Blue Chip Job Growth Update

Archived State Rankings

Not seasonally adjusted; figures for current month are preliminary and may be revised.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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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
Alabama 44 0.48 39 0.75 9.10 1,898.10 1,889.00
Alaska 47 0.06 11 1.81 0.20 326.40 326.20
Arizona 9 1.96 16 1.67 48.30 2,515.40 2,467.10
Arkansas 40 0.78 47 0.36 9.20 1,192.90 1,183.70
California 7 2.05 15 1.68 293.40 14,597.40 14,304.00
Colorado 5 2.69 9 1.90 61.60 2,352.40 2,290.80
Connecticut 38 0.82 45 0.46 13.40 1,648.70 1,635.30
Delaware 11 1.82 50 -0.74 7.60 424.40 416.80
Florida 16 1.56 18 1.62 116.30 7,557.20 7,440.90
Georgia 13 1.75 32 1.01 69.40 4,026.90 3,957.50
Hawaii 17 1.51 17 1.65 9.10 611.60 602.50
Idaho 4 2.79 23 1.35 17.10 631.00 613.90
Illinois 39 0.80 36 0.98 46.00 5,767.30 5,721.30
Indiana 21 1.46 12 1.81 42.40 2,939.30 2,896.90
Iowa 31 0.99 22 1.40 15.00 1,525.00 1,510.00
Kansas 35 0.89 34 0.98 12.10 1,372.20 1,360.10
Kentucky 28 1.12 21 1.52 20.40 1,841.90 1,821.50
Louisiana 30 1.01 25 1.32 19.50 1,951.00 1,931.50
Maine 48 -0.24 38 0.82 -1.40 586.30 587.70
Maryland 27 1.18 31 1.02 30.30 2,599.90 2,569.60
Massachusetts 18 1.48 29 1.10 48.10 3,304.30 3,256.20
Michigan 36 0.85 4 2.17 34.10 4,045.20 4,011.10
Minnesota 33 0.97 14 1.71 26.40 2,745.30 2,718.90
Mississippi 19 1.47 41 0.73 16.30 1,124.00 1,107.70
Missouri 25 1.29 48 -0.06 34.50 2,710.10 2,675.60
Montana 22 1.45 5 2.16 6.30 441.00 434.70
Nebraska 45 0.24 24 1.35 2.30 962.90 960.60
Nevada 6 2.19 30 1.05 24.90 1,162.30 1,137.40
New Hampshire 34 0.91 46 0.38 5.70 631.70 626.00
New Jersey 12 1.79 40 0.74 69.00 3,934.10 3,865.10
New Mexico 32 0.98 49 -0.30 7.90 813.50 805.60
New York 24 1.38 33 1.00 121.30 8,884.30 8,763.00
North Carolina 8 2.02 19 1.62 80.50 4,066.70 3,986.20
North Dakota 1 3.48 1 9.04 14.80 439.50 424.70
Ohio 46 0.09 13 1.73 4.70 5,174.80 5,170.10
Oklahoma 26 1.23 10 1.84 19.80 1,629.60 1,609.80
Oregon 20 1.47 37 0.83 24.00 1,655.80 1,631.80
Pennsylvania 41 0.54 42 0.66 31.20 5,771.00 5,739.80
Rhode Island 43 0.50 43 0.56 2.30 466.30 464.00
South Carolina 23 1.41 28 1.12 26.20 1,889.50 1,863.30
South Dakota 37 0.83 7 1.98 3.40 414.60 411.20
Tennessee 15 1.62 6 2.09 44.10 2,759.70 2,715.60
Texas 3 3.06 3 2.54 331.10 11,159.60 10,828.50
Utah 2 3.47 2 3.20 43.10 1,286.50 1,243.40
Vermont 14 1.75 44 0.47 5.20 301.80 296.60
Virginia 29 1.08 35 0.98 40.10 3,762.80 3,722.70
Washington 10 1.93 26 1.26 55.10 2,905.80 2,850.70
West Virginia 42 0.53 20 1.56 4.10 771.00 766.90
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
 


Job Growth Update, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
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