HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT
|
10-year rank |
State |
10-year change |
3-year Rank |
3-year change |
1-year |
1-year change |
Jobs, 2003 |
1 |
Alaska | 77.5% | 1 | 29.0% | 1 | 6.4% | 31.6 |
2 |
Nevada | 74.0% | 5 | 16.8% | 5 | 4.6% | 72.9 |
3 |
Idaho | 66.9% | 6 | 14.9% | 8 | 3.5% | 56.9 |
4 |
New Mexico | 61.1% | 2 | 21.4% | 3 | 5.2% | 88.6 |
5 |
Utah | 54.2% | 4 | 16.9% | 14 | 2.7% | 94.2 |
6 |
South Carolina | 53.3% | 10 | 12.7% | 7 | 3.8% | 147.8 |
7 |
North Carolina | 51.5% | 9 | 12.9% | 17 | 2.5% | 371.9 |
8 |
Arizona | 46.9% | 8 | 13.7% | 6 | 4.0% | 216.3 |
9 |
Texas | 43.2% | 11 | 12.2% | 11 | 3.1% | 1,002.8 |
10 |
Maine | 41.2% | 32 | 7.7% | 33 | 1.6% | 89.5 |
11 |
Vermont | 40.8% | 3 | 17.0% | 4 | 4.9% | 40.7 |
12 |
Wyoming | 39.9% | 7 | 14.2% | 2 | 5.5% | 19.3 |
13 |
Colorado | 39.2% | 14 | 10.3% | 12 | 2.9% | 192.5 |
14 |
Nebraska | 38.1% | 15 | 10.1% | 23 | 1.9% | 96.7 |
15 |
Georgia | 36.3% | 17 | 9.7% | 9 | 3.4% | 330.3 |
16 |
Minnesota | 35.5% | 12 | 11.2% | 28 | 1.7% | 319.8 |
17 |
New Hampshire | 35.4% | 18 | 9.3% | 15 | 2.5% | 72.7 |
18 |
South Dakota | 34.9% | 34 | 7.2% | 32 | 1.6% | 50.3 |
19 |
New Jersey | 33.4% | 28 | 7.9% | 16 | 2.5% | 462.0 |
20 |
Wisconsin | 33.3% | 27 | 7.9% | 21 | 2.0% | 324.3 |
21 |
Mississippi | 33.1% | 33 | 7.3% | 38 | 1.1% | 101.7 |
22 |
Oregon | 32.0% | 24 | 8.1% | 46 | -0.2% | 163.7 |
23 |
Montana | 31.8% | 19 | 8.8% | 29 | 1.6% | 49.7 |
24 |
Kansas | 31.3% | 46 | 4.4% | 48 | -1.1% | 143.2 |
25 |
Delaware | 31.0% | 29 | 7.9% | 24 | 1.9% | 43.9 |
26 |
Virginia | 31.0% | 20 | 8.6% | 35 | 1.5% | 300.6 |
27 |
Arkansas | 29.5% | 13 | 11.1% | 13 | 2.8% | 130.0 |
28 |
Washington | 29.0% | 30 | 7.9% | 26 | 1.7% | 273.3 |
29 |
Oklahoma | 29.0% | 43 | 5.1% | 49 | -1.3% | 157.6 |
30 |
Maryland | 28.8% | 23 | 8.4% | 31 | 1.6% | 281.5 |
31 |
Florida | 27.7% | 36 | 7.2% | 20 | 2.1% | 785.0 |
32 |
Tennessee | 27.2% | 16 | 10.0% | 18 | 2.2% | 273.2 |
33 |
Hawaii | 25.7% | 35 | 7.2% | 10 | 3.3% | 53.3 |
34 |
Alabama | 24.9% | 26 | 8.0% | 43 | 0.4% | 169.8 |
35 |
West Virginia | 24.8% | 40 | 6.2% | 47 | -0.5% | 99.1 |
36 |
California | 24.8% | 21 | 8.6% | 36 | 1.3% | 1,291.1 |
37 |
Rhode Island | 23.2% | 31 | 7.8% | 25 | 1.8% | 71.6 |
38 |
Missouri | 22.7% | 38 | 6.7% | 22 | 2.0% | 303.7 |
39 |
New York | 22.4% | 39 | 6.4% | 34 | 1.5% | 1,182.1 |
40 |
Louisiana | 21.9% | 22 | 8.5% | 19 | 2.1% | 209.8 |
41 |
Ohio | 21.1% | 25 | 8.1% | 27 | 1.7% | 648.3 |
42 |
Indiana | 20.9% | 37 | 7.2% | 37 | 1.1% | 303.5 |
43 |
Connecticut | 19.7% | 44 | 4.9% | 42 | 0.5% | 217.3 |
44 |
Pennsylvania | 19.4% | 41 | 6.2% | 30 | 1.6% | 777.5 |
45 |
Illinois | 18.9% | 45 | 4.5% | 44 | 0.3% | 607.2 |
46 |
Iowa | 18.3% | 48 | 3.6% | 40 | 0.6% | 158.5 |
47 |
Michigan | 15.6% | 47 | 4.3% | 45 | -0.2% | 472.7 |
48 |
North Dakota | 15.0% | 49 | 2.8% | 39 | 0.7% | 44.4 |
49 |
Massachusetts | 13.5% | 42 | 5.1% | 41 | 0.5% | 429.1 |
| Kentucky | N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
US total/average |
30.8% |
8.8% |
2% |
14,030.1 |
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| Bureau of Labor Statistics for December 1993, 2000, and 2003, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||