Government Employment Growth, 1997-2007
|
10-year rank
|
State
|
10-year growth
|
3-year rank
|
3-year growth
|
1-year rank
|
1-year growth
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Total 2007
employment (000s) |
| 1 | Nevada | 47.2% | 1 | 13.1% | 1 | 4.4% | 156.8 |
| 2 | Arizona | 28.8% | 6 | 5.8% | 2 | 3.5% | 422.7 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 20.6% | 2 | 6.6% | 5 | 2.3% | 695 |
| 4 | Utah | 19.9% | 17 | 3.9% | 29 | 1.0% | 206.6 |
| 5 | Florida | 19.4% | 7 | 5.5% | 6 | 2.3% | 1124.4 |
| 6 | New Hampshire | 18.8% | 18 | 3.8% | 16 | 1.5% | 93.6 |
| 7 | Colorado | 18.8% | 12 | 4.5% | 7 | 2.1% | 374.8 |
| 8 | Vermont | 18.2% | 20 | 3.3% | 34 | 0.6% | 54 |
| 9 | Idaho | 17.5% | 21 | 2.9% | 25 | 1.2% | 117.5 |
| 10 | Georgia | 17.1% | 4 | 6.1% | 10 | 1.9% | 675.9 |
| 11 | California | 16.7% | 14 | 4.2% | 11 | 1.8% | 2497.4 |
| 12 | Texas | 16.5% | 13 | 4.4% | 23 | 1.2% | 1727.8 |
| 13 | Washington | 16.4% | 30 | 1.8% | 35 | 0.5% | 532.8 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 16.2% | 3 | 6.3% | 36 | 0.4% | 320.9 |
| 15 | Wyoming | 15.5% | 16 | 3.9% | 4 | 2.4% | 67 |
| 16 | Delaware | 15.3% | 5 | 6.1% | 30 | 1.0% | 61.2 |
| 17 | Virginia | 15.0% | 8 | 5.4% | 15 | 1.7% | 686.1 |
| 18 | Arkansas | 14.7% | 9 | 4.9% | 20 | 1.3% | 210.3 |
| 19 | New Jersey | 13.7% | 28 | 2.4% | 41 | 0.2% | 648.3 |
| 20 | Maryland | 13.3% | 19 | 3.5% | 13 | 1.7% | 479 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 13.0% | 15 | 4.0% | 8 | 2.1% | 337.7 |
| 22 | Maine | 12.2% | 44 | -0.4% | 43 | -0.1% | 104.3 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 11.6% | 11 | 4.7% | 9 | 2.0% | 324.6 |
| 24 | Alaska | 11.6% | 42 | 0.5% | 38 | 0.4% | 81.7 |
| 25 | Indiana | 11.5% | 32 | 1.5% | 18 | 1.3% | 431.8 |
| 26 | Oregon | 11.5% | 22 | 2.7% | 17 | 1.4% | 290 |
| 27 | Mississippi | 11.3% | 40 | 0.7% | 12 | 1.8% | 243.7 |
| 28 | Tennessee | 10.8% | 33 | 1.5% | 27 | 1.1% | 421.3 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 10.3% | 24 | 2.6% | 22 | 1.3% | 249 |
| 30 | New Mexico | 10.1% | 47 | -1.8% | 50 | -1.5% | 194.8 |
| 31 | South Dakota | 9.9% | 38 | 0.8% | 37 | 0.4% | 75.6 |
| 32 | Kansas | 9.4% | 25 | 2.5% | 24 | 1.2% | 257.6 |
| 33 | Hawaii | 9.2% | 31 | 1.6% | 33 | 0.6% | 122 |
| 34 | Alabama | 8.7% | 10 | 4.7% | 14 | 1.7% | 376.4 |
| 35 | North Dakota | 7.8% | 35 | 1.3% | 42 | 0.1% | 75.6 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 7.8% | 26 | 2.5% | 28 | 1.0% | 164.1 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 7.6% | 37 | 0.9% | 40 | 0.2% | 416.1 |
| 38 | Montana | 7.0% | 48 | -2.0% | 48 | -0.5% | 85.1 |
| 39 | NEW YORK | 7.0% | 34 | 1.4% | 21 | 1.3% | 1504.3 |
| 40 | Minnesota | 6.7% | 41 | 0.6% | 45 | -0.3% | 414.7 |
| 41 | Iowa | 6.5% | 29 | 2.2% | 26 | 1.1% | 249.9 |
| 42 | Missouri | 6.5% | 27 | 2.4% | 19 | 1.3% | 439.6 |
| 43 | Ohio | 5.3% | 45 | -0.5% | 46 | -0.3% | 797.6 |
| 44 | Illinois | 5.2% | 39 | 0.7% | 32 | 0.6% | 850.6 |
| 45 | Massachusetts | 4.4% | 23 | 2.6% | 31 | 0.8% | 432.6 |
| 46 | West Virginia | 4.3% | 36 | 1.3% | 39 | 0.3% | 145.1 |
| 47 | Pennsylvania | 4.2% | 43 | 0.0% | 44 | -0.2% | 744.4 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 2.2% | 46 | -1.4% | 47 | -0.5% | 64.6 |
| 49 | Michigan | 1.5% | 49 | -3.3% | 49 | -1.2% | 657.2 |
| 50 | Louisiana | -1.5% | 50 | -6.1% | 3 | 3.1% | 358.8 |
| U.S. total/average* | 12.3% | 2.5% | 1.1% | ||||
| Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) | |||||||
| *Calculated by the PPI | |||||||