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ANNOUNCER:

THE U-S CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS THAT THE NATION ADDED 112-THOUSAND NEW BUSINESSES WITH A PAYROLL IN 2005, CREATING ONE-POINT-TWO MILLION NEW JOBS. AT THE SAME TIME, U-S BUSINESSES BOOSTED THEIR PAYROLLS BY FIVE PERCENT A YEAR EARLIER. THE CENSUS BUREAU SAYS BUSINESSES WITH PAID EMPLOYEES CLIMBED TO SEVEN-POINT-FIVE MILLION. LARGE COUNTIES WITH THE MOST VIGOROUS BUSINESS GROWTH WERE RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA, ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA AND CLARK COUNTY IN NEVADA. MARICOPA [marry-COH-pa] COUNTY IN ARIZONA HAD THE BIGGEST JUMP IN JOBS WITH NEARLY 78-THOUSAND NEW WORKERS. THE DATA FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU’S COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS ARE USED TO TRACK NATIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT W-W-W-DOT-CENSUS-DOT-GOV.

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