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US counties by covered employment (QCEW)

Los Angeles County had the highest covered employment (QCEW) of 3132 counties in 2014, at 4,154,640 jobs. Loving County had the lowest, at 45 jobs. The median was 8,060 jobs and the figure for the United States was 136,613,609 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,154,640Los Angeles County
Lowest45Loving County
Median8,0603132 counties
United States136,613,609History

Map of counties, 2014

jobs, 2014. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2014

Los Angeles County: 4,154,640 jobsLos Angeles County4,154,640New York County: 2,495,683 jobsNew York County2,495,683Cook County: 2,468,453 jobsCook County2,468,453Harris County: 2,257,442 jobsHarris County2,257,442Maricopa County: 1,755,209 jobsMaricopa County1,755,209Dallas County: 1,545,442 jobsDallas County1,545,442Orange County: 1,472,171 jobsOrange County1,472,171San Diego County: 1,332,960 jobsSan Diego County1,332,960King County: 1,237,586 jobsKing County1,237,586Miami-Dade County: 1,046,237 jobsMiami-Dade County1,046,237Santa Clara County: 973,668 jobsSanta Clara County973,668Clark County: 873,804 jobsClark County873,804Hennepin County: 866,709 jobsHennepin County866,709Middlesex County: 854,203 jobsMiddlesex County854,203Tarrant County: 822,665 jobsTarrant County822,665Bexar County: 793,727 jobsBexar County793,727Fulton County: 766,233 jobsFulton County766,233Broward County: 740,103 jobsBroward County740,103Orange County: 732,630 jobsOrange County732,630District of Columbia: 729,349 jobsDistrict of Columbia729,349Cuyahoga County: 708,513 jobsCuyahoga County708,513Franklin County: 705,790 jobsFranklin County705,790Alameda County: 698,536 jobsAlameda County698,536Oakland County: 691,373 jobsOakland County691,373Wayne County: 690,608 jobsWayne County690,608Allegheny County: 683,149 jobsAllegheny County683,149San Bernardino County: 659,116 jobsSan Bernardino County659,116Travis County: 655,305 jobsTravis County655,305Philadelphia County: 641,023 jobsPhiladelphia County641,023San Francisco County: 640,378 jobsSan Francisco County640,378Suffolk County: 634,939 jobsSuffolk County634,939Riverside County: 625,942 jobsRiverside County625,942Salt Lake County: 623,528 jobsSalt Lake County623,528Suffolk County: 621,711 jobsSuffolk County621,711Hillsborough County: 620,402 jobsHillsborough County620,402Sacramento County: 612,685 jobsSacramento County612,685Mecklenburg County: 610,135 jobsMecklenburg County610,135Nassau County: 604,958 jobsNassau County604,958DuPage County: 600,818 jobsDuPage County600,818St. Louis County: 581,407 jobsSt. Louis County581,407Los Angeles County: 4,154,640 jobsLos Angeles County4,154,640New York County: 2,495,683 jobsNew York County2,495,683Cook County: 2,468,453 jobsCook County2,468,453Harris County: 2,257,442 jobsHarris County2,257,442Maricopa County: 1,755,209 jobsMaricopa County1,755,209Dallas County: 1,545,442 jobsDallas County1,545,442Orange County: 1,472,171 jobsOrange County1,472,171San Diego County: 1,332,960 jobsSan Diego County1,332,960King County: 1,237,586 jobsKing County1,237,586Miami-Dade County: 1,046,237 jobsMiami-Dade County1,046,237Santa Clara County: 973,668 jobsSanta Clara County973,668Clark County: 873,804 jobsClark County873,804Hennepin County: 866,709 jobsHennepin County866,709Middlesex County: 854,203 jobsMiddlesex County854,203Tarrant County: 822,665 jobsTarrant County822,665Bexar County: 793,727 jobsBexar County793,727Fulton County: 766,233 jobsFulton County766,233Broward County: 740,103 jobsBroward County740,103Orange County: 732,630 jobsOrange County732,630District of Columbia: 729,349 jobsDistrict of Columbia729,349Cuyahoga County: 708,513 jobsCuyahoga County708,513Franklin County: 705,790 jobsFranklin County705,790Alameda County: 698,536 jobsAlameda County698,536Oakland County: 691,373 jobsOakland County691,373Wayne County: 690,608 jobsWayne County690,608Allegheny County: 683,149 jobsAllegheny County683,149San Bernardino County: 659,116 jobsSan Bernardino County659,116Travis County: 655,305 jobsTravis County655,305Philadelphia County: 641,023 jobsPhiladelphia County641,023San Francisco County: 640,378 jobsSan Francisco County640,378Suffolk County: 634,939 jobsSuffolk County634,939Riverside County: 625,942 jobsRiverside County625,942Salt Lake County: 623,528 jobsSalt Lake County623,528Suffolk County: 621,711 jobsSuffolk County621,711Hillsborough County: 620,402 jobsHillsborough County620,402Sacramento County: 612,685 jobsSacramento County612,685Mecklenburg County: 610,135 jobsMecklenburg County610,135Nassau County: 604,958 jobsNassau County604,958DuPage County: 600,818 jobsDuPage County600,818St. Louis County: 581,407 jobsSt. Louis County581,407
