INFORMATION-SECTOR 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 |
Delaware | 65.9% | 22 | -11.0% | 33 | -3.9% | 7 |
2 |
Utah | 65.4% | 33 | -15.2% | 6 | -0.3% | 31 |
3 |
Washington | 63.2% | 13 | -8.5% | 5 | -0.1% | 93 |
4 |
Arizona | 55.9% | 18 | -10.6% | 32 | -3.9% | 49 |
5 |
Colorado | 51.2% | 50 | -25.4% | 38 | -5.0% | 84 |
6 |
Kansas | 50.2% | 6 | -5.8% | 39 | -5.3% | 47 |
7 |
New Mexico | 47.2% | 12 | -7.6% | 41 | -5.4% | 16 |
8 |
Nevada | 36.8% | 41 | -18.8% | 42 | -5.5% | 16 |
9 |
Virginia | 35.6% | 42 | -19.2% | 10 | -1.3% | 101 |
10 |
Georgia | 29.7% | 29 | -14.1% | 8 | -1.1% | 128 |
11 |
Alaska | 29.6% | 9 | -6.7% | 11 | -1.4% | 7 |
12 |
Oklahoma | 28.4% | 37 | -17.7% | 48 | -10.9% | 30 |
13 |
Texas | 28.2% | 38 | -17.7% | 36 | -4.8% | 231 |
14 |
New Hampshire | 27.2% | 45 | -19.9% | 46 | -7.1% | 12 |
15 |
Florida | 26.5% | 24 | -11.7% | 16 | -1.9% | 173 |
16 |
North Carolina | 24.5% | 19 | -10.8% | 27 | -3.5% | 75.2 |
17 |
South Carolina | 21.3% | 28 | -14.1% | 40 | -5.3% | 26.8 |
18 |
Arkansas | 20.1% | 5 | -5.6% | 4 | 0.0% | 20.3 |
19 |
North Dakota | 20.0% | 15 | -9.3% | 9 | -1.3% | 7.8 |
20 |
Montana | 19.0% | 7 | -6.3% | 31 | -3.8% | 7.5 |
21 |
South Dakota | 19.0% | 2 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.0% | 6.9 |
22 |
California | 18.5% | 48 | -22.5% | 23 | -3.1% | 464.7 |
23 |
Louisiana | 18.4% | 8 | -6.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 29.0 |
24 |
Idaho | 17.9% | 4 | -5.2% | 7 | -1.1% | 9.2 |
25 |
Wyoming | 16.7% | 1 | 5.0% | 1 | 2.4% | 4.2 |
26 |
Oregon | 15.5% | 43 | -19.3% | 45 | -6.9% | 33.5 |
27 |
Pennsylvania | 14.9% | 27 | -13.5% | 21 | -2.9% | 122.0 |
28 |
Tennessee | 14.3% | 11 | -7.3% | 13 | -1.5% | 52.1 |
29 |
Iowa | 13.5% | 40 | -18.4% | 18 | -2.6% | 33.6 |
30 |
Mississippi | 12.1% | 35 | -17.3% | 43 | -5.7% | 14.8 |
31 |
Vermont | 12.1% | 10 | -7.1% | 14 | -1.5% | 6.5 |
32 |
Maine | 12.0% | 14 | -8.9% | 26 | -3.4% | 11.2 |
33 |
Kentucky | 11.8% | 17 | -9.6% | 15 | -1.6% | 30.3 |
34 |
Wisconsin | 11.5% | 21 | -11.0% | 30 | -3.7% | 49.5 |
35 |
Maryland | 11.2% | 46 | -20.1% | 20 | -2.9% | 49.6 |
36 |
Minnesota | 10.5% | 25 | -11.9% | 24 | -3.3% | 62.2 |
37 |
Rhode Island | 6.9% | 3 | -2.7% | 28 | -3.6% | 10.8 |
38 |
New York | 5.1% | 34 | -16.6% | 34 | -4.2% | 278.3 |
39 |
Massachusetts | 5.0% | 49 | -23.2% | 47 | -7.5% | 89.6 |
40 |
Michigan | 2.6% | 16 | -9.3% | 29 | -3.6% | 70.0 |
41 |
West Virginia | 2.4% | 30 | -14.3% | 44 | -6.0% | 12.6 |
42 |
Alabama | 2.3% | 32 | -14.9% | 37 | -4.8% | 31.5 |
43 |
Hawaii | 2.0% | 36 | -17.4% | 50 | -14.5% | 10.0 |
44 |
Missouri | 0.8% | 26 | -13.3% | 22 | -3.0% | 65.6 |
45 |
Ohio | 0.0% | 23 | -11.2% | 19 | -2.8% | 96.4 |
46 |
Illinois | -1.4% | 31 | -14.4% | 35 | -4.3% | 133.4 |
47 |
Nebraska | -2.3% | 44 | -19.9% | 49 | -12.7% | 21.4 |
48 |
Connecticut | -3.2% | 39 | -18.1% | 17 | -2.5% | 39.0 |
49 |
Indiana | -3.3% | 20 | -10.8% | 12 | -1.4% | 41.2 |
50 |
New Jersey | -8.9% | 47 | -20.6% | 25 | -3.3% | 102.1 |
| U.S. total/average | 18.2% | -14.2% | -3.4% | 3,189.0 | |||
| Bureau of Labor Statistics data for December 1993, 2000, and 2003, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||