Private Employment Growth, 1996-2006

10-year rank	State	10-year growth	3-year rank	3-year growth	1-year rank	1-year growth	Total 2006 employment (000s)
1	Nevada	52.5%	1	18.7%	5	4.9%	1,131.4
2	Arizona	41.9%	2	17.4%	2	6.1%	2,233.6
3	Idaho	33.5%	3	14.0%	4	5.5%	523.2
4	Florida	31.8%	6	11.5%	12	2.8%	6,909.4
5	Wyoming	29.7%	5	13.2%	1	6.2%	211.2
6	Utah	26.8%	4	13.8%	3	5.6%	998.7
7	Alaska	22.6%	14	7.2%	19	2.1%	233.5
8	Texas	22.6%	12	8.0%	9	3.5%	8341
9	Montana	22.4%	8	10.1%	7	3.6%	346.8
10	New Mexico	21.5%	9	9.4%	6	4.6%	635.2
11	Virginia	20.2%	15	6.7%	25	1.6%	3052
12	Colorado	20.0%	18	6.4%	17	2.6%	1,911.1
13	California	18.8%	23	5.5%	21	2.0%	12,625.5
14	Washington	18.6%	11	9.1%	8	3.6%	2,330.3
15	Maryland	18.2%	28	4.5%	34	1.3%	2,116.2
16	Hawaii	17.9%	7	10.5%	14	2.8%	495.5
17	South Dakota	16.4%	17	6.6%	15	2.8%	323.7
18	North Dakota	16.3%	13	7.7%	13	2.8%	277.3
19	Delaware	16.0%	25	5.1%	38	1.0%	375.6
20	Georgia	15.8%	16	6.6%	20	2.1%	3,423.7
21	Oregon	15.3%	10	9.4%	10	3.4%	1,415.7
22	New Hampshire	15.2%	34	3.8%	45	0.6%	548
23	Nebraska	14.4%	32	4.0%	33	1.4%	784.4
24	Minnesota	14.2%	30	4.4%	26	1.6%	2346
25	South Carolina	14.1%	21	6.2%	18	2.2%	1,572.1
26	Maine	13.3%	47	1.3%	47	0.5%	509.6
27	Oklahoma	13.3%	22	6.1%	16	2.8%	1,233.6
28	Rhode Island	13.0%	44	2.5%	44	0.6%	428.6
29	North Carolina	12.5%	19	6.3%	11	2.9%	3,345.3
30	New Jersey	11.7%	45	2.1%	41	0.8%	3,426.1
31	Kansas	10.6%	36	3.5%	27	1.6%	1,099.9
32	Vermont	10.5%	41	2.7%	46	0.6%	253.9
33	Kentucky	10.4%	33	3.8%	37	1.1%	1,527.3
34	Wisconsin	10.3%	35	3.5%	42	0.8%	2,445.1
35	Tennessee	10.0%	24	5.2%	28	1.6%	2,367.7
36	Arkansas	9.3%	27	4.7%	23	1.8%	991.4
37	West Virginia	9.2%	29	4.5%	32	1.4%	611.4
38	Iowa	9.2%	26	5.0%	24	1.7%	1,255.8
39	Pennsylvania	9.0%	40	2.9%	39	1.0%	5,006.8
40	NEW YORK	9.0%	39	3.0%	35	1.2%	7,125.2
41	Alabama	8.5%	20	6.2%	22	1.9%	1,611.7
42	Missouri	8.1%	31	4.1%	29	1.5%	2,341.2
43	Massachusetts	7.0%	46	1.5%	40	1.0%	2,814.3
44	Connecticut	5.5%	43	2.5%	36	1.1%	1,434.1
45	Indiana	4.9%	38	3.0%	43	0.7%	2,547
46	Illinois	4.4%	42	2.7%	30	1.5%	5,089
47	Louisiana	4.4%	49	-1.2%	49	-0.6%	1,508.7
48	Mississippi	3.5%	37	3.2%	31	1.4%	902.1
49	Ohio	2.1%	48	1.0%	48	0.3%	4,640.4
50	Michigan	-1.0%	50	-1.6%	50	-1.2%	3,671.4
U.S. total/average		14.0%		5.3%		2.0%	114,184
Source: Public Policy Institute analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data (not seasonally adjusted) 10/24/07

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