The county seat for Clinton County was also located in DeWitt Township from the inception of the County. The county seat remained in DeWitt Township until December 1857 when it was moved to high Hall, in the village of St. Johns, until a new courthouse could be built.
Other smaller metros to crack our top 30: Bloomington-Normal, Ill. (No. 12), Sioux Falls, S.D. (No. 17), and Stevens Point, Wis. (No. 22). Each is among the most-concentrated metros for financial jobs in the US, yet each has lost between 2% and 5% of its financial employment since 2009.
Take the two best-paying jobs within finance and insurance, for example: financial managers and chief financial officers, both with average earnings of $86,280. Both positions call for managing workers, making decisions and project management. Fail at any of those tasks, and you could be out the door.