|
Manufacturing Job Growth: Feb. 2000 over Feb. 1999 |
| State |
Rank Feb. 2000 | Percent Change |
Rank Feb. 1999 | Percent Change |
Thousands of Jobs |
| Job Growth | Feb. 2000 |
Feb. 1999 |
|---|
| Hawaii |
1 |
3.73 |
26 |
-1.23 |
0.6 |
16.7 |
16.1 |
| Nevada |
2 |
2.16 |
5 |
1.21 |
0.9 |
42.6 |
41.7 |
| Idaho |
3 |
2.00 |
17 |
-0.53 |
1.5 |
76.4 |
74.9 |
| Wyoming |
4 |
1.87 |
8 |
0.94 |
0.2 |
10.9 |
10.7 |
| Montana |
5 |
1.67 |
3 |
1.69 |
0.4 |
24.4 |
24.0 |
| West Virginia |
6 |
1.61 |
25 |
-1.22 |
1.3 |
82.1 |
80.8 |
| Arizona |
7 |
1.48 |
42 |
-2.60 |
3.1 |
212.6 |
209.5 |
| Georgia |
8 |
1.46 |
7 |
1.14 |
8.7 |
604.0 |
595.3 |
| Arkansas |
9 |
1.36 |
21 |
-0.87 |
3.4 |
254.2 |
250.8 |
| Utah |
10 |
1.22 |
31 |
-1.73 |
1.6 |
132.5 |
130.9 |
| South Dakota |
11 |
1.01 |
4 |
1.43 |
0.5 |
50.0 |
49.5 |
| Indiana |
12 |
0.88 |
10 |
0.62 |
6.0 |
690.5 |
684.5 |
| Kentucky |
13 |
0.75 |
12 |
0.38 |
2.4 |
321.7 |
319.3 |
| Vermont |
14 |
0.42 |
15 |
-0.21 |
0.2 |
47.3 |
47.1 |
| Minnesota |
15 |
0.37 |
18 |
-0.60 |
1.6 |
435.3 |
433.7 |
| Maryland |
16 |
0.28 |
30 |
-1.46 |
0.5 |
176.2 |
175.7 |
| California |
17 |
0.20 |
32 |
-1.75 |
3.8 |
1,906.3 |
1,902.5 |
| Oregon |
18 |
0.17 |
37 |
-2.14 |
0.4 |
238.5 |
238.1 |
| Oklahoma |
19 |
0.16 |
22 |
-1.03 |
0.3 |
183.6 |
183.3 |
| Tennessee |
20 |
0.08 |
38 |
-2.14 |
0.4 |
507.4 |
507.0 |
| North Dakota |
21 |
0.00 |
27 |
-1.26 |
0.0 |
23.6 |
23.6 |
| Virginia |
22 |
-0.13 |
40 |
-2.49 |
-0.5 |
395.0 |
395.5 |
| Delaware |
23 |
-0.17 |
1 |
3.11 |
-0.1 |
59.5 |
59.6 |
| Iowa |
24 |
-0.27 |
6 |
1.17 |
-0.7 |
258.4 |
259.1 |
| Pennsylvania |
25 |
-0.33 |
29 |
-1.42 |
-3.1 |
924.2 |
927.3 |
| Colorado |
26 |
-0.34 |
34 |
-1.97 |
-0.7 |
203.0 |
203.7 |
| Wisconsin |
27 |
-0.41 |
13 |
0.33 |
-2.5 |
609.7 |
612.2 |
| Maine |
28 |
-0.47 |
23 |
-1.15 |
-0.4 |
85.3 |
85.7 |
| Mississippi |
29 |
-0.49 |
11 |
0.49 |
-1.2 |
242.9 |
244.1 |
| Florida |
30 |
-0.59 |
16 |
-0.22 |
-2.9 |
488.5 |
491.4 |
| Ohio |
31 |
-0.68 |
19 |
-0.80 |
-7.4 |
1,080.5 |
1,087.9 |
| Illinois |
32 |
-0.69 |
35 |
-1.98 |
-6.6 |
949.1 |
955.7 |
| New York |
33 |
-0.89 |
44 |
-2.65 |
-7.9 |
880.2 |
888.1 |
| Michigan |
34 |
-0.98 |
9 |
0.83 |
-9.6 |
968.0 |
977.6 |
| Texas |
35 |
-1.00 |
20 |
-0.85 |
-10.9 |
1,079.5 |
1,090.4 |
| Massachusetts |
36 |
-1.20 |
46 |
-3.89 |
-5.2 |
429.2 |
434.4 |
| Nebraska |
37 |
-1.26 |
14 |
0.08 |
-1.5 |
117.1 |
118.6 |
| South Carolina |
38 |
-1.27 |
47 |
-4.07 |
-4.4 |
342.3 |
346.7 |
| Alabama |
39 |
-1.27 |
39 |
-2.45 |
-4.7 |
364.9 |
369.6 |
| Louisiana |
40 |
-1.39 |
24 |
-1.22 |
-2.6 |
184.2 |
186.8 |
| New Jersey |
41 |
-1.58 |
36 |
-2.01 |
-7.4 |
459.6 |
467.0 |
| New Hampshire |
42 |
-1.59 |
41 |
-2.55 |
-1.7 |
105.5 |
107.2 |
| New Mexico |
43 |
-1.67 |
49 |
-7.93 |
-0.7 |
41.1 |
41.8 |
| Connecticut |
44 |
-1.95 |
43 |
-2.62 |
-5.3 |
265.8 |
271.1 |
| Kansas |
45 |
-2.04 |
2 |
1.70 |
-4.4 |
211.2 |
215.6 |
| Rhode Island |
46 |
-2.12 |
48 |
-4.92 |
-1.6 |
73.8 |
75.4 |
| Missouri |
47 |
-2.21 |
28 |
-1.34 |
-9.1 |
403.4 |
412.5 |
| North Carolina |
48 |
-2.46 |
33 |
-1.91 |
-19.9 |
790.2 |
810.1 |
| Washington |
49 |
-4.54 |
45 |
-2.79 |
-16.6 |
348.9 |
365.5 |
| Alaska |
50 |
-12.50 |
50 |
-8.72 |
-1.7 |
11.9 |
13.6 |