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10-year rank
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State
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10-year change |
3-year Rank
| 3-year change |
1-year
rank |
1-year change |
Jobs, 2003
(in 000s) |
1 |
Alaska |
55.56% |
1 |
18.31% |
1 |
10.53% |
8.4 |
2 |
Nevada |
52.85% |
3 |
13.25% |
6 |
4.44% |
18.8 |
3 |
Colorado |
48.59% |
15 |
9.22% |
11 |
3.27% |
47.4 |
4 |
New Mexico |
43.33% |
7 |
11.98% |
10 |
3.37% |
21.5 |
5 |
Idaho |
43.16% |
9 |
10.57% |
18 |
2.26% |
13.6 |
6 |
Minnesota |
39.21% |
24 |
7.54% |
19 |
2.14% |
81.3 |
7 |
Nebraska |
37.80% |
18 |
8.31% |
32 |
0.89% |
33.9 |
8 |
Mississippi |
34.96% |
19 |
8.16% |
16 |
2.35% |
30.5 |
9 |
Georgia |
33.77% |
8 |
10.59% |
3 |
5.08% |
111.7 |
10 |
Oregon |
30.33% |
2 |
13.57% |
28 |
1.27% |
47.7 |
11 |
South Dakota |
30.00% |
23 |
7.69% |
9 |
3.41% |
18.2 |
12 |
New Hampshire |
30.00% |
5 |
13.04% |
5 |
4.46% |
23.4 |
13 |
Montana |
28.77% |
35 |
4.44% |
36 |
0.53% |
18.8 |
14 |
Utah |
27.27% |
11 |
10.24% |
33 |
0.72% |
28 |
15 |
Delaware |
27.05% |
4 |
13.14% |
20 |
1.97% |
15.5 |
16 |
Washington |
25.75% |
29 |
6.06% |
35 |
0.64% |
63 |
17 |
Wisconsin |
24.15% |
25 |
7.44% |
29 |
1.24% |
98.2 |
18 |
Virginia |
21.88% |
16 |
8.89% |
30 |
1.21% |
91.9 |
19 |
Oklahoma |
20.00% |
30 |
5.41% |
45 |
-1.06% |
46.8 |
20 |
Texas |
19.76% |
10 |
10.43% |
13 |
2.90% |
259.4 |
21 |
Maine |
19.46% |
14 |
9.54% |
17 |
2.33% |
26.4 |
22 |
Arizona |
19.44% |
13 |
9.85% |
4 |
4.51% |
60.2 |
23 |
North Carolina |
19.36% |
27 |
6.56% |
27 |
1.36% |
89.4 |
24 |
Kansas |
18.57% |
40 |
3.23% |
46 |
-2.58% |
41.5 |
25 |
Arkansas |
18.08% |
22 |
7.73% |
25 |
1.70% |
41.8 |
26 |
West Virginia |
18.06% |
32 |
5.17% |
42 |
-0.27% |
36.6 |
27 |
Florida |
17.96% |
31 |
5.30% |
15 |
2.38% |
232.5 |
28 |
California |
17.20% |
6 |
12.82% |
21 |
1.94% |
368.7 |
29 |
Wyoming |
16.67% |
43 |
0.00% |
7 |
3.70% |
2.8 |
30 |
Missouri |
14.81% |
26 |
7.22% |
14 |
2.87% |
103.9 |
31 |
Massachusetts |
14.61% |
17 |
8.63% |
23 |
1.76% |
156.1 |
32 |
Maryland |
14.25% |
12 |
10.06% |
8 |
3.68% |
93 |
33 |
Rhode Island |
13.13% |
28 |
6.16% |
38 |
0.45% |
22.4 |
34 |
Indiana |
12.85% |
38 |
3.83% |
44 |
-0.71% |
97.5 |
35 |
North Dakota |
12.77% |
44 |
0.00% |
40 |
0.00% |
15.9 |
36 |
Tennessee |
11.83% |
36 |
4.24% |
34 |
0.70% |
86 |
37 |
Illinois |
11.43% |
37 |
4.12% |
37 |
0.50% |
222.3 |
38 |
Vermont |
10.75% |
33 |
5.10% |
12 |
3.00% |
10.3 |
39 |
New Jersey |
9.55% |
39 |
3.41% |
31 |
1.04% |
154.8 |
40 |
Ohio |
8.85% |
21 |
7.80% |
22 |
1.81% |
214.1 |
41 |
Alabama |
7.55% |
42 |
2.47% |
43 |
-0.44% |
45.6 |
42 |
Louisiana |
6.83% |
20 |
8.09% |
26 |
1.42% |
64.1 |
43 |
New York |
1.15% |
41 |
2.76% |
24 |
1.73% |
334.6 |
44 |
Connecticut |
-1.44% |
34 |
4.60% |
39 |
0.00% |
54.6 |
45 |
Hawaii |
-3.05% |
46 |
-5.22% |
2 |
9.48% |
12.7 |
46 |
Pennsylvania |
-4.31% |
45 |
-0.71% |
41 |
-0.04% |
253.3 |
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Iowa |
NA |
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Kentucky |
NA |
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Michigan |
NA |
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South Carolina |
NA |
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| U.S. total/average |
15.04% |
|
7.49% |
|
1.87% |
108,967.0 |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics data for December 1993, 2000,
and 2003, not seasonally adjusted |
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