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Construction Employment Growth, 1996-2006 |
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State |
10-year-change |
3-year rank |
3-year-change |
1-year rank |
1-year-change |
Total 2006 employment
(000s) |
| 1 | Arizona | 84.0% | 4 | 39.3% | 4 | 11.9% | 245.5 |
| 2 | California | 81.6% | 12 | 17.9% | 27 | 3.8% | 939.4 |
| 3 | Nevada | 81.4% | 1 | 43.3% | 13 | 6.7% | 143.7 |
| 4 | Florida | 72.1% | 5 | 33.7% | 12 | 8.0% | 636.6 |
| 5 | Montana | 71.6% | 6 | 30.7% | 9 | 9.4% | 30.2 |
| 6 | Idaho | 67.3% | 2 | 41.8% | 2 | 16.0% | 52.2 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 65.5% | 28 | 10.6% | 19 | 5.5% | 23 |
| 8 | Wyoming | 58.4% | 10 | 21.0% | 3 | 14.0% | 23.6 |
| 9 | Utah | 55.6% | 3 | 40.8% | 1 | 16.8% | 95.2 |
| 10 | Washington | 52.9% | 9 | 24.8% | 8 | 9.9% | 195 |
| 11 | South Dakota | 50.7% | 18 | 14.0% | 23 | 4.8% | 22 |
| 12 | Colorado | 49.5% | 23 | 11.9% | 22 | 4.8% | 167.7 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 49.1% | 38 | 3.0% | 39 | 1.0% | 140.9 |
| 14 | New Hampshire | 48.2% | 42 | 2.1% | 40 | 0.3% | 29.5 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 46.2% | 36 | 3.9% | 41 | 0.3% | 129.8 |
| 16 | Virginia | 40.8% | 16 | 14.7% | 34 | 2.4% | 249.4 |
| 17 | New Jersey | 39.4% | 31 | 8.6% | 31 | 3.1% | 174.3 |
| 18 | Texas | 38.0% | 30 | 9.3% | 17 | 6.4% | 603.6 |
| 19 | Alaska | 37.9% | 33 | 7.7% | 45 | -2.2% | 18.2 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 37.2% | 25 | 10.7% | 15 | 6.5% | 70.4 |
| 21 | Vermont | 36.2% | 21 | 12.3% | 35 | 2.4% | 17.3 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 35.4% | 8 | 26.2% | 10 | 9.0% | 59.3 |
| 23 | Maine | 35.3% | 39 | 3.0% | 36 | 2.3% | 31.4 |
| 24 | NEW YORK | 31.9% | 35 | 5.5% | 29 | 3.4% | 336.5 |
| 25 | Georgia | 30.0% | 20 | 12.4% | 21 | 4.9% | 219.1 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 29.6% | 26 | 10.7% | 16 | 6.4% | 124.4 |
| 27 | Missouri | 28.8% | 29 | 10.4% | 28 | 3.5% | 148.1 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 28.7% | 14 | 15.2% | 20 | 5.4% | 243.6 |
| 29 | Iowa | 28.6% | 15 | 14.7% | 24 | 4.6% | 74.7 |
| 30 | Pennsylvania | 28.5% | 34 | 6.4% | 33 | 2.4% | 261.8 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 27.9% | 32 | 8.2% | 37 | 1.7% | 67 |
| 32 | Oregon | 27.8% | 7 | 30.3% | 7 | 10.3% | 100.3 |
| 33 | North Dakota | 25.0% | 13 | 15.6% | 18 | 5.7% | 18.5 |
| 34 | Illinois | 20.3% | 43 | 0.3% | 32 | 2.7% | 275.7 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 20.0% | 22 | 12.2% | 26 | 4.2% | 57 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 19.2% | 17 | 14.0% | 6 | 10.5% | 57.7 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 18.2% | 41 | 2.3% | 42 | -0.4% | 127 |
| 38 | Louisiana | 16.5% | 24 | 11.1% | 5 | 11.3% | 132.2 |
| 39 | Alabama | 15.1% | 27 | 10.6% | 25 | 4.5% | 110.3 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 14.3% | 11 | 19.9% | 14 | 6.5% | 39.2 |
| 41 | Tennessee | 13.7% | 19 | 13.3% | 11 | 8.0% | 130.8 |
| 42 | Kansas | 13.2% | 40 | 2.9% | 30 | 3.4% | 64.5 |
| 43 | Indiana | 11.8% | 37 | 3.7% | 38 | 1.3% | 150.2 |
| 44 | Kentucky | 7.8% | 44 | 0.2% | 44 | -1.1% | 83.3 |
| 45 | Ohio | 7.4% | 45 | 0.0% | 43 | -0.8% | 231.1 |
| 46 | Michigan | 6.9% | 46 | -5.5% | 46 | -4.8% | 180.1 |
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Delaware |
N/A | N/A | N/A | NA | |||
Hawaii |
N/A | N/A | N/A | NA | |||
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Maryland |
N/A | N/A | N/A | NA | |||
Nebraska |
N/A | N/A | N/A | NA | |||
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U.S. total/average |
38.9% | 14.2% | 4.8% | 7,689 | |||
| Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau
of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) 10/24/07 |
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