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Employment in 2019 up 5.8 percent in Cleveland County, Oklahoma
May 26, 2020
Cleveland County, Oklahoma (part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area), had the largest over-the-year increase in employment with a gain of 5.8 percent from December 2018 to December 2019. The largest employment increase in Cleveland County occurred in trade, transportation, and utilities.
Over-the-year percent change in employment, selected counties, December 2018 to December 2019
County
Percent change in employment, December 2018–December 2019
Employment, December 2019
Cleveland, OK
5.8%
88,900
Adams, CO
5.1
233,000
Lexington, SC
4.1
126,900
York, SC
4.1
102,700
St Charles, MO
4.0
156,900
Williamson, TX
3.8
186,300
Benton, WA
3.8
91,700
Travis, TX
3.6
795,400
Maricopa, AZ
3.5
2,132,100
Richmond, NY
3.5
132,300
Hillsborough, FL
3.4
731,800
Williamson, TN
3.4
144,000
Warren, OH
3.3
98,100
Davidson, TN
3.3
522,100
St Johns, FL
3.2
81,800
Ada, ID
3.2
256,300
St Lucie, FL
3.1
82,500
Loudoun, VA
3.1
177,200
King, WA
3.1
1,459,800
Madison, AL
3.0
210,600
Benton, AR
3.0
125,500
Riverside, CA
3.0
779,700
San Francisco, CA
3.0
776,300
Boulder, CO
3.0
191,800
Boone, KY
3.0
100,100
Durham, NC
3.0
213,400
Deschutes, OR
3.0
86,400
United States, total
1.2
149,857,100
McHenry, IL
-0.8
96,700
St Louis, MN
-0.8
97,800
Erie, PA
-0.8
121,600
Racine, WI
-0.8
75,400
DuPage, IL
-0.9
617,200
St Clair, IL
-0.9
93,600
Dutchess, NY
-0.9
115,100
Fairfield, CT
-1.0
421,600
Albany, NY
-1.0
235,500
Honolulu, HI
-1.1
473,400
Kane, IL
-1.1
211,900
Scott, IA
-1.1
90,700
Winnebago, IL
-1.2
126,300
Kanawha, WV
-1.2
96,900
Kent, RI
-1.3
77,000
New London, CT
-1.4
122,300
Washington, PA
-1.4
87,900
Caddo, LA
-1.5
111,300
Broome, NY
-1.6
86,400
East Baton Rouge, LA
-2.1
265,400
Midland, TX
-2.3
107,100
Peoria, IL
-2.4
103,600
Calcasieu, LA
-2.9
100,400
Elkhart, IN
-3.2
132,300
Ector, TX
-4.2
80,200
In Adams County, Colorado (in the Denver metro area) employment increased 5.1 percent. In South Carolina, both Lexington County (part of the Columbia area) and York County (in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area) had 4.1-percent increases in employment. Employment in St. Charles County, Missouri (St. Louis area) increased 4.0 percent during the year ended December 2019.
Ector County, Texas (Odessa metro area), experienced the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment, with a loss of 4.2 percent. Within Ector, natural resources and mining had the largest employment decrease.
Over-the-year employment decreases of at least 2.4 percent also occurred in Peoria County, Illinois (part of the Peoria metro area); Calcasieu County, Louisiana (Lake Charles area); and Elkhart County, Indiana (Elkhart-Goshen area).
All of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year percentage increases in employment. In December 2019, Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix area), had the largest over-the-year employment percentage gain among the 10 largest counties, 3.5 percent. Within Maricopa, education and health services had the largest employment increase.
United States Department of Labor
