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Sectors a county suppresses for confidentiality are left out of that county's total."],"builtAt":"2026-11-02T22:01:52.820Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"growth","sources":["Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2022 to 2025","Census Bureau population estimates, 2020 to 2025"],"baseline":{"label":"all large counties","valueLabel":"+5.3%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Kaufman County, TX: +19.2%","#2 Pinal County, AZ: +17.9%","#3 Hays County, TX: +17.1%","61 counties ranked in the Southwest","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"counties","commentary":["The lead is wide: Kaufman County (+19.2%) is well clear of Grayson County at #10 (+11.4%).","Fort Bend County is the largest market in the top ten, with 213,954 jobs behind its figure.","Counties with fewer than 20,000 jobs are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful."],"license":"Free to use and share with a link to https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/fastest-growing-job-markets-in-the-southwest"}