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2014
jobs		Change on 2013
1Los Angeles County4,154,640+2%
2New York County2,495,683+2.6%
3Cook County2,468,453+1.7%
4Harris County2,257,442+3.5%
5Maricopa County1,755,209+2.4%
6Dallas County1,545,442+3.4%
7Orange County1,472,171+2.2%
8San Diego County1,332,960+2.2%
9King County1,237,586+3.2%
10Miami-Dade County1,046,237+2.8%
11Santa Clara County973,668+3.8%
12Clark County873,804+4.2%
13Hennepin County866,709+1.5%
14Middlesex County854,203+2%
15Tarrant County822,665+2%
16Bexar County793,727+3%
17Fulton County766,233+2.8%
18Broward County740,103+3%
19Orange County732,630+3.8%
20District of Columbia729,349+0.7%
21Cuyahoga County708,513+0.1%
22Franklin County705,790+2.3%
23Alameda County698,536+3%
24Oakland County691,373+1.9%
25Wayne County690,608+0.8%
26Allegheny County683,149-0.2%
27San Bernardino County659,116+4.5%
28Travis County655,305+4.3%
29Philadelphia County641,023+1.3%
30San Francisco County640,378+4.7%
31Suffolk County634,939+0.9%
32Riverside County625,942+5.1%
33Salt Lake County623,528+2.4%
34Suffolk County621,711+2.6%
35Hillsborough County620,402+2.8%
36Sacramento County612,685+1.9%
37Mecklenburg County610,135+4%
38Nassau County604,958+1.4%
39DuPage County600,818+2.3%
40St. Louis County581,407+1.7%
41Fairfax County579,539-1.2%
42Marion County577,413+1.2%
43Kings County568,298+5.8%
44Queens County552,912+3.7%
45Palm Beach County543,731+3.8%
46Hamilton County499,116+1.1%
47Wake County490,404+3.5%
48Milwaukee County476,971+0.4%
49Shelby County476,351+0.8%
50Montgomery County472,655+0.9%
51Multnomah County465,483+3%
52Denver County460,715+4.4%
53Honolulu County457,191+1.2%
54Erie County456,856+0.4%
55Duval County456,264+1.6%
56Montgomery County455,820+0.9%
57Davidson County454,831+3.7%
58Oklahoma County442,648+1.5%
59Jefferson County440,249+2.1%
60Bergen County435,399+0.9%
61Westchester County412,605+1.5%
62Pinellas County396,809+1.7%
63Middlesex County391,130+1%
64Monroe County375,479+0.6%
65San Mateo County372,192+4.4%
66Baltimore County364,651+1.1%
67Kent County356,367+2.5%
68Fresno County354,646+1.6%
69Pima County351,963+0.6%
70Jackson County350,321+0.7%
71Collin County345,248+5.4%
72Tulsa County343,060+1.8%
73Contra Costa County339,281+2%
74Jefferson County339,026+0.3%
75Norfolk County336,770+2%
76Baltimore city331,750+0.2%
77Lake County330,111+1.2%
78Essex County329,508-0.6%
79Worcester County328,389+1.9%
80Johnson County328,048+2.5%
81Douglas County327,244+1.9%
82Cobb County325,446+4.2%
83Gwinnett County325,273+4.3%
84Ramsey County323,130+1%
85Bernalillo County314,610+1%
86Dane County314,412+1.9%
87Ventura County313,766+1.2%
88Essex County313,446+1.3%
89Kern County311,992+2.5%
90Macomb County306,863+2%
91Arapahoe County305,590+3.2%
92Prince George's County303,015+1.1%
93Polk County285,777+2.6%
94El Paso County284,500+1.2%
95DeKalb County283,482+3%
96Morris County278,611+0.9%
97New Castle County278,216+2.7%
98Pierce County277,890+3%
99Providence County277,158+2.4%
100Guilford County269,260+0.9%
101East Baton Rouge Parish268,466+2%
102Snohomish County267,792+1.6%
103Washington County264,805+3.2%
104Summit County260,173+1.4%
105Anne Arundel County255,373+1.3%
106Bronx County251,499+3.4%
107Bucks County250,909+1.3%
108El Paso County248,671+2.2%
109Greenville County248,095+4.5%
110Monmouth County246,296+1.3%
111Montgomery County245,950+1.5%
112Sedgwick County245,011+1.2%
113Pulaski County242,214-0.3%
114Onondaga County240,867+0.1%
115Chester County240,501+0.8%
116Hidalgo County239,524+2.3%
117Hudson County236,505+1%
118Mercer County235,152+1.6%
119Waukesha County231,283+0.8%
120Charleston County228,699+4.8%
