Total Private-Sector Employment Growth, 1997-2007

10-year rank	State	10-year growth	3-year rank	3-year growth	1-year rank	1-year growth	Total 2007 employment (000s)
1	Nevada	44.8%	5	11.9%	38	0.5%	1135.2
2	Arizona	35.4%	4	13.2%	30	0.8%	2243.2
3	Wyoming	32.9%	1	15.9%	2	4.4%	221.2
4	Idaho	32.7%	3	13.6%	6	3.0%	538.1
5	Utah	27.2%	2	15.4%	1	4.6%	1044.9
6	Florida	26.7%	13	7.5%	43	0.2%	6917.1
7	Montana	24.5%	6	10.3%	5	3.2%	358
8	New Mexico	22.0%	9	9.5%	12	2.2%	648.4
9	Texas	21.0%	8	10.1%	4	3.3%	8631.2
10	Alaska	20.7%	20	5.8%	23	1.0%	235.9
11	Hawaii	19.5%	12	8.3%	21	1.2%	501.6
12	Colorado	17.5%	14	7.4%	11	2.3%	1955.4
13	Virginia	16.7%	22	4.8%	32	0.8%	3074.6
14	Washington	16.6%	7	10.2%	7	3.0%	2399.2
15	South Dakota	16.4%	17	7.2%	10	2.3%	330.8
16	North Dakota	15.7%	16	7.2%	15	2.0%	282.2
17	Maryland	15.4%	32	3.7%	34	0.6%	2131
18	California	15.3%	26	4.4%	39	0.5%	12665.8
19	Georgia	14.3%	19	6.4%	19	1.3%	3471.1
20	South Carolina	13.6%	18	6.9%	9	2.3%	1612.6
21	Nebraska	13.3%	23	4.8%	16	1.8%	798.5
22	New Hampshire	13.0%	34	3.4%	24	1.0%	555.3
23	Oregon	12.9%	10	8.9%	17	1.7%	1441.6
24	Delaware	12.2%	41	2.6%	46	0.1%	375.6
25	North Carolina	12.2%	11	8.4%	8	2.7%	3450.7
26	Oklahoma	12.1%	15	7.4%	14	2.0%	1245
27	Minnesota	11.6%	28	3.8%	35	0.6%	2356.1
28	Maine	11.4%	48	1.2%	37	0.6%	513.2
29	Rhode Island	10.7%	46	1.3%	47	0.0%	428.3
30	Kentucky	8.7%	30	3.7%	22	1.0%	1544.4
31	Wisconsin	8.7%	38	3.0%	36	0.6%	2465.7
32	New Jersey	8.6%	44	1.8%	45	0.1%	3425.6
33	Vermont	8.6%	47	1.2%	48	-0.2%	253.7
34	NEW YORK	8.6%	33	3.6%	18	1.4%	7233.3
35	Kansas	8.4%	25	4.4%	13	2.0%	1121.4
36	Iowa	8.1%	24	4.5%	29	0.8%	1267.1
37	Arkansas	7.9%	29	3.8%	42	0.3%	993.7
38	Tennessee	7.8%	31	3.7%	40	0.4%	2375.3
39	Pennsylvania	7.7%	36	3.1%	28	0.8%	5051.4
40	West Virginia	7.6%	37	3.1%	44	0.1%	611.9
41	Alabama	7.2%	21	5.7%	20	1.3%	1630
42	Missouri	5.8%	27	4.0%	33	0.7%	2356
43	Massachusetts	5.4%	42	2.6%	25	1.0%	2844.5
44	Louisiana	5.3%	45	1.7%	3	3.8%	1561.9
45	Connecticut	4.8%	39	2.9%	26	1.0%	1448.5
46	Indiana	3.4%	43	2.1%	41	0.3%	2556.4
47	Illinois	3.4%	35	3.2%	27	0.9%	5130.8
48	Mississippi	2.3%	40	2.9%	31	0.8%	908.4
49	Ohio	-0.2%	49	0.4%	49	-0.2%	4626.8
50	Michigan	-4.9%	50	-3.1%	50	-1.6%	3604.8
U.S. total/average*		13.6%		5.6%		1.3%
Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted)
*Calculated by the PPI

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