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An Equity Profile of Orange County
29%
19%
-10.0%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014
Job growth is strong
While overall job growth is essential to the
local economy, the real question is whether
jobs are growing at a fast enough pace to
keep up with population growth. Since 1979,
job growth in Orange County has generally
kept up with population growth and has
surpassed the national average except
between 1994 and 1998. The number of jobs
per person in Orange County has increased by
29 percent since 1979 as compared to an
increase of 19 percent for the nation overall.
Job growth relative to population growth has been higher than the national average since 1998
Economic vitality
23. Cumulative Growth in Jobs-to-Population Ratio, 1979 to 2016
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
2016
