Rank |
Jobs Added ( Lost ) |
% Growth |
Rank |
1 Texas |
709,000 |
5.6 % |
1 |
2 California |
680,500 |
4.0 % |
9 |
3 Florida |
460,200 |
5.1 % |
3 |
4 New York |
435,800 |
4.8 % |
4 |
5 Illinois |
232,600 |
4.0 % |
9 |
6 Georgia |
216,000 |
4.7 % |
5 |
7 New Jersey |
214,800 |
5.3 % |
2 |
8 Pennsylvania |
209,600 |
3.6 % |
16 |
9 North Carolina |
175,200 |
3.8 % |
13 |
10 Washington |
145,800 |
4.3 % |
8 |
11 Massachusetts |
143,800 |
4.0 % |
9 |
12 Michigan |
140,700 |
3.3 % |
20 |
13 Virginia |
113,600 |
2.9 % |
27 |
14 Tennessee |
112,000 |
3.6 % |
16 |
15 Arizona |
107,500 |
3.6 % |
16 |
16 Colorado |
106,200 |
3.8 % |
13 |
17 Oregon |
88,500 |
4.7 % |
5 |
18 Ohio |
88,100 |
1.6 % |
47 |
19 South Carolina |
80,900 |
3.7 % |
15 |
20 Indiana |
80,700 |
2.6 % |
34 |
21 Minnesota |
77,700 |
2.7 % |
31 |
22 Maryland |
68,800 |
2.6 % |
34 |
23 Kentucky |
63,600 |
3.3 % |
20 |
24 Nevada |
62,300 |
4.5 % |
7 |
25 Missouri |
61,400 |
2.2 % |
42 |
26 Utah |
53,600 |
3.3 % |
20 |
27 Wisconsin |
52,800 |
1.8 % |
45 |
28 Oklahoma |
48,700 |
3.0 % |
25 |
29 Louisiana |
44,900 |
2.4 % |
41 |
30 Iowa |
41,000 |
2.7 % |
31 |
31 Connecticut |
40,600 |
2.5 % |
40 |
32 Alabama |
39,100 |
1.9 % |
44 |
33 Arkansas |
37,900 |
3.0 % |
25 |
34 New Mexico |
28,700 |
3.5 % |
19 |
35 Idaho |
24,900 |
3.1 % |
23 |
36 Rhode Island |
18,700 |
3.9 % |
12 |
37 Kansas |
18,600 |
1.4 % |
49 |
37 Maine |
18,600 |
2.9 % |
27 |
39 West Virginia |
17,800 |
2.6 % |
34 |
40 New Hampshire |
17,500 |
2.6 % |
34 |
41 Mississippi |
15,800 |
1.4 % |
49 |
41 Nebraska |
15,800 |
1.6 % |
47 |
43 Hawaii |
15,300 |
2.6 % |
34 |
44 Delaware |
13,200 |
2.9 % |
27 |
45 Montana |
12,900 |
2.6 % |
34 |
45 North Dakota |
12,900 |
3.1 % |
23 |
47 South Dakota |
12,300 |
2.7 % |
31 |
48 Wyoming |
8,300 |
2.9 % |
27 |
49 Vermont |
6,600 |
2.2 % |
42 |
50 Alaska |
5,900 |
1.8 % |
45 |
Dist . of Columbia |
18,600 |
2.5 % |
|
United States |
5,516,300 |
3.7 % |