Construction Employment Growth, 1997-2007
|
10-year
rank |
State
|
10-year growth
|
3-year
rank |
3-year
growth |
1-year
rank |
1-year
growth |
Total 2007
employment (000s) |
| 1 | Montana | 77.6% | 4 | 30.5% | 3 | 7.6% | 32.5 |
| 2 | Wyoming | 66.5% | 2 | 37.0% | 1 | 10.0% | 26.3 |
| 3 | Idaho | 62.5% | 3 | 31.6% | 18 | 1.0% | 52.5 |
| 4 | Arizona | 61.1% | 10 | 17.1% | 42 | -6.6% | 224.4 |
| 5 | Utah | 61.1% | 1 | 43.3% | 2 | 9.6% | 104.2 |
| 6 | California | 60.5% | 28 | 4.9% | 39 | -4.4% | 892.3 |
| 7 | Nevada | 57.0% | 14 | 13.2% | 41 | -6.3% | 133.9 |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 51.4% | 26 | 5.2% | 34 | -3.1% | 22.1 |
| 9 | Washington | 51.2% | 5 | 26.4% | 4 | 6.5% | 207.6 |
| 10 | Florida | 49.3% | 20 | 10.1% | 44 | -8.3% | 598.1 |
| 11 | Colorado | 38.8% | 19 | 10.5% | 24 | -0.4% | 167.2 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 37.6% | 13 | 13.5% | 16 | 1.4% | 71.3 |
| 13 | Texas | 37.1% | 8 | 17.9% | 5 | 6.0% | 642.1 |
| 14 | New Mexico | 37.0% | 9 | 17.1% | 23 | -0.3% | 58.9 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 36.3% | 39 | -0.8% | 33 | -2.7% | 137.3 |
| 16 | New Hampshire | 35.1% | 42 | -4.4% | 38 | -4.4% | 28.1 |
| 17 | Maine | 32.2% | 37 | 0.0% | 28 | -1.6% | 30.8 |
| 18 | NEW YORK | 32.0% | 23 | 8.8% | 6 | 3.9% | 350.5 |
| 19 | Alaska | 31.3% | 38 | -0.6% | 36 | -3.3% | 17.6 |
| 20 | Vermont | 30.2% | 35 | 0.6% | 37 | -3.4% | 16.8 |
| 21 | New Jersey | 30.2% | 31 | 3.4% | 30 | -2.0% | 171.5 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 28.5% | 43 | -6.0% | 40 | -5.5% | 120.5 |
| 23 | Virginia | 27.9% | 29 | 4.3% | 35 | -3.2% | 240.8 |
| 24 | Georgia | 27.9% | 18 | 10.9% | 17 | 1.2% | 221.5 |
| 25 | North Dakota | 27.3% | 17 | 11.0% | 8 | 3.2% | 19.1 |
| 26 | Oregon | 26.2% | 6 | 25.6% | 9 | 3.0% | 103.9 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 25.6% | 16 | 11.5% | 13 | 2.3% | 127.6 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 24.9% | 11 | 16.8% | 7 | 3.7% | 254.9 |
| 29 | Pennsylvania | 23.0% | 27 | 5.1% | 20 | 0.7% | 262.9 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 22.8% | 30 | 4.3% | 14 | 2.1% | 68.5 |
| 31 | Missouri | 22.1% | 24 | 7.7% | 22 | 0.0% | 147.7 |
| 32 | Iowa | 20.6% | 25 | 5.7% | 32 | -2.6% | 72.5 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 17.5% | 22 | 9.5% | 25 | -1.1% | 56.3 |
| 34 | Alabama | 15.3% | 21 | 9.7% | 11 | 2.7% | 112.8 |
| 35 | Illinois | 15.1% | 36 | 0.3% | 27 | -1.6% | 271 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 15.0% | 7 | 18.5% | 19 | 0.9% | 58.2 |
| 37 | Louisiana | 14.1% | 12 | 15.3% | 10 | 2.8% | 134.2 |
| 38 | Wisconsin | 12.6% | 40 | -0.9% | 26 | -1.5% | 125.6 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 10.9% | 15 | 11.8% | 29 | -1.8% | 38.7 |
| 40 | Kansas | 10.0% | 32 | 3.2% | 15 | 1.6% | 65.1 |
| 41 | Indiana | 7.2% | 33 | 2.1% | 21 | 0.3% | 151 |
| 42 | Kentucky | 4.3% | 34 | 2.0% | 12 | 2.5% | 85.2 |
| 43 | Ohio | 0.2% | 41 | -4.1% | 31 | -2.1% | 224.9 |
| 44 | Michigan | -7.8% | 44 | -13.2% | 43 | -6.6% | 166.2 |
| Delaware | |||||||
| Hawaii | |||||||
| Maryland | |||||||
| Nebraska | |||||||
| South Dakota | |||||||
| Tennesee | |||||||
| U.S. total/average* | 31.1% | 9.9% | 0.01% | ||||
| Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) | |||||||
| *Calculated by the PPI | |||||||