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Jacksonville
Florida Economy
Jacksonville, Duval
County ST. Johns County & Jacksonville Beaches
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Business
- Jacksonville
Economic Development
- Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce
- Ponte
Vedra Chamber of Commerce
- St
Augustine Chamber of Commerce
- Mayo
Clinic Jacksonville
In Jacksonville and the
surrounding counties there are many major banks,
investment service providers, insurance companies and
credit unions. These include big, small and in-between
financial services.
The big banking companies in town include Bank of
America and Wachovia, formerly First Union. Jacksonville
holds a regional headquarters of Bank of America, which
is the second-largest banking company in the USA. The
Charlotte, N.C. location has assets of more than $600
billion. One third of American families have some kind
of account with BofA. Bank of America has 140,000
employees, approximately 5,500 in the Jacksonville area.
Wachovia, with a regional headquarters in Jacksonville
as well, and has more than $250 billion in assets and
has the biggest share of the deposit market in Duval
County, 40 %. It has about 85,000 employees, including
10,000 in Florida and about 3,000 on the First Coast.
Jacksonville is an important part of the Federal Reserve
System, as it is home to one of the nation's 25 branches
of Federal Reserve Banks. VyStar (formerly, the Jax Navy
Credit Union) the 15th largest credit union in the
country also has a large presence in the area. It has
been around for 50 years and has grown to 275,000
members and $2.2 billion in assets. It employs about
700.
Top
Jacksonville Employers
| Mayport Naval Station |
15,001 |
| Duval County public
schools |
14442 |
| Winn-Dixie Stores |
12097 |
| Jacksonville Naval
Air Station |
10317 |
| Blue Cross/Blue
Shield of Florida |
8500 |
| State of Florida |
7056 |
| Publix Super Markets |
7000 |
| Start here City of
Jacksonville |
6761 |
| Wal-Mart |
5800 |
| Baptist Health System |
5584 |
| Bank of America |
5500 |
| CSX Corp. |
5200 |
| United Parcel Service |
4970 |
| Naval Aviation Depot |
4200 |
| U.S. Postal Service |
4184 |
| St. Vincent's Health
System |
3862 |
| Shands Jacksonville |
3700 |
| Florida Community
College at Jacksonville |
3684 |
| Convergys |
3600 |
| Wachovia |
3279 |
| Citibank Universal
Card Services |
3200 |
| Gate Petroleum |
3000 |
| Aetna U.S. Healthcare |
3000 |
| BellSouth |
3000 |
| Vistakon |
2400 |
| Mayo Clinic of Jacksonville |
2258 |
| The Pantry |
2000 |
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