TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES 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 |
Nevada | 63.5% | 1 | 4.3% | 1 | 3.1% | 205.5 |
2 |
Arizona | 36.1% | 6 | 0.1% | 8 | 0.8% | 464.5 |
3 |
New Hampshire | 26.2% | 2 | 1.1% | 4 | 1.2% | 146.4 |
4 |
Utah | 21.7% | 29 | -4.1% | 16 | 0.0% | 221.8 |
5 |
Colorado | 19.5% | 46 | -7.0% | 50 | -3.0% | 411.8 |
6 |
Idaho | 18.8% | 39 | -5.4% | 25 | -0.5% | 118.3 |
7 |
Florida | 17.7% | 18 | -3.0% | 17 | -0.1% | 1,519.4 |
8 |
Georgia | 17.1% | 37 | -5.3% | 48 | -2.4% | 841.9 |
9 |
Tennessee | 16.2% | 5 | 0.4% | 6 | 1.0% | 603.0 |
10 |
Texas | 16.0% | 33 | -4.7% | 41 | -1.4% | 1,977.6 |
11 |
California | 16.0% | 14 | -1.6% | 26 | -0.5% | 2,815.3 |
12 |
Arkansas | 15.8% | 10 | -0.4% | 7 | 0.9% | 246.7 |
13 |
Alaska | 15.3% | 3 | 0.8% | 10 | 0.5% | 59.6 |
14 |
Washington | 14.2% | 30 | -4.3% | 3 | 1.3% | 528.9 |
15 |
Delaware | 14.1% | 17 | -2.5% | 9 | 0.6% | 80.9 |
16 |
South Carolina | 13.0% | 40 | -5.4% | 34 | -0.8% | 352.8 |
17 |
Maine | 12.8% | 7 | 0.1% | 5 | 1.1% | 128.8 |
18 |
Oregon | 11.9% | 35 | -5.1% | 40 | -1.3% | 321.9 |
19 |
Mississippi | 11.8% | 21 | -3.3% | 36 | -1.0% | 223.7 |
20 |
Wisconsin | 11.8% | 27 | -4.1% | 20 | -0.2% | 554.8 |
21 |
Kentucky | 11.7% | 45 | -6.8% | 27 | -0.6% | 380.6 |
22 |
Vermont | 11.6% | 13 | -1.5% | 44 | -1.5% | 59.6 |
23 |
Virginia | 11.6% | 24 | -3.5% | 18 | -0.1% | 662.8 |
24 |
New Jersey | 11.3% | 22 | -3.4% | 19 | -0.1% | 909.4 |
25 |
Rhode Island | 11.3% | 9 | -0.2% | 28 | -0.6% | 84.0 |
26 |
Minnesota | 11.2% | 28 | -4.1% | 22 | -0.4% | 536.7 |
27 |
North Carolina | 11.1% | 31 | -4.4% | 33 | -0.8% | 739.0 |
28 |
Wyoming | 10.4% | 11 | -1.0% | 29 | -0.6% | 48.9 |
29 |
South Dakota | 10.3% | 8 | 0.0% | 12 | 0.3% | 78.4 |
30 |
Nebraska | 9.9% | 23 | -3.4% | 38 | -1.1% | 197.5 |
31 |
Montana | 9.4% | 12 | -1.1% | 14 | 0.1% | 86.5 |
32 |
New Mexico | 8.9% | 15 | -1.6% | 15 | 0.1% | 140.0 |
33 |
Maryland | 8.6% | 26 | -4.0% | 21 | -0.3% | 479.2 |
34 |
Massachusetts | 8.5% | 43 | -6.0% | 42 | -1.5% | 590.1 |
35 |
Pennsylvania | 8.1% | 19 | -3.1% | 23 | -0.5% | 1,149.3 |
36 |
Alabama | 7.6% | 25 | -3.7% | 11 | 0.3% | 381.7 |
37 |
Kansas | 7.5% | 42 | -5.7% | 45 | -1.7% | 266.4 |
38 |
Iowa | 7.2% | 32 | -4.7% | 37 | -1.0% | 309.1 |
39 |
Ohio | 7.1% | 48 | -7.4% | 35 | -0.9% | 1,079.5 |
40 |
Oklahoma | 6.9% | 47 | -7.1% | 43 | -1.5% | 283.7 |
41 |
Louisiana | 5.2% | 20 | -3.3% | 32 | -0.8% | 389.9 |
42 |
Missouri | 5.1% | 41 | -5.6% | 46 | -1.8% | 544.3 |
43 |
Connecticut | 4.6% | 34 | -5.0% | 39 | -1.2% | 316.4 |
44 |
North Dakota | 3.8% | 4 | 0.8% | 13 | 0.1% | 73.7 |
45 |
Indiana | 3.8% | 49 | -8.6% | 47 | -2.1% | 583.1 |
46 |
Michigan | 2.9% | 50 | -9.7% | 49 | -2.8% | 830.1 |
47 |
Illinois | 2.7% | 36 | -5.3% | 30 | -0.6% | 1,227.1 |
48 |
New York | 2.5% | 38 | -5.4% | 31 | -0.7% | 1,531.4 |
49 |
Hawaii | -3.3% | 16 | -2.3% | 2 | 1.7% | 112.9 |
50 |
West Virginia | -4.4% | 44 | -6.6% | 24 | -0.5% | 139.0 |
| U.S. total/average | 11.2% | -4.3% | -0.7% | 25,875.0 | |||
| Bureau of Labor Statistics for December 1993, 2000, and 2003- not seasonally adjusted | |||||||