0
Nevada...................          58.7       1,096.9       3.7      675      4.5
New Hampshire............          46.6         612.1       0.3      689      2.8
                                                                                 
New Jersey...............         262.9       3,883.2       0.3      852      3.5
New Mexico...............          50.2         754.6       0.9      565      2.7
New York.................         548.9       8,224.3      -0.7      846      2.9
North Carolina...........         226.0       3,743.5      -0.8      629      2.6
North Dakota.............          23.8         320.6       1.1      527      4.8
Ohio.....................         293.6       5,310.6      -1.1      658      1.7
Oklahoma.................          91.3       1,410.9      -2.3      560      3.9
Oregon...................         117.9       1,588.5      -0.9      653      3.2
Pennsylvania.............         326.5       5,495.6      -0.7      692      3.1
Rhode Island.............          34.6         481.9       1.2      677      3.7
                                                                                 
South Carolina...........         124.7       1,773.4      -0.2      580      2.5
South Dakota.............          27.9         368.1       0.2      512      2.2
Tennessee................         128.1       2,617.6      -0.1      631      3.8
Texas....................         500.5       9,222.7      -0.7      693      2.2
Utah.....................          72.5       1,048.6       0.2      588      2.3
Vermont..................          24.0         297.8       0.1      598      2.7
Virginia.................         201.0       3,429.9       0.3      724      3.6
Washington...............         238.2       2,705.8       0.4      753      3.7
West Virginia............          47.0         683.3      -0.8      533      2.3
Wisconsin................         156.4       2,710.0      -0.3      624      3.1
                                                                                 
Wyoming..................          22.0         249.9       1.4      562      3.5
                                                                                 
Puerto Rico..............          43.5         971.0      -1.1      410      5.1
Virgin Islands...........           3.2          41.2      -1.6      563     -0.5

  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.