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Information-Sector Employment Growth, 1996-2006 |
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10-year rank |
State |
10-year growth |
3-year rank |
3-year growth |
1-year rank |
1-year growth |
Total 2006 employment
(000s) |
| 1 | Washington | 44.7% | 3 | 7.0% | 2 | 4.3% | 98.8 |
| 2 | Idaho | 32.5% | 1 | 15.2% | 6 | 2.9% | 10.6 |
| 3 | Alaska | 27.3% | 10 | 1.4% | 18 | 0.0% | 7 |
| 4 | Delaware | 26.4% | 46 | -9.5% | 20 | 0.0% | 6.7 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 24.9% | 4 | 6.4% | 7 | 2.7% | 73.3 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 24.2% | 12 | 0.6% | 1 | 8.2% | 15.9 |
| 7 | Utah | 23.6% | 2 | 8.3% | 10 | 1.6% | 32.5 |
| 8 | Wyoming | 20.0% | 14 | 0.0% | 46 | -2.3% | 4.2 |
| 9 | Montana | 17.9% | 9 | 2.6% | 13 | 1.3% | 7.9 |
| 10 | Arizona | 17.9% | 47 | -9.5% | 37 | -1.1% | 44.8 |
| 11 | Nevada | 17.7% | 18 | -1.3% | 4 | 4.1% | 15.3 |
| 12 | New Hampshire | 16.5% | 6 | 4.1% | 23 | 0.0% | 12.7 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 16.1% | 11 | 1.1% | 11 | 1.5% | 27.4 |
| 14 | Florida | 14.6% | 25 | -2.4% | 26 | -0.6% | 167.2 |
| 15 | Kansas | 13.3% | 50 | -11.7% | 34 | -1.0% | 39.2 |
| 16 | South Dakota | 12.9% | 8 | 2.9% | 5 | 2.9% | 7 |
| 17 | Colorado | 11.2% | 49 | -10.8% | 44 | -1.8% | 75.5 |
| 18 | Oregon | 9.0% | 5 | 4.2% | 3 | 4.2% | 35 |
| 19 | California | 9.0% | 16 | -0.7% | 24 | -0.2% | 472.8 |
| 20 | Maine | 8.7% | 20 | -1.8% | 22 | 0.0% | 11.2 |
| 21 | Arkansas | 8.7% | 19 | -1.5% | 19 | 0.0% | 20 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 8.4% | 40 | -8.0% | 39 | -1.3% | 29.8 |
| 23 | Texas | 8.1% | 32 | -4.9% | 25 | -0.4% | 222.5 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 7.9% | 23 | -2.2% | 33 | -1.0% | 49.2 |
| 25 | Virginia | 7.9% | 43 | -9.3% | 29 | -0.8% | 92 |
| 26 | Rhode Island | 6.8% | 13 | 0.0% | 9 | 1.9% | 11 |
| 27 | Kentucky | 6.1% | 15 | -0.3% | 14 | 1.0% | 29.6 |
| 28 | North Dakota | 5.6% | 26 | -2.6% | 38 | -1.3% | 7.5 |
| 29 | Maryland | 4.3% | 17 | -1.0% | 16 | 0.2% | 50.6 |
| 30 | Tennessee | 2.9% | 22 | -2.1% | 12 | 1.4% | 50.1 |
| 31 | Louisiana | 2.7% | 39 | -7.2% | 50 | -7.6% | 26.9 |
| 32 | Hawaii | 0.9% | 7 | 3.8% | 21 | 0.0% | 10.8 |
| 33 | Georgia | 0.4% | 36 | -6.3% | 30 | -0.8% | 115.6 |
| 34 | NEW YORK | -0.3% | 21 | -2.1% | 17 | 0.1% | 269.9 |
| 35 | Iowa | -2.7% | 24 | -2.4% | 27 | -0.6% | 32.8 |
| 36 | Vermont | -3.2% | 35 | -6.2% | 43 | -1.6% | 6.1 |
| 37 | Alabama | -4.1% | 30 | -4.7% | 45 | -2.3% | 30.3 |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | -4.9% | 48 | -10.2% | 36 | -1.1% | 108.3 |
| 39 | Michigan | -5.0% | 33 | -5.1% | 32 | -0.9% | 66.7 |
| 40 | Indiana | -5.4% | 28 | -3.1% | 28 | -0.7% | 40 |
| 41 | Massachusetts | -5.5% | 29 | -4.6% | 15 | 0.2% | 87.1 |
| 42 | Minnesota | -6.9% | 37 | -6.8% | 47 | -2.4% | 57.7 |
| 43 | Mississippi | -8.1% | 44 | -9.3% | 49 | -4.2% | 13.7 |
| 44 | Missouri | -9.2% | 34 | -5.4% | 42 | -1.6% | 62.8 |
| 45 | West Virginia | -9.4% | 38 | -7.2% | 31 | -0.9% | 11.6 |
| 46 | Ohio | -10.8% | 41 | -8.1% | 40 | -1.3% | 88.7 |
| 47 | Connecticut | -12.7% | 31 | -4.8% | 35 | -1.0% | 37.7 |
| 48 | New Jersey | -15.8% | 27 | -3.0% | 8 | 1.9% | 98.9 |
| 49 | Nebraska | -16.7% | 45 | -9.3% | 48 | -3.5% | 19.5 |
| 50 | Illinois | -17.0% | 42 | -8.5% | 41 | -1.4% | 116.6 |
| U.S. total/average | 3.9% | -4.2% | -0.2% | 3,055 | |||
| Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau
of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) 10/24/07 |
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