Economic Benchmarks

Tables


35. SERVICE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT AS A PROPORTION OF TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, COUNTIES, 1995.

 

Rank

County

Service Ind. Jobs

All Jobs

Proportion

1

Bronx, NY

127,810

262,967

48.6

2

Clark, NV

282,746

609,684

46.4

3

Kings, NY

251,611

565,668

44.5

4

Middlesex, MA

423,200

965,323

43.8

5

Philadelphia, PA

324,288

777,155

41.7

6

Fairfax, VA

243,533

599,805

40.6

7

Allegheny, PA

325,058

831,509

39.1

8

Westchester, NY

191,835

495,409

38.7

9

Pinellas, FL

182,691

477,384

38.3

10

Broward, FL

280,415

746,312

37.6

11

New York, NY

929,440

2,480,060

37.5

12

Nassau, NY

273,388

733,559

37.3

13

Los Angeles, CA

1,854,626

5,029,233

36.9

14

Hillsborough, FL

217,898

594,577

36.6

15

Palm Beach, FL

190,559

520,879

36.6

16

Oakland, MI

303,117

831,408

36.5

17

Queens, NY

218,848

600,810

36.4

18

Fairfield, CT

188,040

532,989

35.3

19

Santa Clara, CA

373,315

1,066,839

35.0

20

Contra Costa, CA

140,415

407,862

34.4

21

Milwaukee, WI

209,099

610,712

34.2

22

Dade, FL

385,348

1,126,128

34.2

23

St. Louis, MO

247,439

725,865

34.1

24

Orange, CA

534,743

1,576,126

33.9

25

DuPage, IL

208,787

627,033

33.3

26

Bergen, NJ

179,583

543,632

33.0

27

Cook, IL

1,050,535

3,182,971

33.0

28

Cuyahoga, OH

306,848

930,082

33.0

29

San Diego, CA

474,186

1,449,526

32.7

30

Alameda, CA

258,036

791,104

32.6

31

Erie, NY

175,462

543,909

32.3

32

Suffolk, NY

212,722

660,954

32.2

33

Harris, TX

637,702

1,985,043

32.1

34

Hennepin, MN

311,806

970,635

32.1

35

Maricopa, AZ

471,218

1,471,714

32.0

36

King, WA

390,948

1,223,838

31.9

37

Hamilton, OH

206,936

654,031

31.6

38

Dallas, TX

508,612

1,614,127

31.5

39

Franklin, OH

238,597

774,083

30.8

40

Bexar, TX

228,020

743,496

30.7

41

Wayne, MI

300,278

996,216

30.1

42

Salt Lake ,UT

170,532

569,111

30.0

43

Marion, IN

197,113

658,762

29.9

44

Shelby, TN

174,242

583,586

29.9

45

Riverside, CA

150,326

506,798

29.7

46

Hartford, CT

171,549

585,428

29.3

47

Tarrant, TX

218,761

757,888

28.9

48

San Bernardino, CA

170,024

591,322

28.8

49

Honolulu, HI

160,111

561,167

28.5

50

Sacramento, CA

177,514

626,841

28.3

median=

33.2

Source:Regional Economic Information Services, Bureau for Economic Analysis.


University of Pittsburgh

September 1998