Table 1
Growth in Employed Residents – 1980 - 2000
1980 - 2000 Decennial Censuses
County of	Employed Residents			Total Households			Employed per Household
Residence	1980	1990	2000	1980	1990	2000	1980	1990	2000
Alameda	522,118	648,461	694,194	426,092	479,518	523,366	1.225	1.352	1.326
Contra Costa	307,627	409,351	451,989	241,534	300,288	344,129	1.274	1.363	1.313
Marin	118,569	127,579	129,102	88,723	95,006	100,650	1.336	1.343	1.283
Napa	43,197	52,683	58,589	36,624	41,312	45,402	1.179	1.275	1.290
San Francisco	348,292	391,292	428,060	298,956	305,584	329,700	1.165	1.280	1.298
San Mateo	314,275	353,626	361,720	225,201	241,914	254,103	1.396	1.462	1.424
Santa Clara	666,642	812,345	844,738	458,519	520,180	565,863	1.454	1.562	1.493
Solano	102,725	162,219	179,003	80,426	113,429	130,403	1.277	1.430	1.373
Sonoma	131,141	194,387	229,980	114,474	149,011	172,403	1.146	1.305	1.334
Region	2,554,586	3,151,943	3,377,375	1,970,549	2,246,242	2,466,019	1.296	1.403	1.370
County of		Total Population			Employed Share of Pop.
Residence	1980	1990	2000	1980	1990	2000
Alameda	1,105,379	1,279,182	1,443,741	47.2%	50.7%	48.1%
Contra Costa	656,380	803,732	948,816	46.9%	50.9%	47.6%
Marin	222,568	230,096	247,289	53.3%	55.4%	52.2%
Napa	99,199	110,765	124,279	43.5%	47.6%	47.1%
San Francisco	678,974	723,959	776,733	51.3%	54.0%	55.1%
San Mateo	587,329	649,623	707,161	53.5%	54.4%	51.2%
Santa Clara	1,295,071	1,497,577	1,682,585	51.5%	54.2%	50.2%
Solano	235,203	340,421	394,542	43.7%	47.7%	45.4%
Sonoma	299,681	388,222	458,614	43.8%	50.1%	50.1%
Region	5,179,784	6,023,577	6,783,760	49.3%	52.3%	49.8%
Employed residents are defined as civilian, employed plus armed forces workers. Includes workers
residing in group quarters.