Financial Activities Employment Growth, 1997-2007
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| 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% |
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3.9% |
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0.6% |
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| Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) |
| *Calculated by the PPI |
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