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Manufacturing Employment Change, 1996-2006 |
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10-year rank |
State |
10-year-change |
3-year rank |
3-year-change |
1-year rank |
1-year-change |
Total 2006 employment
(000s) |
| 1 | Nevada | 32.9% | 1 | 15.6% | 1 | 5.2% | 50.5 |
| 2 | North Dakota | 27.3% | 3 | 11.1% | 18 | 0.8% | 26.1 |
| 3 | Wyoming | 1.0% | 6 | 8.6% | 6 | 4.1% | 10.1 |
| 4 | Utah | 1.0% | 5 | 9.3% | 8 | 3.8% | 122.7 |
| 5 | Idaho | 0.0% | 11 | 5.9% | 7 | 3.9% | 66.1 |
| 6 | Iowa | -1.5% | 12 | 5.0% | 17 | 0.9% | 231.1 |
| 7 | Kansas | -1.6% | 13 | 4.7% | 14 | 1.4% | 182.8 |
| 8 | South Dakota | -4.8% | 4 | 10.1% | 5 | 4.3% | 41.5 |
| 9 | Oregon | -4.9% | 10 | 6.1% | 15 | 1.4% | 206.8 |
| 10 | Hawaii | -5.0% | 19 | 1.3% | 24 | 0.0% | 15.2 |
| 11 | Arizona | -5.9% | 8 | 6.8% | 12 | 2.7% | 187.3 |
| 12 | Montana | -7.8% | 9 | 6.3% | 10 | 3.1% | 20.2 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | -7.9% | 14 | 4.1% | 11 | 3.0% | 149.1 |
| 14 | Nebraska | -8.4% | 22 | -0.7% | 19 | 0.3% | 101.6 |
| 15 | Minnesota | -8.8% | 20 | 1.2% | 22 | 0.1% | 347.4 |
| 16 | Texas | -8.9% | 17 | 2.9% | 9 | 3.2% | 926.3 |
| 17 | Alaska | -9.0% | 2 | 12.0% | 3 | 4.8% | 13.1 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | -11.0% | 21 | 0.2% | 23 | 0.0% | 505 |
| 19 | New Mexico | -11.5% | 15 | 3.3% | 4 | 4.4% | 37.7 |
| 20 | Washington | -12.0% | 7 | 7.1% | 2 | 4.9% | 286 |
| 21 | Kentucky | -12.2% | 25 | -1.5% | 26 | -0.3% | 261.4 |
| 22 | Indiana | -12.5% | 24 | -1.2% | 32 | -0.9% | 565.9 |
| 23 | Florida | -14.5% | 18 | 1.7% | 20 | 0.3% | 402.7 |
| 24 | Vermont | -15.3% | 34 | -3.7% | 38 | -1.9% | 36.1 |
| 25 | California | -15.6% | 32 | -3.2% | 27 | -0.7% | 1,504.5 |
| 26 | Alabama | -16.3% | 16 | 3.2% | 13 | 1.5% | 303.1 |
| 27 | Louisiana | -16.8% | 27 | -2.2% | 21 | 0.1% | 152.4 |
| 28 | Arkansas | -17.3% | 33 | -3.3% | 33 | -1.1% | 199 |
| 29 | Colorado | -17.6% | 29 | -3.0% | 30 | -0.7% | 149.3 |
| 30 | Missouri | -18.3% | 28 | -2.4% | 28 | -0.7% | 306.8 |
| 31 | Georgia | -18.6% | 23 | -0.7% | 25 | -0.2% | 448.8 |
| 32 | Delaware | -19.1% | 42 | -6.2% | 16 | 0.9% | 33.5 |
| 33 | Connecticut | -21.0% | 30 | -3.1% | 29 | -0.7% | 193.8 |
| 34 | Tennessee | -21.1% | 31 | -3.2% | 43 | -2.1% | 400.1 |
| 35 | Maryland | -21.2% | 43 | -6.9% | 46 | -2.7% | 136.4 |
| 36 | West Virginia | -21.4% | 38 | -5.4% | 39 | -1.9% | 61 |
| 37 | New Hampshire | -22.0% | 35 | -4.1% | 48 | -3.9% | 77.1 |
| 38 | Virginia | -22.1% | 37 | -5.3% | 45 | -2.4% | 288.7 |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | -22.5% | 40 | -5.7% | 34 | -1.1% | 671.9 |
| 40 | Ohio | -22.6% | 39 | -5.5% | 37 | -1.8% | 796.8 |
| 41 | Mississippi | -23.8% | 26 | -1.8% | 35 | -1.5% | 175.7 |
| 42 | Illinois | -24.0% | 36 | -4.4% | 31 | -0.8% | 683 |
| 43 | Michigan | -25.0% | 49 | -9.5% | 50 | -4.2% | 648.4 |
| 44 | New Jersey | -25.7% | 44 | -7.2% | 36 | -1.6% | 325 |
| 45 | South Carolina | -25.7% | 48 | -8.8% | 47 | -3.6% | 251.6 |
| 46 | Maine | -25.9% | 41 | -6.1% | 40 | -2.0% | 60.2 |
| 47 | Massachusetts | -27.2% | 47 | -7.8% | 42 | -2.1% | 299 |
| 48 | NEW YORK | -28.7% | 45 | -7.4% | 44 | -2.2% | 567.9 |
| 49 | North Carolina | -31.6% | 46 | -7.7% | 41 | -2.0% | 553.3 |
| 50 | Rhode Island | -31.8% | 50 | -10.2% | 49 | -4.0% | 52.7 |
| U.S. total/average | -17.6% | -2.2% | -0.2% | 14,197 | |||
| Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau
of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) 10/24/07 |
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