Cook County
Data Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
Economic Overview for Cook County, Illinois
Year	1970	1980	1990	1995	1999	2000
Personal income	27,660,787	62,379,482	113,255,890	142,519,008	171,735,714	181,187,363
Nonfarm personal income	27,649,726	62,374,194	113,249,229	142,513,912	171,729,613	181,179,379
Farm personal income	11,061	5,288	6,661	5,096	6,101	7,984
Net earnings by place of residence	21,775,176	44,660,013	76,496,297	95,429,957	118,205,193	124,790,507
Transfer payments	2,042,347	7,582,151	13,201,985	18,862,267	20,003,892	21,243,740
Income maintenance	336,345	1,183,585	1,951,147	2,658,424	2,648,714	2,680,144
Unemployment insurance benefit payments	94,868	696,969	467,993	552,829	523,176	542,244
Retirement and other	1,611,134	5,701,597	10,782,845	15,651,014	16,832,002	18,021,352
Dividends, interest, and rent	3,843,264	10,137,318	23,557,608	28,226,784	33,526,629	35,153,116
Population (number of persons)	5,497,493	5,248,878	5,109,524	5,283,463	5,365,344	5,375,821
Per capita personal income	5,032	11,884	22,166	26,975	32,008	33,704
Per capita net earnings	3,961	8,508	14,971	18,062	22,031	23,213
Per capita transfer payments	372	1,445	2,584	3,570	3,728	3,952
Per capita income maintenance	61	225	382	503	494	499
Per capita unemployment insurance benefits	17	133	92	105	98	101
Per capita retirement & other	293	1,086	2,110	2,962	3,137	3,352
Per capita dividends, interest, & rent	699	1,931	4,611	5,342	6,249	6,539
Total earnings (place of work)	24,832,162	54,473,016	95,224,830	117,429,646	145,317,134	154,971,249
Wage and salary disbursements	21,616,506	44,588,664	77,609,168	92,355,871	116,634,745	125,078,290
Other labor income	1,487,297	5,414,373	9,876,249	12,160,044	12,094,881	12,545,430
Proprietors' income	1,728,359	4,469,979	7,739,413	12,913,731	16,587,508	17,347,529
Nonfarm proprietors' income	1,721,630	4,470,014	7,738,719	12,914,069	16,587,345	17,345,265
Farm proprietors' income	6,729		694	-338	163	2,264
Total full- and part- time employment (number of persons)	2,809,253	2,913,487	3,135,360	3,157,032	3,303,303	3,349,512
Wage and salary jobs (number of persons)	2,605,551	2,674,535	2,804,460	2,802,418	2,898,339	2,930,134
Number of proprietors (number of persons)	203,702	238,952	330,900	354,614	404,964	419,378
Number of nonfarm proprietors (number of persons)	203,171	238,478	330,604	354,349	404,700	419,117
Number of farm proprietors (number of persons)	531	474	296	265	264	261
Average earnings per job	8,839	18,697	30,371	37,196	43,991	46,267
Average wage and salary disbursements	8,296	16,672	27,673	32,956	40,242	42,687
Average nonfarm proprietors' income	8,474	18,744	23,408	36,444	40,987	41,385
Employment by Industry for Cook County, Illinois
Year	1970	1980	1990	1995	1999	2000
Total full- and part-time employment	2,809,253	2,913,487	3,135,360	3,157,032	3,303,303	3,349,512
Wage and salary employment	2,605,551	2,674,535	2,804,460	2,802,418	2,898,339	2,930,134
Proprietors' employment	203,702	238,952	330,900	354,614	404,964	419,378
Farm proprietors' employment	531	474	296	265	264	261
Nonfarm proprietors' employment	203,171	238,478	330,604	354,349	404,700	419,117
Employment by Industry (by place of work)	1,533	1,222	682	594	619	631
Farm employment
Nonfarm employment	2,807,720	2,912,265	3,134,678	3,156,438	3,302,684	3,348,881
Private employment	2,488,590	2,551,533	2,775,916	2,793,645	2,945,737	2,986,652
Ag. serv., forestry, fishing, and other	3,994	6,638	11,798	13,311	15,948	16,441
Mining	4,674	5,739	4,243	2,835	2,100	2,138
Construction	110,254	105,318	125,437	116,381	130,463	137,572
Manufacturing	802,760	645,698	477,726	440,957	413,142	402,222
Transportation and public utilities	186,392	170,125	192,455	194,788	214,581	219,948
Wholesale trade	215,528	223,523	216,895	184,175	175,119	174,938
Retail trade	415,728	435,996	464,507	465,004	456,679	462,017
Finance, insurance, and real estate	216,964	275,168	341,894	329,125	360,178	366,014
