FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES EMPLOYMENT
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10-year rank |
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10-year change |
3-year Rank |
3-year change |
1-year |
1-year change |
Jobs, 2003 |
1 |
Nevada | 61.2% | 3 | 11.5% | 3 | 5.4% | 60.3 |
2 |
Arizona | 52.1% | 22 | 4.3% | 22 | 1.6% | 161.1 |
3 |
South Dakota | 49.5% | 28 | 3.3% | 39 | 0.4% | 28.1 |
4 |
Utah | 42.9% | 9 | 8.3% | 23 | 1.5% | 65.6 |
5 |
Delaware | 40.8% | 1 | 14.0% | 1 | 18.2% | 44.9 |
6 |
Rhode Island | 37.6% | 16 | 5.3% | 41 | 0.3% | 33.7 |
7 |
North Carolina | 35.1% | 12 | 7.0% | 27 | 1.1% | 192.2 |
8 |
Georgia | 33.8% | 27 | 3.4% | 28 | 1.1% | 217.6 |
9 |
North Dakota | 31.7% | 6 | 9.4% | 20 | 1.6% | 18.7 |
10 |
South Carolina | 30.9% | 21 | 4.4% | 18 | 1.7% | 91.1 |
11 |
New Hampshire | 30.3% | 10 | 7.5% | 21 | 1.6% | 37.4 |
12 |
Maine | 30.1% | 37 | 1.2% | 48 | -1.1% | 35 |
13 |
Montana | 29.1% | 5 | 9.7% | 11 | 2.5% | 20.4 |
14 |
Colorado | 29.1% | 25 | 3.9% | 31 | 0.8% | 155.4 |
15 |
Iowa | 28.5% | 11 | 7.4% | 7 | 3.0% | 97 |
16 |
Virginia | 28.4% | 26 | 3.4% | 9 | 2.9% | 189.7 |
17 |
Florida | 28.1% | 24 | 4.0% | 24 | 1.5% | 488.8 |
18 |
Idaho | 28.0% | 7 | 9.2% | 6 | 3.8% | 27.4 |
19 |
Texas | 26.6% | 32 | 2.0% | 34 | 0.7% | 587 |
20 |
Wyoming | 26.5% | 2 | 12.9% | 2 | 6.1% | 10.5 |
21 |
Washington | 24.5% | 8 | 8.5% | 5 | 4.2% | 154.9 |
22 |
Kentucky | 24.2% | 20 | 4.7% | 19 | 1.6% | 86.8 |
23 |
New Jersey | 23.7% | 19 | 4.8% | 26 | 1.2% | 279.6 |
24 |
Minnesota | 23.7% | 14 | 6.2% | 13 | 1.9% | 178.1 |
25 |
Oklahoma | 21.2% | 31 | 2.1% | 14 | 1.8% | 84 |
26 |
Wisconsin | 20.8% | 15 | 6.1% | 8 | 3.0% | 160.1 |
27 |
Nebraska | 20.5% | 34 | 1.7% | 47 | -0.8% | 61.6 |
28 |
Tennessee | 19.5% | 39 | 0.8% | 30 | 0.9% | 140.3 |
29 |
Kansas | 19.2% | 13 | 6.3% | 17 | 1.7% | 70.8 |
30 |
Ohio | 18.5% | 33 | 1.8% | 32 | 0.7% | 313.3 |
31 |
Oregon | 18.2% | 23 | 4.2% | 16 | 1.8% | 98.8 |
32 |
Alabama | 17.7% | 46 | -2.6% | 43 | 0.0% | 97.2 |
33 |
Arkansas | 17.6% | 30 | 2.6% | 15 | 1.8% | 50.7 |
34 |
Louisiana | 16.3% | 40 | 0.1% | 45 | -0.2% | 100.7 |
35 |
West Virginia | 15.6% | 45 | -1.6% | 50 | -2.2% | 31.1 |
36 |
Massachusetts | 14.0% | 49 | -4.5% | 49 | -1.9% | 222 |
37 |
Maryland | 13.5% | 17 | 5.1% | 12 | 2.0% | 156.9 |
38 |
California | 13.3% | 4 | 11.1% | 10 | 2.6% | 896.8 |
39 |
Mississippi | 12.8% | 36 | 1.3% | 25 | 1.3% | 46.6 |
40 |
New Mexico | 12.5% | 38 | 0.9% | 29 | 0.9% | 34.1 |
41 |
Michigan | 12.5% | 29 | 3.2% | 36 | 0.6% | 217.7 |
42 |
Missouri | 12.5% | 35 | 1.5% | 35 | 0.6% | 163 |
43 |
Alaska | 11.5% | 18 | 5.1% | 4 | 5.1% | 14.5 |
44 |
Illinois | 5.1% | 43 | -0.6% | 40 | 0.3% | 405 |
45 |
Pennsylvania | 5.0% | 44 | -0.7% | 37 | 0.5% | 338.2 |
46 |
Vermont | 4.8% | 41 | 0.0% | 42 | 0.0% | 13.2 |
47 |
Indiana | 4.5% | 47 | -2.7% | 44 | -0.1% | 140.7 |
48 |
Connecticut | 3.2% | 42 | -0.3% | 38 | 0.4% | 143.7 |
49 |
New York | -4.1% | 50 | -6.9% | 46 | -0.2% | 701.7 |
50 |
Hawaii | -11.7% | 48 | -4.0% | 33 | 0.7% | 28.6 |
| U.S. total/average | 17% | 3.1% | 0.9% | 7975 | |||
| Bureau of Labor Statistics data for December 1993, 2000, and 2003, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||