121Lee County226,047+6.2%
122Lancaster County225,725+2.1%
123Albany County225,288+1.3%
124Knox County224,433+2%
125St. Louis city222,716+0.1%
126Jefferson County222,051+2.8%
127Union County218,821-0.5%
128Bristol County218,672+2.4%
129San Joaquin County217,755+2.8%
130Delaware County216,279+1.6%
131Will County215,179+1.9%
132Ada County210,121+2.3%
133Richland County209,778+1.6%
134Spokane County205,671+1.7%
135Lucas County204,692+1.3%
136Denton County204,489+5.3%
137Kane County204,257+1.5%
138Hampden County200,460+1%
139Washtenaw County198,661+0.7%
140Polk County197,921+1.5%
141Burlington County196,573+0.5%
142Utah County195,152+4.6%
143Camden County195,054+1.3%
144Washoe County194,123+3.1%
145Hillsborough County193,564+1.6%
146Jefferson Parish193,207+0.2%
147Sonoma County191,686+4%
148Santa Barbara County190,544+2.7%
149Brevard County189,748+1.2%
150Durham County189,039+2.7%
151Orleans Parish187,554+4%
152Hamilton County186,133-0.3%
153Lake County186,082-0.8%
154Fayette County184,389+1.5%
155Adams County182,840+5.8%
156Madison County182,630+0.6%
157Plymouth County182,095+1.6%
158Lehigh County180,841+1.3%
159Dakota County180,335+1.5%
160Monterey County180,247+3.3%
161Henrico County179,377-0%
162Somerset County178,761+1.8%
163Forsyth County177,865+1.5%
164Allen County177,116+1.2%
165Dauphin County176,005-0.1%
166Cumberland County173,349+0.8%
167Stanislaus County172,907+2.6%
168York County172,182+0.7%
169Virginia Beach city171,026+0.9%
170Boulder County169,023+2.7%
171Seminole County167,681+3.8%
172Berks County166,811+1.4%
173Mobile County165,758+1.1%
174Passaic County164,793-1.6%
175Arlington County164,576-0.3%
176Nueces County163,150+2.1%
177Fort Bend County163,123+3.9%
178Lancaster County162,804+1.5%
179Howard County159,886+0.3%
180Stark County158,336+1.5%
181Montgomery County157,888+5.5%
182Greene County157,841+2.3%
183Ocean County156,608+2.6%
184Volusia County155,707+2.3%
185Anchorage Municipality152,814-0.4%
186Sarasota County152,582+6.2%
187Ingham County149,788-0.4%
188Brown County148,779+0.6%
189Loudoun County148,593+1.5%
190Tulare County148,560+0.5%
191Richmond city148,477+0.6%
192Clackamas County145,861+2%
193Williamson County145,135+4.3%
194Butler County142,924+2.8%
195Placer County142,126+3.5%
196Lane County141,998+2.4%
197Larimer County141,746+3.4%
198Lafayette Parish141,722+1.1%
199Leon County141,186+2.4%
200Luzerne County140,883+1.3%
201Rockingham County139,969+1.8%
202Clark County139,704+4.3%
203Marion County139,687+3.5%
204Chatham County139,326+2.4%
205Orange County136,153+3.1%
206Norfolk city134,423-1.5%
207Cameron County134,059+1.6%
208Genesee County132,773+0.9%
209St. Charles County132,673+1.6%
210Westmoreland County132,300+0.2%
211Lubbock County131,194+1.8%
212Collier County128,883+4.9%
213Sangamon County128,706+2.5%
214Montgomery County128,537+0.1%
215Atlantic County128,443-2.9%
216Linn County127,927+1%
217Solano County127,175+1.8%
218Cumberland County126,947+1.8%
219Winnebago County126,130+2.2%
220Hamilton County125,527+4.8%
221Chesterfield County124,399+1.6%
222Erie County124,110+0.1%
223Escambia County124,053+2%
224Spartanburg County123,466+3.4%
225Jefferson County123,412+4.1%
226Minnehaha County120,987+2.5%
227Alachua County120,314+2.1%
228Elkhart County120,143+4.2%
229Prince William County119,463+2.4%
230Hinds County119,322-0.4%
231Buncombe County119,125+2.3%
232St. Joseph County117,280+1.8%
233Cumberland County117,153-0.4%
234Anoka County116,729+1.8%
235Rockland County116,258+0.2%
236Ottawa County115,679+4.5%
237Horry County115,476+3.3%
238Caddo Parish115,435-0.4%
239Davis County113,935+3.3%
240Cass County113,789+3.9%
241Clayton County113,469+2.2%
242Kalamazoo County112,686+1.2%
243Rutherford County111,773+3.7%
244Bell County111,368+0.9%
245Marin County110,424+1.4%
246San Luis Obispo County110,345+2.9%
247Manatee County109,945+2.8%
248Dutchess County108,983-0.9%
249Lexington County108,309+5.6%
250Williamson County108,125+5.4%

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Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 11 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2014/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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