Services	532,296	683,328	940,961	1,047,069	1,177,527	1,205,362
Government and government enterprises	319,130	360,732	358,762	362,793	356,947	362,229
Federal, civilian	63,518	56,736	61,086	53,930	49,025	51,139
Military	23,618	14,639	19,805	13,800	11,868	12,035
State and local	231,994	289,357	277,871	295,063	296,054	299,055
State		49,215	49,163	50,399	50,891	51,514
Local		240,142	228,708	244,664	245,163	247,541
Income & Payroll by Industry for Cook County, Illinois
Year	1970	1980	1990	1995	1999	2000
Earnings by place of work	24,832,162	54,473,016	95,224,830	117,429,646	145,317,134	154,971,249
Less: Personal cont. for social insurance	842,923	2,403,883	5,469,728	6,907,341	8,457,230	8,912,864
Plus: Adjustment for residence	-2,214,063	-7,409,120	-13,258,805	-15,092,348	-18,654,711	-21,267,878
Equals: Net earnings by place of residence	21,775,176	44,660,013	76,496,297	95,429,957	118,205,193	124,790,507
Plus: Dividends, interest, and rent	3,843,264	10,137,318	23,557,608	28,226,784	33,526,629	35,153,116
Plus: Transfer payments	2,042,347	7,582,151	13,201,985	18,862,267	20,003,892	21,243,740
Equals: Personal income	27,660,787	62,379,482	113,255,890	142,519,008	171,735,714	181,187,363
Nonfarm personal income	27,649,726	62,374,194	113,249,229	142,513,912	171,729,613	181,179,379
Farm personal income	11,061	5,288	6,661	5,096	6,101	7,984
Population (number of persons)	5,497,493	5,248,878	5,109,524	5,283,463	5,365,344	5,375,821
Per capita personal income (dollars)	5,032	11,884	22,166	26,975	32,008	33,704
Earnings by place of work	21,616,506	44,588,664	77,609,168	92,355,871	116,634,745	125,078,290
Wage and salary disbursements
Other labor income	1,487,297	5,414,373	9,876,249	12,160,044	12,094,881	12,545,430
Proprietors' income	1,728,359	4,469,979	7,739,413	12,913,731	16,587,508	17,347,529
Farm proprietors' income	6,729		694	-338	163	2,264
Nonfarm proprietors' income	1,721,630	4,470,014	7,738,719	12,914,069	16,587,345	17,345,265
Earnings by Industry (by place of work)	11,061	5,288	6,661	5,096	6,101	7,984
Farm earnings
Nonfarm earnings	24,821,101	54,467,728	95,218,169	117,424,550	145,311,033	154,963,265
Private earnings	22,040,315	47,579,436	83,547,861	102,518,199	128,191,762	137,123,337
Ag. serv., forestry, fishing, and other	26,113	80,972	234,962	278,475	397,546	407,214
Agricultural services	23,862	76,477	215,673	250,643	361,943	369,608
Forestry, fishing, and other	2,251	4,495	19,289	27,832	35,603	37,606
Forestry	500	540			2,043	1,874
Fishing	743	765			766	790
Other	1,008	3,190	16,832	25,580	32,794	34,942
Mining	61,955	286,770	143,056	72,622	123,659	146,267
Metal mining			-82	490
Coal mining	1,610	12,902	10,582	14,570
Oil and gas extraction	29,931	217,283	72,745	27,060	82,300	100,317
Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels			59,811	30,502	36,172	41,225
Construction	1,378,808	2,667,568	4,914,976	4,746,334	6,507,416	7,185,418
General building contractors	310,472	470,485	1,005,496	941,039	1,384,297	1,542,504
Heavy construction contractors	194,933	412,868	435,011	333,721	382,902	437,734
Special trade contractors	873,403	1,784,215	3,474,469	3,471,574	4,740,217	5,205,180
Manufacturing	7,832,321	14,299,192	17,694,506	20,850,975	22,335,099	23,071,603
Nondurable goods	2,882,383	5,130,769	7,772,243	8,989,531	9,516,294	9,616,144
Food and kindred products	797,105	1,332,730	1,936,132	2,192,971	2,581,305	2,655,269
Textile mill products	20,756	17,485		56,530	50,636
Apparel and other textile products	144,400	189,900	226,657	226,756	257,493	254,874
Paper and allied products	237,544	441,342	700,705	790,617	811,615	779,492
Printing and publishing	921,142	1,565,127	2,392,006	2,806,627	2,848,455	2,822,082
Chemicals and allied products	386,320	725,786	1,432,051	1,861,303	1,796,724	1,919,920
Petroleum and coal products	96,346	344,505	213,073	169,974	178,910	164,720
Tobacco products	3,198	10,937		17,954	20,733
