|
Construction Job Growth: 12 mos. ending Feb. 2000 over 12 mos. ending Feb. 1999 |
| State |
Rank Feb. 2000 | Percent Change |
Rank Feb. 1999 | Percent Change |
Thousands of Jobs |
| Job Growth | Feb. 2000 |
Feb. 1999 |
|---|
| Maine |
1 |
12.30 |
5 |
9.41 |
3.1 |
28.6 |
25.4 |
| Colorado |
2 |
11.80 |
2 |
11.83 |
15.9 |
151.0 |
135.1 |
| Minnesota |
3 |
10.57 |
8 |
8.57 |
10.8 |
113.9 |
103.0 |
| Rhode Island |
4 |
10.36 |
4 |
9.79 |
1.6 |
17.8 |
16.1 |
| California |
5 |
10.23 |
1 |
12.26 |
63.9 |
688.9 |
624.9 |
| Idaho |
6 |
9.80 |
44 |
2.06 |
3.1 |
35.7 |
32.5 |
| Missouri |
7 |
9.57 |
22 |
5.37 |
12.2 |
140.1 |
127.9 |
| North Dakota |
8 |
9.50 |
38 |
3.25 |
1.4 |
17.1 |
15.6 |
| New York |
9 |
9.45 |
15 |
7.20 |
27.1 |
314.4 |
287.3 |
| Massachusetts |
10 |
9.41 |
9 |
8.38 |
10.3 |
120.2 |
109.9 |
| Georgia |
11 |
8.25 |
7 |
9.11 |
15.2 |
200.1 |
184.9 |
| Wyoming |
12 |
7.59 |
24 |
5.16 |
1.2 |
17.3 |
16.1 |
| South Dakota |
13 |
7.29 |
29 |
4.59 |
1.1 |
17.3 |
16.1 |
| Arizona |
14 |
7.06 |
6 |
9.25 |
10.2 |
156.1 |
145.8 |
| Kansas |
15 |
6.93 |
26 |
4.82 |
4.3 |
66.4 |
62.1 |
| Maryland |
16 |
6.83 |
39 |
3.04 |
9.7 |
152.5 |
142.7 |
| Utah |
17 |
6.74 |
19 |
6.24 |
4.6 |
73.7 |
69.0 |
| Wisconsin |
18 |
6.71 |
23 |
5.34 |
7.6 |
122.0 |
114.3 |
| Delaware |
19 |
6.62 |
36 |
3.34 |
1.5 |
24.1 |
22.6 |
| New Hampshire |
20 |
6.40 |
3 |
10.08 |
1.4 |
24.7 |
23.2 |
| Pennsylvania |
21 |
6.31 |
27 |
4.75 |
14.1 |
237.9 |
223.8 |
| Washington |
22 |
6.26 |
20 |
6.07 |
9.1 |
154.5 |
145.4 |
| South Carolina |
23 |
6.10 |
11 |
7.95 |
6.6 |
115.0 |
108.4 |
| Texas |
24 |
5.93 |
10 |
8.05 |
29.8 |
532.6 |
502.8 |
| Vermont |
25 |
5.74 |
17 |
6.76 |
0.8 |
14.7 |
13.9 |
| Nebraska |
26 |
5.50 |
16 |
6.84 |
2.2 |
43.6 |
41.3 |
| Arkansas |
27 |
5.17 |
46 |
1.12 |
2.5 |
50.8 |
48.3 |
| Montana |
28 |
5.10 |
32 |
4.06 |
0.9 |
19.7 |
18.8 |
| Oklahoma |
29 |
4.88 |
13 |
7.61 |
2.7 |
58.2 |
55.5 |
| Illinois |
30 |
4.58 |
30 |
4.40 |
11.0 |
253.2 |
242.2 |
| Florida |
31 |
4.31 |
28 |
4.62 |
15.1 |
367.3 |
352.1 |
| Virginia |
32 |
4.14 |
42 |
2.53 |
7.8 |
198.6 |
190.7 |
| North Carolina |
33 |
4.04 |
21 |
5.77 |
8.7 |
225.6 |
216.8 |
| Alabama |
34 |
3.91 |
34 |
3.72 |
3.9 |
105.0 |
101.1 |
| Kentucky |
35 |
3.86 |
41 |
2.54 |
3.2 |
87.3 |
84.0 |
| Iowa |
36 |
3.51 |
25 |
4.87 |
2.2 |
65.6 |
63.3 |
| Connecticut |
37 |
3.36 |
31 |
4.31 |
1.9 |
61.3 |
59.3 |
| Michigan |
38 |
3.35 |
45 |
1.78 |
6.2 |
191.3 |
185.1 |
| Alaska |
39 |
3.35 |
33 |
3.73 |
0.4 |
13.8 |
13.4 |
| Nevada |
40 |
2.74 |
12 |
7.65 |
2.4 |
90.4 |
88.0 |
| Tennessee |
41 |
2.62 |
43 |
2.08 |
3.1 |
124.4 |
121.2 |
| New Jersey |
42 |
2.15 |
37 |
3.29 |
2.9 |
138.6 |
135.7 |
| Ohio |
43 |
2.13 |
35 |
3.40 |
4.9 |
236.7 |
231.8 |
| Oregon |
44 |
2.10 |
48 |
-0.21 |
1.7 |
83.3 |
81.6 |
| Mississippi |
45 |
1.65 |
18 |
6.31 |
0.9 |
55.8 |
54.9 |
| New Mexico |
46 |
1.54 |
47 |
0.68 |
0.6 |
43.8 |
43.2 |
| Indiana |
47 |
1.42 |
40 |
2.89 |
2.0 |
147.9 |
145.8 |
| Louisiana |
48 |
1.35 |
14 |
7.60 |
1.7 |
129.8 |
128.0 |
| Hawaii |
49 |
0.77 |
50 |
-2.12 |
0.1 |
21.7 |
21.5 |
| West Virginia |
50 |
-2.08 |
49 |
-2.01 |
-0.7 |
33.4 |
34.1 |