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

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