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Total Nonfarm: March 2012 over March 2011
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Thousands of Jobs
|
Region
|
Rank
2012
|
%
Change
|
Rank
2011
|
%
Change
|
Job
Growth
|
# Jobs
2012
|
# Jobs
2011
|
|
Far West Region
|
4
|
1.39
|
3
|
1.35
|
283.40
|
20,703.20
|
20,419.80
|
|
Great Lakes Region
|
7
|
0.87
|
2
|
1.64
|
174.40
|
20,162.20
|
19,987.80
|
|
Mideast Region
|
3
|
1.40
|
5
|
1.22
|
303.20
|
21,936.40
|
21,633.20
|
|
New England Region
|
8
|
0.52
|
7
|
1.02
|
34.80
|
6,742.30
|
6,707.50
|
|
Plains Region
|
6
|
1.03
|
8
|
1.01
|
100.80
|
9,860.10
|
9,759.30
|
|
Rocky Mountain Region
|
2
|
1.87
|
6
|
1.19
|
88.20
|
4,798.80
|
4,710.60
|
|
Southeast Region
|
5
|
1.21
|
4
|
1.29
|
384.60
|
32,079.60
|
31,695.00
|
|
Southwest Region
|
1
|
2.13
|
1
|
1.75
|
324.70
|
15,562.40
|
15,237.70
|
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UNITED STATES
|
|
1.50
|
|
1.15
|
1,949.00
|
132,010.00
|
130,061.00
|
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Job Growth Update, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
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