Manufacturing employment growth, 1997-2007
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10-year rank
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State
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10-year growth
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3-year rank
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3-year growth
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1-year rank
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1-year growth
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Total 2007 employment (000s)
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| 1 |
Nevada |
27.8% |
3 |
10.0% |
10 |
0.2% |
50.5 |
| 2 |
North Dakota |
18.2% |
9 |
5.7% |
11 |
0.0% |
26 |
| 3 |
Utah |
1.6% |
1 |
11.4% |
1 |
3.7% |
127.6 |
| 4 |
Wyoming |
1.0% |
4 |
8.5% |
11 |
0.0% |
10.2 |
| 5 |
Idaho |
-2.8% |
6 |
6.6% |
9 |
0.3% |
66.3 |
| 6 |
Hawaii |
-3.8% |
22 |
-1.3% |
17 |
-0.7% |
15.2 |
| 7 |
Iowa |
-4.0% |
15 |
2.8% |
18 |
-0.7% |
229.5 |
| 8 |
South Dakota |
-5.0% |
5 |
8.0% |
7 |
1.0% |
42 |
| 9 |
Alaska |
-5.8% |
7 |
6.5% |
27 |
-1.5% |
13.1 |
| 10 |
Kansas |
-6.4% |
11 |
4.9% |
4 |
1.5% |
185.5 |
| 11 |
Montana |
-8.1% |
8 |
6.3% |
6 |
1.0% |
20.4 |
| 12 |
Nebraska |
-9.8% |
19 |
0.3% |
13 |
-0.2% |
101.3 |
| 13 |
Oregon |
-10.0% |
17 |
2.3% |
24 |
-1.4% |
204.3 |
| 14 |
Oklahoma |
-10.5% |
10 |
5.6% |
8 |
0.7% |
150.2 |
| 15 |
Texas |
-10.6% |
12 |
4.9% |
5 |
1.1% |
934.7 |
| 16 |
Arizona |
-11.3% |
16 |
2.6% |
34 |
-2.2% |
181.7 |
| 17 |
Minnesota |
-12.8% |
21 |
-0.5% |
23 |
-1.3% |
341.2 |
| 18 |
New Mexico |
-13.1% |
14 |
3.1% |
28 |
-1.6% |
37.1 |
| 19 |
Wisconsin |
-13.6% |
20 |
-0.4% |
20 |
-1.0% |
500.6 |
| 20 |
Louisiana |
-14.8% |
13 |
3.1% |
2 |
3.5% |
158 |
| 21 |
Kentucky |
-15.4% |
27 |
-3.0% |
32 |
-1.9% |
255.7 |
| 22 |
Indiana |
-15.7% |
32 |
-3.8% |
39 |
-2.7% |
550.1 |
| 23 |
Washington |
-16.3% |
2 |
11.3% |
3 |
2.6% |
293.3 |
| 24 |
Vermont |
-17.8% |
23 |
-2.4% |
16 |
-0.6% |
36 |
| 25 |
Florida |
-18.0% |
24 |
-2.7% |
47 |
-4.0% |
388.7 |
| 26 |
Alabama |
-18.4% |
18 |
1.7% |
33 |
-2.0% |
296.7 |
| 27 |
California |
-19.8% |
33 |
-3.8% |
29 |
-1.7% |
1463.2 |
| 28 |
Missouri |
-20.4% |
31 |
-3.7% |
36 |
-2.4% |
299.6 |
| 29 |
Arkansas |
-21.4% |
45 |
-6.9% |
49 |
-4.8% |
189.2 |
| 30 |
Colorado |
-21.7% |
30 |
-3.6% |
30 |
-1.8% |
146.4 |
| 31 |
Connecticut |
-22.0% |
26 |
-2.9% |
22 |
-1.1% |
191.4 |
| 32 |
Georgia |
-22.3% |
34 |
-3.9% |
46 |
-3.7% |
431 |
| 33 |
Delaware |
-22.5% |
29 |
-3.5% |
14 |
-0.3% |
33.4 |
| 34 |
New Hampshire |
-23.3% |
25 |
-2.7% |
15 |
-0.5% |
77.9 |
| 35 |
West Virginia |
-23.3% |
40 |
-6.3% |
41 |
-3.3% |
59 |
| 36 |
Maryland |
-23.8% |
41 |
-6.6% |
35 |
-2.4% |
132 |
| 37 |
Tennessee |
-24.3% |
48 |
-7.5% |
48 |
-4.6% |
380.9 |
| 38 |
Pennsylvania |
-24.5% |
35 |
-4.8% |
31 |
-1.9% |
657.8 |
| 39 |
Ohio |
-24.8% |
38 |
-6.0% |
40 |
-3.0% |
772.8 |
| 40 |
Illinois |
-25.1% |
28 |
-3.0% |
21 |
-1.1% |
675.9 |
| 41 |
Virginia |
-25.6% |
43 |
-6.7% |
42 |
-3.3% |
278.6 |
| 42 |
Mississippi |
-25.7% |
36 |
-5.5% |
44 |
-3.4% |
169.7 |
| 43 |
South Carolina |
-26.1% |
42 |
-6.7% |
19 |
-1.0% |
250.1 |
| 44 |
Maine |
-26.8% |
39 |
-6.2% |
26 |
-1.5% |
59.1 |
| 45 |
New Jersey |
-28.1% |
47 |
-7.5% |
43 |
-3.4% |
312.9 |
| 46 |
Massachusetts |
-28.4% |
37 |
-5.6% |
25 |
-1.5% |
295.3 |
| 47 |
Michigan |
-29.5% |
50 |
-12.0% |
50 |
-5.2% |
616.8 |
| 48 |
NEW YORK |
-30.6% |
46 |
-7.3% |
37 |
-2.5% |
553.5 |
| 49 |
North Carolina |
-32.7% |
44 |
-6.7% |
38 |
-2.7% |
538.5 |
| 50 |
Rhode Island |
-33.3% |
49 |
-10.9% |
45 |
-3.6% |
50.8 |
| U.S. total/average* |
-16.0% |
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-1.0% |
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-1.3% |
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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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