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Jobs, 2003 |
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Florida | 91.5% | 5 | 6.1% | 3 | 4.5% | 1,285.1 |
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Nevada | 83.5% | 3 | 9.6% | 1 | 6.9% | 124.2 |
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Arizona | 78.1% | 16 | -2.7% | 5 | 2.8% | 326.1 |
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Idaho | 68.9% | 1 | 13.6% | 11 | 1.7% | 71.1 |
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Montana | 66.5% | 6 | 4.8% | 4 | 3.5% | 32.8 |
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North Dakota | 64.3% | 39 | -7.5% | 38 | -1.3% | 23.5 |
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South Dakota | 55.6% | 47 | -11.2% | 47 | -3.3% | 23.8 |
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West Virginia | 49.1% | 10 | 0.7% | 28 | -0.2% | 57.4 |
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Texas | 48.9% | 32 | -6.2% | 27 | -0.1% | 1,052.3 |
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Utah | 48.7% | 31 | -6.2% | 14 | 1.4% | 133.8 |
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Wyoming | 48.5% | 4 | 6.3% | 19 | 0.7% | 15.3 |
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North Carolina | 48.3% | 25 | -4.5% | 18 | 0.9% | 422.7 |
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Arkansas | 45.7% | 8 | 1.8% | 33 | -0.6% | 102.3 |
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Virginia | 44.2% | 23 | -4.3% | 10 | 2.1% | 558.3 |
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Maine | 43.8% | 17 | -3.2% | 23 | 0.2% | 50.9 |
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Tennessee | 40.7% | 18 | -3.3% | 31 | -0.4% | 292.3 |
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Oklahoma | 40.4% | 41 | -8.4% | 49 | -4.3% | 153.6 |
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Georgia | 40.3% | 38 | -7.3% | 44 | -2.9% | 501.8 |
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Indiana | 39.9% | 9 | 1.2% | 15 | 1.0% | 258.9 |
20 |
Maryland | 37.3% | 14 | -0.6% | 24 | 0.2% | 363.8 |
21 |
California | 37.0% | 37 | -7.3% | 16 | 1.0% | 2,147.0 |
22 |
Hawaii | 35.2% | 2 | 11.0% | 25 | 0.1% | 70.7 |
23 |
New Mexico | 34.5% | 12 | -0.1% | 40 | -1.4% | 88.9 |
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Alabama | 34.3% | 11 | 0.7% | 22 | 0.4% | 187.1 |
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Oregon | 34.1% | 33 | -6.3% | 13 | 1.5% | 173.5 |
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Washington | 33.4% | 26 | -4.6% | 12 | 1.7% | 296.3 |
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Colorado | 32.2% | 48 | -11.2% | 36 | -1.1% | 285.9 |
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Nebraska | 32.2% | 34 | -6.4% | 6 | 2.5% | 92.8 |
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Kentucky | 31.5% | 30 | -5.6% | 26 | 0.0% | 157.5 |
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Wisconsin | 31.0% | 13 | -0.3% | 7 | 2.3% | 244.3 |
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Kansas | 29.4% | 28 | -4.7% | 39 | -1.3% | 125.1 |
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New Jersey | 29.1% | 22 | -4.3% | 30 | -0.2% | 578.5 |
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Iowa | 28.5% | 15 | -2.6% | 29 | -0.2% | 105.9 |
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South Carolina | 27.2% | 29 | -4.8% | 20 | 0.5% | 186.3 |
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Vermont | 26.3% | 19 | -3.3% | 32 | -0.5% | 20.2 |
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Pennsylvania | 25.7% | 20 | -3.5% | 42 | -2.2% | 593.7 |
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Illinois | 25.5% | 44 | -8.6% | 37 | -1.1% | 770.7 |
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New Hampshire | 25.3% | 45 | -9.8% | 17 | 0.9% | 54.4 |
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Mississippi | 25.2% | 7 | 3.7% | 2 | 5.2% | 81.1 |
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Massachusetts | 24.6% | 49 | -14.3% | 48 | -3.3% | 435.1 |
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Louisiana | 24.1% | 27 | -4.7% | 21 | 0.5% | 178.1 |
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New York | 23.3% | 42 | -8.5% | 35 | -1.0% | 1,051.6 |
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Minnesota | 22.3% | 40 | -8.2% | 34 | -0.6% | 295.8 |
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Ohio | 21.7% | 36 | -7.2% | 45 | -3.0% | 602.9 |
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Michigan | 21.3% | 43 | -8.5% | 46 | -3.2% | 578.3 |
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Rhode Island | 21.1% | 21 | -3.9% | 9 | 2.3% | 49.9 |
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Missouri | 17.8% | 24 | -4.4% | 41 | -1.8% | 303.8 |
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Connecticut | 16.5% | 46 | -10.1% | 43 | -2.5% | 196.0 |
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Alaska | 15.5% | 35 | -6.7% | 8 | 2.3% | 22.4 |
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Delaware | 7.5% | 50 | -19.8% | 50 | -13.3% | 59.9 |
| U.S. total/average | 37.2% | -4.1% | 1.9% | 16,136.0 | |||
| Bureau of Labor Statistics data for December 1993, 2000, and 2003, not seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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