Rubber and misc. plastics products	222,875	431,438	729,424	782,029	891,857	877,972
Leather and leather products	52,697	71,519	80,156	84,770	78,566	67,952
Durable goods	4,949,938	9,168,423	9,922,263	11,861,444	12,818,805	13,455,459
Lumber and wood products	52,581	100,992	120,893	147,281	144,500	154,946
Furniture and fixtures	139,542	191,158	251,122	300,729	367,688	373,750
Primary metal industries	626,315	1,233,350	979,313	885,352	884,621	870,436
Fabricated metal products	961,883	1,833,054	1,933,999	2,359,272	2,509,540	2,650,706
Industrial machinery and equipment	992,608	1,822,476	1,794,085	2,410,020	2,526,115	2,550,424
Electronic and other electric equipment	1,271,473	1,992,224	2,492,868	3,406,011	3,910,255	4,309,482
Motor vehicles and equipment	112,655	245,822	376,735	521,547	474,706	472,445
Other transportation equipment	169,978	538,878	335,049	302,092	335,476	335,945
Ordnance	2,630
Stone, clay, and glass products	129,225	255,296	249,180	325,218	426,826	417,830
Instruments and related products	276,197	514,595	783,756	611,531	640,643	708,053
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	214,851	440,578	605,263	592,391	598,435	611,442
Transportation and public utilities	2,032,503	4,428,114	7,291,302	9,432,316	11,501,073	12,084,867
Railroad transportation	348,578	555,214	484,129	548,094
Trucking and warehousing	535,520	1,144,256	1,291,305	1,495,007	1,919,107	1,927,767
Water transportation	22,677	36,663	49,307	53,876	64,613	72,350
Other transportation	469,856	1,202,833	2,749,280	3,381,692
Local and interurban passenger transit	90,588	155,208	264,536	279,459	356,981	379,785
Transportation by air	305,444	828,459	1,980,652	2,500,447	3,053,918	3,317,976
Pipelines, except natural gas	1,677	7,237	17,791	3,775
Transportation services	72,147	211,929	486,301	598,011	872,033	917,606
Communications	427,126	996,111	1,863,626	3,158,211	3,816,186	3,982,087
Electric, gas, and sanitary services	228,746	493,037	853,655	795,436	881,072	952,768
Wholesale trade	2,341,882	5,221,500	8,622,313	8,917,780	9,960,985	10,590,614
Retail trade	2,472,375	4,743,973	7,464,401	8,383,304	9,479,143	10,059,499
Building materials and garden equipment	99,229	175,216	302,303	351,066	415,556	439,994
General merchandise stores	736,939	912,203	1,207,718	1,181,074	1,225,163	1,342,934
Food stores	358,179	724,716	1,066,565	1,248,238	1,339,577	1,338,170
Automotive dealers and service stations	310,400	558,056	871,337	1,094,348	1,218,181	1,249,124
Apparel and accessory stores	180,621	323,175	478,693	542,492	569,454	596,083
Home furniture and furnishings stores	127,269	229,536	461,697	544,651	684,778	760,845
Eating and drinking places	393,274	908,310	1,627,019	2,045,586	2,420,066	2,611,392
Miscellaneous retail	266,464	912,761	1,449,069	1,375,849	1,606,368	1,720,957
Finance, insurance, and real estate	1,667,379	4,936,124	10,105,256	14,325,302	19,990,505	21,028,328
Depository & non-depository institutions	483,566	1,390,199	2,741,040	3,610,216	4,995,580	5,155,441
Other finance, insurance, & real estate	1,183,813	3,545,925	7,364,216	10,715,086	14,994,925	15,872,887
Security & commodity brokers	174,067	1,191,971	2,196,237	3,430,327	5,214,411	6,090,746
Insurance carriers	503,199	1,100,987	2,275,280	2,714,209	3,611,396	3,401,047
Insurance agents, brokers, and services	157,672	521,704	1,012,653	1,117,143	1,356,960	1,369,859
Real estate	282,768	650,327	1,364,580	2,363,526	3,329,791	3,591,985
Combined real estate, insurance, etc.	27,670	40,341
Holding and other investment offices	38,437	40,595	515,466	1,089,881	1,482,367	1,419,250
Services	4,226,979	10,915,223	27,077,089	35,511,091	47,896,336	52,549,527
Hotels and other lodging places	157,623	371,188	664,590	831,344	972,254	1,056,603
Personal services	293,952	417,987	733,098	819,726	1,035,451	1,105,992
Private households	78,097	90,691	138,813	171,583	180,140	191,536
Business services	714,665	2,206,414