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Total Nonfarm: April 2013 over April 2012
|
|
Thousands of Jobs
|
State
|
Rank
2013
|
%
Change
|
Rank
2012
|
%
Change
|
Job
Growth
|
# Jobs
2013
|
# Jobs
2012
|
|
North Dakota
|
1
|
3.48
|
1
|
9.04
|
14.80
|
439.50
|
424.70
|
|
Utah
|
2
|
3.47
|
2
|
3.20
|
43.10
|
1,286.50
|
1,243.40
|
|
Texas
|
3
|
3.06
|
3
|
2.54
|
331.10
|
11,159.60
|
10,828.50
|
|
Idaho
|
4
|
2.79
|
23
|
1.35
|
17.10
|
631.00
|
613.90
|
|
Colorado
|
5
|
2.69
|
9
|
1.90
|
61.60
|
2,352.40
|
2,290.80
|
|
Nevada
|
6
|
2.19
|
30
|
1.05
|
24.90
|
1,162.30
|
1,137.40
|
|
California
|
7
|
2.05
|
15
|
1.68
|
293.40
|
14,597.40
|
14,304.00
|
|
North Carolina
|
8
|
2.02
|
19
|
1.62
|
80.50
|
4,066.70
|
3,986.20
|
|
Arizona
|
9
|
1.96
|
16
|
1.67
|
48.30
|
2,515.40
|
2,467.10
|
|
Washington
|
10
|
1.93
|
26
|
1.26
|
55.10
|
2,905.80
|
2,850.70
|
|
Delaware
|
11
|
1.82
|
50
|
-0.74
|
7.60
|
424.40
|
416.80
|
|
New Jersey
|
12
|
1.79
|
40
|
0.74
|
69.00
|
3,934.10
|
3,865.10
|
|
Georgia
|
13
|
1.75
|
32
|
1.01
|
69.40
|
4,026.90
|
3,957.50
|
|
Vermont
|
14
|
1.75
|
44
|
0.47
|
5.20
|
301.80
|
296.60
|
|
Tennessee
|
15
|
1.62
|
6
|
2.09
|
44.10
|
2,759.70
|
2,715.60
|
|
Florida
|
16
|
1.56
|
18
|
1.62
|
116.30
|
7,557.20
|
7,440.90
|
|
Hawaii
|
17
|
1.51
|
17
|
1.65
|
9.10
|
611.60
|
602.50
|
|
Massachusetts
|
18
|
1.48
|
29
|
1.10
|
48.10
|
3,304.30
|
3,256.20
|
|
Mississippi
|
19
|
1.47
|
41
|
0.73
|
16.30
|
1,124.00
|
1,107.70
|
|
Oregon
|
20
|
1.47
|
37
|
0.83
|
24.00
|
1,655.80
|
1,631.80
|
|
Indiana
|
21
|
1.46
|
12
|
1.81
|
42.40
|
2,939.30
|
2,896.90
|
|
Montana
|
22
|
1.45
|
5
|
2.16
|
6.30
|
441.00
|
434.70
|
|
South Carolina
|
23
|
1.41
|
28
|
1.12
|
26.20
|
1,889.50
|
1,863.30
|
|
New York
|
24
|
1.38
|
33
|
1.00
|
121.30
|
8,884.30
|
8,763.00
|
|
Missouri
|
25
|
1.29
|
48
|
-0.06
|
34.50
|
2,710.10
|
2,675.60
|
|
Oklahoma
|
26
|
1.23
|
10
|
1.84
|
19.80
|
1,629.60
|
1,609.80
|
|
Maryland
|
27
|
1.18
|
31
|
1.02
|
30.30
|
2,599.90
|
2,569.60
|
|
Kentucky
|
28
|
1.12
|
21
|
1.52
|
20.40
|
1,841.90
|
1,821.50
|
|
Virginia
|
29
|
1.08
|
35
|
0.98
|
40.10
|
3,762.80
|
3,722.70
|
|
Louisiana
|
30
|
1.01
|
25
|
1.32
|
19.50
|
1,951.00
|
1,931.50
|
|
Iowa
|
31
|
0.99
|
22
|
1.40
|
15.00
|
1,525.00
|
1,510.00
|
|
New Mexico
|
32
|
0.98
|
49
|
-0.30
|
7.90
|
813.50
|
805.60
|
|
Minnesota
|
33
|
0.97
|
14
|
1.71
|
26.40
|
2,745.30
|
2,718.90
|
|
New Hampshire
|
34
|
0.91
|
46
|
0.38
|
5.70
|
631.70
|
626.00
|
|
Kansas
|
35
|
0.89
|
34
|
0.98
|
12.10
|
1,372.20
|
1,360.10
|
|
Michigan
|
36
|
0.85
|
4
|
2.17
|
34.10
|
4,045.20
|
4,011.10
|
|
South Dakota
|
37
|
0.83
|
7
|
1.98
|
3.40
|
414.60
|
411.20
|
|
Connecticut
|
38
|
0.82
|
45
|
0.46
|
13.40
|
1,648.70
|
1,635.30
|
|
Illinois
|
39
|
0.80
|
36
|
0.98
|
46.00
|
5,767.30
|
5,721.30
|
|
Arkansas
|
40
|
0.78
|
47
|
0.36
|
9.20
|
1,192.90
|
1,183.70
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
41
|
0.54
|
42
|
0.66
|
31.20
|
5,771.00
|
5,739.80
|
|
West Virginia
|
42
|
0.53
|
20
|
1.56
|
4.10
|
771.00
|
766.90
|
|
Rhode Island
|
43
|
0.50
|
43
|
0.56
|
2.30
|
466.30
|
464.00
|
|
Alabama
|
44
|
0.48
|
39
|
0.75
|
9.10
|
1,898.10
|
1,889.00
|
|
Nebraska
|
45
|
0.24
|
24
|
1.35
|
2.30
|
962.90
|
960.60
|
|
Ohio
|
46
|
0.09
|
13
|
1.73
|
4.70
|
5,174.80
|
5,170.10
|
|
Alaska
|
47
|
0.06
|
11
|
1.81
|
0.20
|
326.40
|
326.20
|
|
Maine
|
48
|
-0.24
|
38
|
0.82
|
-1.40
|
586.30
|
587.70
|
|
Wisconsin
|
49
|
-0.35
|
27
|
1.17
|
-9.80
|
2,765.80
|
2,775.60
|
|
Wyoming
|
50
|
-0.91
|
8
|
1.97
|
-2.60
|
282.30
|
284.90
|
|
UNITED STATES
|
|
1.57
|
|
1.62
|
2,094.00
|
135,494.00
|
133,400.00
|
|
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Job Growth Update, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
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