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Total Nonfarm: March 2012 over March 2011
|
|
Thousands of Jobs
|
State
|
Rank
2012
|
%
Change
|
Rank
2011
|
%
Change
|
Job
Growth
|
# Jobs
2012
|
# Jobs
2011
|
|
Alabama
|
45
|
0.14
|
45
|
0.26
|
2.60
|
1,868.20
|
1,865.60
|
|
Alaska
|
31
|
0.82
|
3
|
2.36
|
2.60
|
319.40
|
316.80
|
|
Arizona
|
8
|
1.95
|
36
|
0.77
|
47.00
|
2,458.40
|
2,411.40
|
|
Arkansas
|
37
|
0.52
|
40
|
0.57
|
6.00
|
1,166.60
|
1,160.60
|
|
California
|
14
|
1.55
|
18
|
1.44
|
217.50
|
14,226.00
|
14,008.50
|
|
Colorado
|
7
|
2.15
|
28
|
1.27
|
47.90
|
2,277.00
|
2,229.10
|
|
Connecticut
|
34
|
0.71
|
14
|
1.60
|
11.40
|
1,611.80
|
1,600.40
|
|
Delaware
|
41
|
0.32
|
5
|
1.96
|
1.30
|
413.10
|
411.80
|
|
Florida
|
22
|
1.19
|
30
|
1.09
|
87.00
|
7,380.40
|
7,293.40
|
|
Georgia
|
28
|
0.92
|
26
|
1.31
|
35.60
|
3,894.90
|
3,859.30
|
|
Hawaii
|
33
|
0.76
|
19
|
1.41
|
4.50
|
600.40
|
595.90
|
|
Idaho
|
10
|
1.83
|
41
|
0.56
|
10.90
|
606.10
|
595.20
|
|
Illinois
|
35
|
0.68
|
24
|
1.35
|
37.90
|
5,627.70
|
5,589.80
|
|
Indiana
|
15
|
1.52
|
6
|
1.89
|
42.60
|
2,849.70
|
2,807.10
|
|
Iowa
|
25
|
1.10
|
37
|
0.76
|
16.00
|
1,476.80
|
1,460.80
|
|
Kansas
|
16
|
1.52
|
35
|
0.81
|
20.10
|
1,344.70
|
1,324.60
|
|
Kentucky
|
6
|
2.25
|
13
|
1.62
|
39.90
|
1,811.50
|
1,771.60
|
|
Louisiana
|
2
|
2.48
|
17
|
1.46
|
47.30
|
1,955.30
|
1,908.00
|
|
Maine
|
42
|
0.30
|
47
|
0.10
|
1.70
|
577.10
|
575.40
|
|
Maryland
|
9
|
1.86
|
23
|
1.37
|
46.70
|
2,561.40
|
2,514.70
|
|
Massachusetts
|
36
|
0.64
|
31
|
1.08
|
20.10
|
3,184.40
|
3,164.30
|
|
Michigan
|
17
|
1.46
|
2
|
2.46
|
56.50
|
3,930.70
|
3,874.20
|
|
Minnesota
|
23
|
1.12
|
10
|
1.65
|
29.40
|
2,653.30
|
2,623.90
|
|
Mississippi
|
48
|
-0.25
|
39
|
0.60
|
-2.70
|
1,090.20
|
1,092.90
|
|
Missouri
|
44
|
0.22
|
46
|
0.17
|
5.80
|
2,642.70
|
2,636.90
|
|
Montana
|
47
|
-0.10
|
50
|
-0.24
|
-0.40
|
417.20
|
417.60
|
|
Nebraska
|
43
|
0.29
|
38
|
0.76
|
2.70
|
936.10
|
933.40
|
|
Nevada
|
32
|
0.79
|
43
|
0.46
|
8.80
|
1,122.60
|
1,113.80
|
|
New Hampshire
|
46
|
0.05
|
42
|
0.55
|
0.30
|
618.00
|
617.70
|
|
New Jersey
|
26
|
1.09
|
49
|
-0.14
|
41.40
|
3,834.80
|
3,793.40
|
|
New Mexico
|
38
|
0.50
|
48
|
-0.09
|
4.00
|
804.40
|
800.40
|
|
New York
|
11
|
1.73
|
22
|
1.37
|
148.10
|
8,708.20
|
8,560.10
|
|
North Carolina
|
24
|
1.10
|
16
|
1.52
|
43.00
|
3,944.00
|
3,901.00
|
|
North Dakota
|
1
|
6.58
|
1
|
4.62
|
25.20
|
408.10
|
382.90
|
|
Ohio
|
20
|
1.34
|
25
|
1.34
|
67.40
|
5,079.10
|
5,011.70
|
|
Oklahoma
|
3
|
2.38
|
20
|
1.39
|
36.60
|
1,575.80
|
1,539.20
|
|
Oregon
|
40
|
0.34
|
15
|
1.53
|
5.40
|
1,608.80
|
1,603.40
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
29
|
0.90
|
12
|
1.63
|
50.80
|
5,683.40
|
5,632.60
|
|
Rhode Island
|
49
|
-0.40
|
44
|
0.36
|
-1.80
|
450.00
|
451.80
|
|
South Carolina
|
18
|
1.43
|
11
|
1.65
|
26.00
|
1,845.10
|
1,819.10
|
|
South Dakota
|
39
|
0.40
|
29
|
1.20
|
1.60
|
398.40
|
396.80
|
|
Tennessee
|
12
|
1.63
|
8
|
1.79
|
43.00
|
2,674.50
|
2,631.50
|
|
Texas
|
5
|
2.26
|
4
|
2.17
|
237.10
|
10,723.80
|
10,486.70
|
|
Utah
|
4
|
2.30
|
7
|
1.87
|
27.40
|
1,218.10
|
1,190.70
|
|
Vermont
|
27
|
1.04
|
33
|
0.98
|
3.10
|
301.00
|
297.90
|
|
Virginia
|
21
|
1.28
|
9
|
1.71
|
46.70
|
3,694.10
|
3,647.40
|
|
Washington
|
13
|
1.60
|
32
|
1.04
|
44.60
|
2,826.00
|
2,781.40
|
|
West Virginia
|
19
|
1.37
|
34
|
0.98
|
10.20
|
754.80
|
744.60
|
|
Wisconsin
|
50
|
-1.11
|
21
|
1.37
|
-30.00
|
2,675.00
|
2,705.00
|
|
Wyoming
|
30
|
0.86
|
27
|
1.31
|
2.40
|
280.40
|
278.00
|
|
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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