Financial Activities 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 | South Dakota | 41.9% | 5 | 10.8% | 1 | 4.4% | 30.8 |
| 2 | Utah | 39.4% | 2 | 15.1% | 2 | 4.3% | 74.7 |
| 3 | Arizona | 39.1% | 4 | 11.5% | 26 | 0.4% | 183.6 |
| 4 | Nevada | 38.1% | 17 | 5.4% | 38 | -0.6% | 64.9 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 37.4% | 29 | 2.6% | 36 | -0.6% | 34.9 |
| 6 | South Carolina | 36.8% | 3 | 13.3% | 3 | 3.5% | 106.4 |
| 7 | North Dakota | 32.9% | 13 | 6.5% | 5 | 3.1% | 19.8 |
| 8 | Idaho | 30.5% | 1 | 16.1% | 8 | 2.5% | 32.5 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 29.5% | 9 | 8.6% | 7 | 2.7% | 11.4 |
| 10 | Florida | 29.3% | 11 | 7.5% | 41 | -0.8% | 541.8 |
| 11 | Montana | 27.5% | 21 | 3.3% | 43 | -0.9% | 21.8 |
| 12 | Texas | 27.3% | 10 | 8.1% | 10 | 2.5% | 644.1 |
| 13 | Iowa | 26.2% | 15 | 6.0% | 12 | 2.1% | 102.7 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 24.6% | 7 | 9.4% | 6 | 2.7% | 211.2 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 24.3% | 8 | 9.2% | 4 | 3.4% | 69 |
| 16 | Virginia | 22.4% | 27 | 2.8% | 33 | -0.3% | 194.2 |
| 17 | Georgia | 21.8% | 16 | 5.6% | 29 | 0.2% | 231.1 |
| 18 | New Hampshire | 21.1% | 24 | 2.9% | 49 | -2.3% | 38.5 |
| 19 | Washington | 21.0% | 33 | 2.3% | 37 | -0.6% | 155.3 |
| 20 | California | 20.7% | 40 | 0.5% | 50 | -3.1% | 906.6 |
| 21 | Kansas | 19.1% | 14 | 6.0% | 9 | 2.5% | 74.2 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 18.7% | 12 | 7.2% | 11 | 2.4% | 93.3 |
| 23 | Colorado | 18.0% | 22 | 3.2% | 35 | -0.5% | 159.6 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 17.9% | 31 | 2.5% | 21 | 0.6% | 162.8 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 17.1% | 37 | 1.5% | 39 | -0.7% | 179.2 |
| 26 | Oregon | 16.0% | 6 | 9.4% | 24 | 0.5% | 106.6 |
| 27 | Alaska | 15.4% | 28 | 2.7% | 20 | 0.7% | 15 |
| 28 | New Jersey | 15.4% | 44 | -0.8% | 47 | -1.7% | 274.7 |
| 29 | Arkansas | 14.1% | 18 | 4.7% | 16 | 1.3% | 53.3 |
| 30 | Missouri | 12.9% | 25 | 2.9% | 17 | 1.3% | 167.2 |
| 31 | Maine | 12.1% | 50 | -4.6% | 42 | -0.9% | 33.3 |
| 32 | Maryland | 11.7% | 39 | 1.0% | 46 | -1.5% | 157.5 |
| 33 | Connecticut | 11.1% | 26 | 2.8% | 28 | 0.2% | 144.6 |
| 34 | Alabama | 10.4% | 23 | 3.2% | 15 | 1.4% | 100.2 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 8.6% | 36 | 1.6% | 27 | 0.4% | 144.1 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 8.0% | 30 | 2.6% | 22 | 0.6% | 35.3 |
| 37 | Oklahoma | 7.9% | 41 | -0.1% | 23 | 0.5% | 83.8 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 7.8% | 34 | 2.0% | 18 | 0.9% | 46.9 |
| 39 | Louisiana | 6.4% | 49 | -3.2% | 13 | 1.8% | 97 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | 5.6% | 32 | 2.4% | 25 | 0.4% | 224.9 |
| 41 | Ohio | 4.6% | 48 | -3.2% | 45 | -1.5% | 301.1 |
| 42 | Michigan | 3.4% | 47 | -2.8% | 48 | -2.0% | 211.4 |
| 43 | Vermont | 3.1% | 42 | -0.8% | 30 | 0.0% | 13.2 |
| 44 | Pennsylvania | 2.8% | 45 | -1.2% | 40 | -0.8% | 332.3 |
| 45 | Illinois | 2.6% | 38 | 1.3% | 32 | -0.2% | 404.5 |
| 46 | Delaware | 2.0% | 35 | 1.6% | 14 | 1.6% | 45.4 |
| 47 | NEW YORK | 1.6% | 19 | 4.2% | 19 | 0.7% | 731.4 |
| 48 | West Virginia | 1.4% | 46 | -1.7% | 44 | -1.0% | 29.8 |
| 49 | Hawaii | -0.3% | 20 | 4.2% | 30 | 0.0% | 30 |
| 50 | Indiana | -3.3% | 43 | -0.8% | 34 | -0.4% | 138.8 |
| U.S. total/average* | 17.3% | 3.9% | 0.6% | ||||
| Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) | |||||||
| *Calculated by the PPI | |||||||