GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT
|
10-year rank |
|
10-year |
3-year |
3-year |
1-year |
1-year |
Jobs, 2003 |
1 |
Nevada | 52.2% | 1 | 11.0% | 6 | 1.8% | 139.7 |
2 |
Arizona | 35.7% | 7 | 7.0% | 20 | 0.4% | 407.5 |
3 |
Utah | 24.7% | 9 | 6.0% | 8 | 1.3% | 201.0 |
4 |
Idaho | 23.8% | 23 | 4.1% | 22 | 0.4% | 114.4 |
5 |
New Mexico | 23.4% | 6 | 7.9% | 2 | 2.6% | 200.3 |
6 |
North Carolina | 22.3% | 18 | 4.4% | 4 | 2.2% | 667.2 |
7 |
Washington | 21.3% | 5 | 8.0% | 15 | 0.7% | 530.3 |
8 |
New Hampshire | 20.9% | 3 | 9.0% | 13 | 0.7% | 94.4 |
9 |
Colorado | 19.7% | 13 | 5.0% | 38 | -0.5% | 362.7 |
10 |
Vermont | 19.3% | 15 | 5.0% | 1 | 2.8% | 54.9 |
11 |
Florida | 18.8% | 14 | 5.0% | 9 | 1.2% | 1,080.5 |
12 |
Texas | 18.7% | 16 | 4.9% | 32 | -0.1% | 1,669.4 |
13 |
Arkansas | 16.1% | 22 | 4.1% | 10 | 1.0% | 202.4 |
14 |
Delaware | 15.6% | 32 | 2.8% | 17 | 0.7% | 59.4 |
15 |
North Dakota | 15.4% | 19 | 4.2% | 24 | 0.4% | 78.6 |
16 |
Oregon | 15.2% | 45 | 0.1% | 40 | -1.1% | 272.7 |
17 |
Connecticut | 15.1% | 40 | 1.4% | 45 | -1.7% | 250.1 |
18 |
Montana | 15.0% | 4 | 8.2% | 35 | -0.2% | 87.5 |
19 |
California | 14.8% | 34 | 2.4% | 50 | -2.3% | 2,416.7 |
20 |
Mississippi | 14.7% | 20 | 4.2% | 7 | 1.7% | 247.0 |
21 |
Georgia | 14.0% | 10 | 6.0% | 12 | 0.9% | 640.4 |
22 |
Missouri | 12.9% | 44 | 0.8% | 42 | -1.2% | 438.9 |
23 |
Tennessee | 12.4% | 28 | 3.2% | 34 | -0.2% | 418.6 |
24 |
South Carolina | 12.4% | 24 | 3.6% | 5 | 1.9% | 340.0 |
25 |
Minnesota | 12.1% | 47 | 0.1% | 44 | -1.7% | 408.8 |
26 |
Wisconsin | 11.9% | 39 | 1.4% | 47 | -1.9% | 417.9 |
27 |
South Dakota | 11.3% | 12 | 5.3% | 23 | 0.4% | 75.9 |
28 |
Wyoming | 11.2% | 11 | 5.3% | 26 | 0.3% | 65.3 |
29 |
New Jersey | 10.9% | 8 | 6.3% | 3 | 2.4% | 642.4 |
30 |
Maryland | 10.8% | 31 | 2.8% | 31 | 0.0% | 472.5 |
31 |
Alaska | 10.4% | 2 | 10.1% | 30 | 0.0% | 83.1 |
32 |
Kentucky | 9.9% | 49 | -0.1% | 49 | -2.1% | 311.2 |
33 |
Louisiana | 9.8% | 35 | 2.3% | 16 | 0.7% | 381.5 |
34 |
Maine | 9.6% | 25 | 3.5% | 25 | 0.4% | 108.4 |
35 |
Kansas | 9.3% | 41 | 1.3% | 28 | 0.2% | 256.9 |
36 |
Illinois | 9.3% | 42 | 1.0% | 41 | -1.1% | 865.4 |
37 |
Iowa | 9.2% | 43 | 0.9% | 21 | 0.4% | 251.4 |
38 |
Ohio | 8.7% | 37 | 1.7% | 29 | 0.1% | 817.9 |
39 |
Rhode Island | 8.4% | 26 | 3.5% | 14 | 0.7% | 68.1 |
40 |
Indiana | 8.3% | 17 | 4.7% | 27 | 0.2% | 436.2 |
41 |
Oklahoma | 8.1% | 46 | 0.1% | 51 | -3.7% | 295.9 |
42 |
Virginia | 6.8% | 36 | 2.2% | 11 | 1.0% | 650.7 |
43 |
Nebraska | 6.6% | 21 | 4.2% | 18 | 0.5% | 162.4 |
44 |
Michigan | 6.2% | 50 | -1.2% | 48 | -2.1% | 697.5 |
45 |
Massachusetts | 6.0% | 51 | -3.1% | 46 | -1.9% | 419.4 |
46 |
Hawaii | 5.6% | 27 | 3.5% | 36 | -0.2% | 122.2 |
47 |
Alabama | 5.5% | 33 | 2.6% | 19 | 0.5% | 363.1 |
48 |
West Virginia | 5.3% | 48 | 0.0% | 43 | -1.2% | 143.1 |
49 |
Pennsylvania | 5.0% | 30 | 2.9% | 33 | -0.2% | 756.4 |
50 |
New York | 3.2% | 38 | 1.6% | 39 | -0.9% | 1,504.4 |
| U.S. total/average | 12.6% | 3.5% | -0.3% | 21,895.0 | |||
Bureau of Labor Statistics data for December 1993, 2000,
and 2003, not seasonally adjusted |
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