MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
|
10-year rank |
|
10-year change |
3-year Rank |
3-year change |
1-year |
1-year change |
Jobs, 2003 |
1 |
Nevada | 26.2% | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 2.3% | 44.6 |
2 |
North Dakota | 26.2% | 2 | -2.5% | 5 | 0.0% | 23.6 |
3 |
Oregon | 2.4% | 9 | -11.7% | 6 | -0.4% | 196.8 |
4 |
Utah | 2.3% | 6 | -10.8% | 7 | -1.1% | 112.3 |
5 |
Wyoming | 0.0% | 4 | -9.3% | 2 | 2.1% | 9.8 |
6 |
Arizona | -0.2% | 36 | -18.1% | 15 | -2.6% | 173.9 |
7 |
Nebraska | -1.0% | 7 | -11.1% | 18 | -3.0% | 101.9 |
8 |
Kansas | -1.1% | 19 | -14.0% | 21 | -3.4% | 171.3 |
9 |
Idaho | -1.3% | 18 | -13.9% | 48 | -6.0% | 60.8 |
10 |
South Dakota | -2.1% | 8 | -11.6% | 3 | 0.8% | 38.2 |
11 |
Iowa | -2.5% | 10 | -12.1% | 11 | -2.0% | 219.3 |
12 |
Minnesota | -2.9% | 15 | -13.3% | 9 | -1.5% | 343.5 |
13 |
Wisconsin | -5.6% | 22 | -14.8% | 25 | -3.8% | 501.4 |
14 |
Kentucky | -5.6% | 16 | -13.6% | 8 | -1.5% | 268.0 |
15 |
Texas | -6.4% | 28 | -16.6% | 23 | -3.7% | 891.3 |
16 |
Montana | -7.0% | 27 | -16.5% | 42 | -5.1% | 18.7 |
17 |
Vermont | -7.7% | 48 | -21.1% | 27 | -3.9% | 37.3 |
18 |
Colorado | -8.4% | 45 | -20.0% | 32 | -4.4% | 155.1 |
19 |
California | -8.6% | 42 | -19.0% | 34 | -4.5% | 1,521.2 |
20 |
Indiana | -8.9% | 11 | -12.4% | 14 | -2.4% | 569.7 |
21 |
Oklahoma | -9.6% | 44 | -20.0% | 29 | -4.0% | 142.7 |
22 |
Hawaii | -12.2% | 5 | -9.6% | 4 | 0.7% | 15.1 |
23 |
Arkansas | -12.3% | 17 | -13.7% | 16 | -2.7% | 205.5 |
24 |
Michigan | -12.8% | 41 | -18.9% | 33 | -4.5% | 722.4 |
25 |
New Mexico | -12.8% | 25 | -15.7% | 30 | -4.1% | 35.4 |
26 |
Louisiana | -13.0% | 12 | -12.6% | 20 | -3.2% | 154.9 |
27 |
Georgia | -13.6% | 21 | -14.6% | 17 | -2.8% | 446.7 |
28 |
Missouri | -14.3% | 14 | -13.2% | 12 | -2.1% | 313.5 |
29 |
New Hampshire | -15.3% | 50 | -24.5% | 43 | -5.2% | 79.0 |
30 |
Florida | -15.6% | 23 | -15.2% | 24 | -3.8% | 385.2 |
31 |
Ohio | -15.7% | 34 | -17.9% | 41 | -5.0% | 831.8 |
32 |
Washington | -16.3% | 46 | -20.5% | 46 | -5.2% | 260.2 |
33 |
Maryland | -17.2% | 29 | -16.7% | 36 | -4.7% | 144.9 |
34 |
West Virginia | -18.3% | 24 | -15.4% | 47 | -5.4% | 63.4 |
35 |
Illinois | -18.4% | 33 | -17.6% | 31 | -4.3% | 708.6 |
36 |
Tennessee | -18.6% | 13 | -13.0% | 10 | -2.0% | 414.7 |
37 |
Alabama | -19.0% | 26 | -16.2% | 38 | -4.8% | 289.3 |
38 |
Delaware | -19.1% | 20 | -14.6% | 26 | -3.8% | 35.2 |
39 |
Pennsylvania | -19.8% | 37 | -18.1% | 40 | -4.9% | 703.7 |
40 |
Virginia | -20.3% | 38 | -18.3% | 50 | -6.8% | 296.5 |
41 |
South Carolina | -21.1% | 40 | -18.6% | 28 | -4.0% | 272.2 |
42 |
Massachusetts | -23.4% | 49 | -21.9% | 45 | -5.2% | 322.7 |
43 |
Maine | -23.6% | 43 | -19.5% | 37 | -4.8% | 63.8 |
44 |
Connecticut | -23.9% | 30 | -16.7% | 35 | -4.6% | 197.0 |
45 |
New Jersey | -24.3% | 32 | -17.5% | 19 | -3.0% | 349.4 |
46 |
New York | -26.7% | 39 | -18.5% | 44 | -5.2% | 605.7 |
47 |
Mississippi | -26.7% | 31 | -17.3% | 13 | -2.1% | 178.3 |
48 |
North Carolina | -27.7% | 47 | -21.1% | 49 | -6.1% | 590.5 |
49 |
Rhode Island | -29.8% | 35 | -18.0% | 22 | -3.6% | 59.1 |
50 |
Alaska | -35.9% | 3 | -4.8% | 39 | -4.8% | 5.9 |
| U.S. total/average | -14.8% | -16.6% | -3.9% | 14,340.0 | |||
| Bureau of Labor Statistics data for December 1993, 2000, and 2003, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||