Financial Activities Employment Growth, 1996-2006

10-year rank	State	10-year growth	3-year rank	3-year growth	1-year rank	1-year growth	Total 2006 employment (000s)
1	Arizona	53.6%	2	14.4%	3	5.0%	183.1
2	Nevada	48.3%	4	12.3%	17	2.2%	65.7
3	South Dakota	45.8%	12	6.9%	7	3.9%	29.6
4	Rhode Island	45.5%	21	4.5%	12	2.6%	35.2
5	Utah	39.7%	6	10.4%	2	5.8%	71.4
6	South Carolina	36.8%	5	11.7%	4	4.4%	102.2
7	Florida	36.2%	3	12.4%	9	3.1%	545.9
8	Montana	34.3%	7	9.9%	6	4.2%	22.3
9	Wyoming	32.1%	9	8.8%	11	2.8%	11.1
10	New Hampshire	32.0%	11	7.0%	40	0.5%	39.6
11	North Dakota	30.6%	23	4.3%	18	2.1%	19.2
12	North Carolina	30.5%	10	8.1%	5	4.3%	205.8
13	Texas	29.2%	13	6.8%	13	2.6%	625.6
14	Idaho	28.2%	1	17.8%	1	7.1%	31.8
15	Virginia	28.0%	19	5.0%	24	1.7%	195.7
16	California	27.5%	15	6.2%	25	1.5%	940.7
17	Georgia	25.9%	14	6.6%	14	2.4%	230.7
18	Iowa	25.8%	16	5.7%	15	2.3%	100.6
19	Colorado	25.6%	24	4.3%	27	1.4%	160.7
20	Washington	25.3%	31	3.0%	30	1.2%	156.4
21	Alaska	25.2%	27	3.5%	37	0.7%	14.9
22	Nebraska	22.1%	17	5.3%	20	1.9%	65.7
23	Kentucky	21.5%	20	4.5%	10	3.1%	90.5
24	Minnesota	21.5%	30	3.1%	34	0.8%	181.1
25	New Jersey	21.4%	36	1.6%	41	0.3%	280.6
26	Oregon	19.8%	8	9.0%	8	3.6%	105.8
27	Kansas	19.7%	28	3.3%	21	1.8%	71.8
28	Wisconsin	18.7%	32	2.7%	35	0.8%	161.1
29	Maine	17.5%	50	-4.3%	48	-1.8%	33.6
30	Maryland	17.3%	33	2.5%	38	0.6%	159.9
31	Missouri	15.5%	35	1.6%	28	1.2%	165.4
32	Alabama	15.5%	34	2.3%	42	0.2%	98.5
33	Arkansas	15.4%	22	4.4%	16	2.3%	52.6
34	Connecticut	12.3%	37	1.1%	26	1.4%	144.3
35	Tennessee	11.7%	29	3.1%	39	0.6%	144.2
36	New Mexico	10.3%	26	3.8%	33	0.9%	35.2
37	Massachusetts	10.0%	42	-0.1%	32	0.9%	223.5
38	Ohio	10.0%	46	-1.4%	46	-0.4%	307.3
39	Louisiana	9.0%	49	-3.6%	50	-2.7%	95.7
40	Oklahoma	8.7%	38	1.1%	29	1.2%	84.1
41	Mississippi	7.9%	40	0.9%	43	0.0%	46.3
42	Michigan	7.6%	44	-0.9%	47	-0.7%	216.3
43	West Virginia	6.7%	47	-1.9%	23	1.7%	30.2
44	Illinois	5.8%	39	1.0%	31	1.0%	405.8
45	Vermont	3.9%	41	0.0%	44	0.0%	13.2
46	Pennsylvania	3.5%	43	-0.9%	45	-0.1%	335.5
47	Delaware	2.8%	48	-2.9%	49	-2.7%	44
48	NEW YORK	1.5%	25	4.3%	22	1.8%	726.2
49	Indiana	-0.1%	45	-1.0%	36	0.8%	139.9
50	Hawaii	-2.3%	18	5.3%	19	2.0%	29.9
U.S. total/average		20.0%		4.8%		2.6%	8,363
Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) 10/24/07

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