Jiji: The 97,526 count of employed persons is for Sangamon County-of-Residence. I checked this on the Census Bureau's Demographic Profile site, and this 97,526 figure is correct. This is definitely "residence-end" information, not the "work-end". Information on employed residents (employed labor force) is available from SF3, SF4, PUMS and the CTPP Part 1. http://censtats.census.gov/pub/Profiles.shtml The CTPP Part 2 count of workers is for Sangamon County as the county-of-work. Think of this as workers at county-of-work. Total employment, or "jobs", should be a tad higher due to moonlighting and weekly absenteeism. Neither the CTPP nor the standard Census products include the secondary, or moonlighting job held by an employed worker. Do note that the CTPP data *is* from the decennial census long form; it (the CTPP) is just not a standard product. CTPP Part 1 is very similar to the standard Census products in that the data is reported by the area-of-residence. cheers, Chuck Purvis, MTC Hi All, I compared the employment numbers from Census 2000 and CTPP 2000 part 2 for Sangamon County, Illinois and found what looked like an inconsistency. According to Census 2000, the county had 97,526 employed persons, whereas according to CTPP 2000 Part 2, the county had 112,023 workers. I assumed that since these are from the same source, both take care of the second job and absenteeism factors. Or does CTPP count second jobs too? Is the cause of the difference then due to the fact that the Census number accounts for only those who live in that county whereas CTPP counts all workers including those who come to work from other counties? Has anyone had a similar experience with CTPP 2000 Part 2 data? Any input on this issue would be greatly appreciated. ********************************************************************************************************