Summary of Findings Additional Jobs with Lowest Basic Skills Needed to Employ the Welfare Recipients in Largest U.S. Counties (Lowest basic skills = NALS level 1; ranked by need)County State Largest City inCounty/AreaPercent Additional Jobswith Lowest Basic SkillsNeededNumber of Additional Jobswith Lowest Basic SkillsNeeded District of Columbia DC Washington, DC 27% 5,700Sacramento CA Sacramento 21% 10,913Essex NJ Newark 19% 7,085Fresno CA Fresno 18% 7,755Los Angeles CA Los Angeles 17% 77,616San Bernardino CA San Bernardino 17% 13,691MD Baltimore City 15% 6,911Wayne MI Detroit 15% 16,914San Diego CA San Diego 12% 14,817Dade FL Miami 12% 12,888Cook IL Chicago 12% 31,727New York NY New York 12% 74,472Alameda CA Fremont 11% 7,007Cuyahoga OH Cleveland 11% 9,227Riverside CA Riverside 10% 7,446Monroe NY Rochester 10% 3,928Fulton GA Atlanta 9% 3,328Prince Georges MD Bowie 9% 2,318Contra Costa CA Concord 8% 3,388San Francisco CA San Francisco 8% 2,858Erie NY Buffalo 8% 4,038Westchester NY Yonkers 8% 2,844Shelby TN Memphis 8% 4,344Orange CA Anaheim 7% 9,378Santa Clara CA San Jose 7% 5,585Bexar TX San Antonio 7% 4,979Milwaukee WI Milwaukee 7% 3,972Jefferson KY Louisville 6% 2,279Jackson MO Kansas City 6% 2,500Franklin OH Columbus 6% 3,649Ventura CA Oxnard 5% 2,007Hillsborough FL Tampa 5% 2,680Suffolk MA Boston 5% 1,465Hennepin MN Minneapolis 5% 3,478Hamilton OH Cincinnati 5% 2,938King WA Seattle 5% 4,265Pima AZ Tucson 4% 1,560Broward FL Fort Lauderdale 4% 2,521Duval FL Jacksonville 4% 1,580Marion IN Indianapolis 4% 1,832Baltimore MD Dundalk 4% 1,259St. Louis MO St Louis 4% 1,998Dallas TX Dallas 4% 4,501Harris TX Houston 4% 6,861Maricopa AZ Phoenix 3% 4,612Orange FL Orlando 3% 1,690Palm Beach FL W. Palm Beach 3% 1,500Pinellas FL St Petersburg 3% 1,377Honolulu HI Honolulu 3% 1,455Macomb MI Warren 3% 1,163Oakland MI Southfield 3% 1,758Middlesex NJ New Brunswick 3% 1,169Suffolk NY Lindenhurst 3% 2,102Tarrant TX Arlington 3% 1,977Jefferson AL Birmingham 2% 730San Mateo CA Daly 2% 848Essex MA Lynn 2% 654
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