|
Government 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 |
|---|
| California |
1 |
2.94 |
2 |
3.42 |
65.7 |
2,301.0 |
2,235.3 |
| Connecticut |
2 |
2.54 |
6 |
2.96 |
6.0 |
242.2 |
236.2 |
| Nevada |
3 |
2.38 |
1 |
5.84 |
2.8 |
120.6 |
117.8 |
| Texas |
4 |
2.17 |
10 |
2.34 |
33.7 |
1,586.8 |
1,553.1 |
| New Hampshire |
5 |
2.04 |
11 |
2.33 |
1.7 |
85.0 |
83.3 |
| Montana |
6 |
2.02 |
46 |
-0.38 |
1.6 |
80.7 |
79.1 |
| Idaho |
7 |
2.00 |
19 |
1.45 |
2.1 |
107.1 |
105.0 |
| Nebraska |
8 |
1.97 |
50 |
-0.85 |
3.0 |
154.9 |
151.9 |
| Oregon |
9 |
1.97 |
7 |
2.68 |
5.2 |
269.3 |
264.1 |
| Utah |
10 |
1.87 |
18 |
1.62 |
3.4 |
184.9 |
181.5 |
| Florida |
11 |
1.85 |
33 |
0.88 |
18.1 |
996.1 |
978.0 |
| Delaware |
12 |
1.84 |
38 |
0.74 |
1.0 |
55.4 |
54.4 |
| New Mexico |
13 |
1.83 |
49 |
-0.66 |
3.3 |
183.4 |
180.1 |
| Pennsylvania |
14 |
1.83 |
44 |
-0.14 |
13.2 |
733.6 |
720.4 |
| Maine |
15 |
1.82 |
32 |
1.02 |
1.8 |
100.8 |
99.0 |
| Mississippi |
16 |
1.80 |
14 |
2.06 |
4.1 |
231.9 |
227.8 |
| Arkansas |
17 |
1.80 |
30 |
1.07 |
3.4 |
192.8 |
189.4 |
| Illinois |
18 |
1.73 |
39 |
0.67 |
14.2 |
837.1 |
822.9 |
| Kentucky |
19 |
1.72 |
12 |
2.29 |
5.2 |
308.3 |
303.1 |
| Massachusetts |
20 |
1.66 |
13 |
2.14 |
7.0 |
427.9 |
420.9 |
| Washington |
21 |
1.62 |
29 |
1.13 |
7.7 |
483.5 |
475.8 |
| Ohio |
22 |
1.60 |
31 |
1.06 |
12.5 |
792.8 |
780.3 |
| Hawaii |
23 |
1.59 |
43 |
-0.09 |
1.8 |
115.2 |
113.4 |
| Colorado |
24 |
1.52 |
15 |
2.01 |
5.0 |
335.0 |
330.0 |
| South Carolina |
25 |
1.50 |
9 |
2.44 |
4.8 |
324.1 |
319.3 |
| North Carolina |
26 |
1.39 |
3 |
3.26 |
8.6 |
625.9 |
617.3 |
| Michigan |
27 |
1.39 |
20 |
1.41 |
9.5 |
691.5 |
682.0 |
| Iowa |
28 |
1.37 |
22 |
1.35 |
3.3 |
244.4 |
241.1 |
| Tennessee |
29 |
1.37 |
8 |
2.44 |
5.4 |
400.0 |
394.6 |
| Kansas |
30 |
1.32 |
42 |
0.12 |
3.2 |
245.3 |
242.1 |
| Virginia |
31 |
1.31 |
26 |
1.24 |
8.0 |
621.0 |
613.0 |
| Oklahoma |
32 |
1.30 |
17 |
1.64 |
3.7 |
288.6 |
284.9 |
| Rhode Island |
33 |
1.26 |
48 |
-0.62 |
0.8 |
64.4 |
63.6 |
| Missouri |
34 |
1.25 |
36 |
0.81 |
5.3 |
430.6 |
425.3 |
| Arizona |
35 |
1.24 |
4 |
3.17 |
4.5 |
366.0 |
361.5 |
| Alabama |
36 |
1.13 |
41 |
0.60 |
4.0 |
357.1 |
353.1 |
| North Dakota |
37 |
1.09 |
35 |
0.82 |
0.8 |
74.5 |
73.7 |
| Minnesota |
38 |
1.07 |
28 |
1.13 |
4.2 |
397.7 |
393.5 |
| Wisconsin |
39 |
1.07 |
25 |
1.28 |
4.3 |
407.8 |
403.5 |
| Maryland |
40 |
0.87 |
5 |
3.07 |
3.9 |
450.2 |
446.3 |
| New Jersey |
41 |
0.87 |
45 |
-0.23 |
5.0 |
580.0 |
575.0 |
| Wyoming |
42 |
0.84 |
27 |
1.19 |
0.5 |
60.2 |
59.7 |
| South Dakota |
43 |
0.83 |
34 |
0.84 |
0.6 |
72.7 |
72.1 |
| Vermont |
44 |
0.81 |
16 |
1.86 |
0.4 |
49.6 |
49.2 |
| Alaska |
45 |
0.81 |
47 |
-0.54 |
0.6 |
74.5 |
73.9 |
| New York |
46 |
0.67 |
21 |
1.38 |
9.7 |
1,457.7 |
1,448.0 |
| Indiana |
47 |
0.66 |
37 |
0.76 |
2.7 |
414.3 |
411.6 |
| West Virginia |
48 |
0.50 |
40 |
0.65 |
0.7 |
140.2 |
139.5 |
| Georgia |
49 |
0.42 |
23 |
1.31 |
2.5 |
598.5 |
596.0 |
| Louisiana |
50 |
0.13 |
24 |
1.30 |
0.5 |
373.9 |
373.4 |