Fort Bend County has largest overtheyear percentage increase in employement among the largest counties in the U.S.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ” In December 2007, national employment, was 137.0 million, up by 0.8 percent from December 2006. The 328 U.S. counties with 75,000 or more employees accounted for 71.2 percent of total U.S. employment and 77.2 percent of total wages. These 328 counties had a net job gain of 666,400 over the year, accounting for 61.2 percent of the overall U.S. employment increase. Employment rose in 201 of the large counties from December 2006 to December 2007. Fort Bend County, Texas, had the largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment (7.4 percent). Monterey, Calif., had the next largest increase, 5.2 percent, followed by the counties of Williamson, Tenn. (4.5 percent), and Madison, Ala., and San Francisco, Calif. (4.0 percent each).”

For information on the full report, please visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf

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