The predominant industries in the county are: Oil is being extracted in the center and in the south.

The main tourist destinations are: The Argeș County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 34 counsellors, with the following party composition:[4] Argeș County has 3 cities, 4 towns, and 95 communes: The county was located in the central-southern part of the Greater Romania, in the western part of the historic Muntenia region.

[6] From the religious point of view, the population was 99.1% Eastern Orthodox, 0.3% Roman Catholic, 0.3% Jewish, as well as other minorities.

In 1930, the county's urban population was 26,341 inhabitants, comprising 90.4% Romanians, 2.2% Jews, 2.0% Hungarians, 1.7% Romanies, 1.1% Germans, as well as other minorities.

[6] From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 93.0% Eastern Orthodox, 2.4% Roman Catholic, 2.4% Jewish, 0.7% Reformed, 0.7% Lutheran, as well as other minorities.