Table 1.

Geographical composition of the counties in the JVDB sample.

County	2000 Population	Population Share
Los Angeles County, CA	9,519,338	14.6%
Cook County, IL	5,376,741	8.3%
Harris County, TX	3,400,578	5.2%
Orange County, CA	2,846,289	4.4%
San Diego County, CA	2,813,833	4.3%
Kings County, NY	2,465,326	3.8%
Queens County, NY	2,229,379	3.4%
King County, WA	1,737,034	2.7%
San Bernardino County, CA	1,709,434	2.6%
Santa Clara County, CA	1,682,585	2.6%
Riverside County, CA	1,545,387	2.4%
New York County, NY	1,537,195	2.4%
Alameda County, CA	1,443,741	2.2%
Suffolk County, NY	1,419,369	2.2%
St. Louis County, MO	1,846,486	2.8%
Nassau County, NY	1,334,544	2.1%
Bronx County, NY	1,332,650	2.0%
Sacramento County, CA	1,223,499	1.9%
Rest of California	11,054,004	17.0%
Rest of New York	8,494,928	13.1%

Notes: The population numbers for St. Louis County include the population of Jefferson County and St. Charles County.