OED 2020 Annual Report

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$12.4B Frederick County’s Gross Domestic Product

BY THE

Numbers T W O - T H O U S A N D

T W E N T Y

Job Growth 106k

6.1%

104k

Frederick County’s Unemployment Rate

102k

Maryland 7.3%, National 7.9%

100k

106,266 People Employed in Frederick County

98k 2015

2016

2017

Frederick County ended 2019 with 106,266 jobs, representing 5,867 additional jobs since 2015 and an overall increase of 5.8% over the past five years. Maryland’s five-year job growth rate was 3.8% during the same time frame. Frederick County added 2,178 jobs from 4Q-2018 to 4Q-2019, representing an increase of 2.1%. As of 4th quarter 2019, there were 6,594 businesses in Frederick County, representing 201 net new businesses since 2015.

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2018

2019

6,594 Businesses in Frederick County


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