TOTAL PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
10-year rank |
State |
10-year change |
3-year Rank
|
3-year change |
1-year rank |
1-year change |
Jobs, 2003 (in 000s) |
1 |
Nevada | 58.6% | 1 | 5.4% | 1 | 4.3% | 975.6 |
2 |
Arizona | 42.8% | 10 | 0.6% | 4 | 1.8% | 1,941.4 |
3 |
Florida | 31.6% | 7 | 1.8% | 6 | 1.7% | 6,359.7 |
4 |
Utah | 31.0% | 20 | -2.0% | 13 | 0.6% | 893.6 |
5 |
Idaho | 29.5% | 9 | 0.7% | 25 | 0.2% | 461.9 |
6 |
Colorado | 26.4% | 48 | -6.4% | 47 | -1.5% | 1,804.4 |
7 |
Texas | 24.5% | 33 | -3.1% | 35 | -0.5% | 7,772.4 |
8 |
Montana | 23.8% | 4 | 3.1% | 8 | 1.0% | 315.0 |
9 |
Georgia | 22.6% | 40 | -4.4% | 34 | -0.3% | 3,259.4 |
10 |
Virginia | 21.9% | 21 | -2.1% | 18 | 0.4% | 2,896.8 |
11 |
New Hampshire | 21.5% | 32 | -3.1% | 15 | 0.5% | 533.2 |
12 |
Alaska | 21.3% | 3 | 4.1% | 3 | 2.1% | 207.1 |
13 |
Wyoming | 21.3% | 2 | 4.7% | 2 | 2.6% | 185.7 |
14 |
New Mexico | 21.0% | 5 | 2.1% | 9 | 0.8% | 585.8 |
15 |
California | 20.2% | 30 | -3.0% | 27 | 0.0% | 12,124.9 |
16 |
South Dakota | 18.7% | 12 | -0.3% | 19 | 0.4% | 304.2 |
17 |
Maryland | 18.7% | 13 | -0.5% | 12 | 0.6% | 2,040.5 |
18 |
Delaware | 18.4% | 22 | -2.4% | 30 | -0.2% | 359.2 |
19 |
Nebraska | 18.1% | 17 | -1.9% | 37 | -0.6% | 747.1 |
20 |
Oregon | 17.9% | 38 | -3.8% | 24 | 0.2% | 1,309.0 |
21 |
Maine | 17.2% | 14 | -0.6% | 16 | 0.5% | 504.2 |
22 |
Minnesota | 17.1% | 18 | -2.0% | 21 | 0.2% | 2,261.9 |
23 |
Washington | 16.4% | 43 | -4.5% | 11 | 0.6% | 2,156.1 |
24 |
Kansas | 16.2% | 36 | -3.7% | 46 | -1.5% | 1,067.4 |
25 |
North Dakota | 16.2% | 8 | 1.0% | 10 | 0.7% | 258.0 |
26 |
Oklahoma | 16.0% | 46 | -5.2% | 48 | -1.8% | 1,158.4 |
27 |
Kentucky | 14.8% | 26 | -2.7% | 17 | 0.5% | 1,491.7 |
28 |
Vermont | 14.6% | 24 | -2.5% | 33 | -0.3% | 250.0 |
29 |
South Carolina | 14.4% | 34 | -3.6% | 22 | 0.2% | 1,483.7 |
30 |
New Jersey | 14.4% | 19 | -2.0% | 23 | 0.2% | 3,394.0 |
31 |
Wisconsin | 13.7% | 27 | -2.7% | 26 | 0.0% | 2,376.0 |
32 |
North Carolina | 13.5% | 45 | -5.1% | 43 | -1.1% | 3,159.9 |
33 |
Tennessee | 13.4% | 23 | -2.5% | 14 | 0.5% | 2,290.8 |
34 |
Louisiana | 13.4% | 15 | -1.8% | 20 | 0.3% | 1,536.0 |
35 |
Arkansas | 13.1% | 16 | -1.8% | 28 | -0.1% | 951.1 |
36 |
Rhode Island | 12.6% | 11 | 0.5% | 7 | 1.0% | 423.8 |
37 |
Iowa | 11.9% | 28 | -2.9% | 32 | -0.3% | 1,205.0 |
38 |
Massachusetts | 10.8% | 49 | -6.4% | 50 | -1.8% | 2,782.3 |
39 |
West Virginia | 9.6% | 25 | -2.7% | 44 | -1.2% | 585.4 |
40 |
Missouri | 9.5% | 29 | -3.0% | 38 | -0.6% | 2,261.2 |
41 |
New York | 8.9% | 41 | -4.5% | 36 | -0.6% | 7,022.9 |
42 |
Indiana | 8.7% | 35 | -3.7% | 31 | -0.2% | 2,492.2 |
43 |
Pennsylvania | 8.6% | 31 | -3.1% | 40 | -0.7% | 4,875.6 |
44 |
Alabama | 8.5% | 39 | -4.2% | 39 | -0.7% | 1,523.0 |
45 |
Michigan | 8.0% | 50 | -7.0% | 49 | -1.8% | 3,731.4 |
46 |
Ohio | 7.6% | 47 | -5.6% | 45 | -1.3% | 4,606.3 |
47 |
Illinois | 7.6% | 44 | -4.7% | 41 | -0.8% | 5,003.8 |
48 |
Hawaii | 7.0% | 6 | 2.1% | 5 | 1.8% | 458.9 |
49 |
Mississippi | 6.8% | 37 | -3.8% | 29 | -0.2% | 878.9 |
50 |
Connecticut | 5.1% | 42 | -4.5% | 42 | -0.9% | 1,410.8 |
| U.S. total/average | 16.5% | -2.8% | 0.0% | 108,967.0 | |||
| Bureau of Labor Statistics data for December 1993, 2000, and 2003, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||