|
Government 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 |
|---|
| Nevada |
1 |
4.53 |
1 |
5.16 |
5.1 |
117.9 |
112.8 |
| Connecticut |
2 |
3.41 |
20 |
1.50 |
7.8 |
236.7 |
228.9 |
| California |
3 |
3.14 |
16 |
1.64 |
68.4 |
2,245.7 |
2,177.3 |
| Idaho |
4 |
3.14 |
9 |
2.17 |
3.2 |
106.0 |
102.8 |
| Mississippi |
5 |
2.43 |
10 |
2.10 |
5.4 |
229.6 |
224.1 |
| Texas |
6 |
2.38 |
19 |
1.50 |
35.9 |
1,545.8 |
1,509.9 |
| Vermont |
7 |
2.08 |
29 |
1.20 |
0.9 |
47.3 |
46.3 |
| Kentucky |
8 |
2.08 |
23 |
1.37 |
6.1 |
301.6 |
295.5 |
| New Hampshire |
9 |
2.02 |
22 |
1.40 |
1.6 |
81.6 |
80.0 |
| Colorado |
10 |
1.96 |
11 |
2.07 |
6.3 |
329.6 |
323.2 |
| North Carolina |
11 |
1.94 |
4 |
3.07 |
11.5 |
608.2 |
596.7 |
| Arizona |
12 |
1.91 |
3 |
3.39 |
6.5 |
349.6 |
343.0 |
| Oregon |
13 |
1.85 |
5 |
2.55 |
4.7 |
261.2 |
256.4 |
| Michigan |
14 |
1.80 |
28 |
1.34 |
11.8 |
668.8 |
656.9 |
| Ohio |
15 |
1.60 |
39 |
0.72 |
12.2 |
776.1 |
763.8 |
| Oklahoma |
16 |
1.58 |
36 |
0.81 |
4.4 |
283.2 |
278.8 |
| Minnesota |
17 |
1.55 |
40 |
0.53 |
5.9 |
387.9 |
382.0 |
| Washington |
18 |
1.53 |
18 |
1.58 |
7.1 |
474.1 |
467.0 |
| Florida |
19 |
1.51 |
30 |
1.14 |
14.4 |
970.0 |
955.6 |
| South Carolina |
20 |
1.51 |
2 |
3.46 |
4.6 |
315.4 |
310.7 |
| Alabama |
21 |
1.48 |
46 |
0.19 |
5.1 |
352.5 |
347.3 |
| Illinois |
22 |
1.48 |
32 |
0.97 |
12.0 |
828.9 |
816.9 |
| Massachusetts |
23 |
1.43 |
13 |
1.82 |
5.9 |
418.9 |
413.0 |
| Maine |
24 |
1.43 |
12 |
1.99 |
1.3 |
96.3 |
95.0 |
| Missouri |
25 |
1.39 |
43 |
0.40 |
5.7 |
421.1 |
415.4 |
| Virginia |
26 |
1.38 |
31 |
1.08 |
8.3 |
611.5 |
603.1 |
| Arkansas |
27 |
1.37 |
33 |
0.94 |
2.5 |
188.0 |
185.5 |
| New Mexico |
28 |
1.36 |
42 |
0.41 |
2.4 |
180.8 |
178.3 |
| Iowa |
29 |
1.35 |
38 |
0.72 |
3.2 |
239.8 |
236.6 |
| Utah |
30 |
1.31 |
7 |
2.43 |
2.3 |
179.4 |
177.1 |
| Nebraska |
31 |
1.29 |
50 |
-1.07 |
1.9 |
152.6 |
150.6 |
| Tennessee |
32 |
1.28 |
15 |
1.74 |
4.9 |
391.8 |
386.9 |
| Indiana |
33 |
1.27 |
21 |
1.48 |
5.0 |
404.2 |
399.1 |
| Delaware |
34 |
1.13 |
8 |
2.22 |
0.6 |
55.1 |
54.5 |
| Maryland |
35 |
1.13 |
6 |
2.49 |
4.9 |
438.7 |
433.8 |
| Wisconsin |
36 |
1.06 |
14 |
1.76 |
4.1 |
398.5 |
394.3 |
| New York |
37 |
1.04 |
27 |
1.35 |
14.9 |
1,443.0 |
1,428.1 |
| Pennsylvania |
38 |
0.95 |
49 |
-0.70 |
6.7 |
712.5 |
705.8 |
| South Dakota |
39 |
0.80 |
35 |
0.82 |
0.5 |
71.6 |
71.1 |
| Hawaii |
40 |
0.75 |
45 |
0.35 |
0.8 |
112.9 |
112.1 |
| Montana |
41 |
0.67 |
26 |
1.37 |
0.5 |
79.0 |
78.5 |
| North Dakota |
42 |
0.62 |
44 |
0.35 |
0.4 |
71.5 |
71.1 |
| Rhode Island |
43 |
0.50 |
48 |
-0.64 |
0.3 |
63.2 |
62.9 |
| Georgia |
44 |
0.47 |
25 |
1.37 |
2.7 |
589.9 |
587.1 |
| Wyoming |
45 |
0.46 |
37 |
0.77 |
0.2 |
58.8 |
58.5 |
| Louisiana |
46 |
0.42 |
34 |
0.83 |
1.5 |
369.4 |
367.9 |
| New Jersey |
47 |
0.32 |
47 |
-0.16 |
1.8 |
571.8 |
570.0 |
| Kansas |
48 |
0.23 |
17 |
1.61 |
0.5 |
240.3 |
239.8 |
| Alaska |
49 |
0.23 |
41 |
0.44 |
0.1 |
73.7 |
73.5 |
| West Virginia |
50 |
0.15 |
24 |
1.37 |
0.2 |
141.2 |
141.0 |