Ottawa tops the list of U.S. counties gaining the most jobs between June 2010 and June 2011
By Jennie L Phipps | MLive.com Contributor
Here's an interesting tidbit, courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which announced today that from June 2010 to June 2011, employment increased in 215 of the 322 largest U.S. counties. Ottawa, Mich., posted the largest increase, with a gain of 4.7 percent year over year, compared with national job growth of 0.9 percent.
Within Ottawa, which includes the city of Holland, the largest employment increase occurred in manufacturing, which gained 2,514 jobs over the year (9 percent). Below is a list of the top five counties nationwide that gained the most jobs during this time period. These counties had a combined year-over-year gain of 174,600, or 15.4 percent of the overall employment increase for the U.S.