Rank |
Jobs Added ( Lost ) |
% Growth |
Rank |
1 Texas |
416,400 |
3.0 % |
4 |
2 California |
282,200 |
1.6 % |
30 |
3 Florida |
266,300 |
2.8 % |
5 |
4 Pennsylvania |
128,500 |
2.1 % |
13 |
5 New York |
122,500 |
1.3 % |
37 |
6 Ohio |
114,400 |
2.0 % |
15 |
7 Georgia |
93,200 |
1.9 % |
18 |
8 North Carolina |
89,300 |
1.8 % |
23 |
9 New Jersey |
80,400 |
1.9 % |
21 |
10 Massachusetts |
79,300 |
2.1 % |
12 |
11 Washington |
77,100 |
2.2 % |
11 |
12 Illinois |
66,700 |
1.1 % |
41 |
13 Indiana |
61,200 |
1.9 % |
20 |
14 Virginia |
60,900 |
1.5 % |
31 |
15 Nevada |
54,200 |
3.5 % |
1 |
16 Kentucky |
53,200 |
2.7 % |
6 |
17 Arizona |
52,900 |
1.7 % |
27 |
18 Maryland |
50,400 |
1.8 % |
22 |
18 South Carolina |
50,400 |
2.2 % |
10 |
20 Louisiana |
46,500 |
2.4 % |
8 |
21 Minnesota |
42,200 |
1.4 % |
32 |
22 Missouri |
40,700 |
1.4 % |
34 |
23 Utah |
39,800 |
2.3 % |
9 |
24 Wisconsin |
35,900 |
1.2 % |
39 |
25 Oregon |
34,800 |
1.8 % |
25 |
26 Michigan |
34,000 |
0.8 % |
46 |
27 Tennessee |
32,000 |
1.0 % |
43 |
28 Colorado |
30,500 |
1.1 % |
42 |
29 Connecticut |
29,600 |
1.8 % |
26 |
30 Alabama |
28,800 |
1.3 % |
35 |
31 Idaho |
27,800 |
3.3 % |
2 |
32 Oklahoma |
22,600 |
1.3 % |
36 |
33 New Mexico |
17,100 |
2.0 % |
17 |
34 Kansas |
16,200 |
1.1 % |
40 |
35 New Hampshire |
13,200 |
1.9 % |
19 |
36 Nebraska |
12,800 |
1.2 % |
38 |
37 Arkansas |
11,700 |
0.9 % |
44 |
38 South Dakota |
11,300 |
2.5 % |
7 |
39 Maine |
10,300 |
1.6 % |
29 |
40 Delaware |
9,900 |
2.1 % |
14 |
41 West Virginia |
9,700 |
1.4 % |
33 |
42 Wyoming |
9,300 |
3.2 % |
3 |
43 North Dakota |
8,900 |
2.0 % |
16 |
44 Montana |
8,500 |
1.7 % |
28 |
45 Alaska |
5,600 |
1.8 % |
24 |
46 Hawaii |
4,400 |
0.7 % |
47 |
47 Iowa |
3,700 |
0.2 % |
48 |
48 Vermont |
2,600 |
0.8 % |
45 |
49 Mississippi |
-2,600 |
-0.2% |
49 |
50 Rhode Island |
-2,700 |
-0.5% |
50 |
Dist . of Columbia |
11,400 |
1.5 % |
|
United States |
2,806,000 |
1.8 % |