Rank |
Jobs Added ( Lost ) |
% Growth |
Rank |
1 Texas |
310,400 |
2.2 % |
8 |
2 California |
259,500 |
1.5 % |
28 |
3 Florida |
210,400 |
2.2 % |
9 |
4 New York |
146,700 |
1.5 % |
25 |
5 Pennsylvania |
100,900 |
1.6 % |
17 |
6 Missouri |
82,400 |
2.8 % |
4 |
7 North Carolina |
80,400 |
1.6 % |
20 |
8 Georgia |
72,600 |
1.5 % |
27 |
9 South Carolina |
72,500 |
3.1 % |
3 |
10 Virginia |
68,500 |
1.6 % |
19 |
11 Arizona |
65,900 |
2.1 % |
10 |
12 Indiana |
59,700 |
1.8 % |
15 |
13 Washington |
56,100 |
1.6 % |
24 |
14 Ohio |
54,200 |
1.0 % |
36 |
15 Colorado |
51,900 |
1.8 % |
16 |
16 New Jersey |
48,000 |
1.1 % |
32 |
17 Michigan |
41,300 |
0.9 % |
40 |
18 Alabama |
40,500 |
1.9 % |
14 |
19 Minnesota |
39,500 |
1.3 % |
30 |
20 Massachusetts |
35,100 |
0.9 % |
38 |
21 Tennessee |
33,800 |
1.0 % |
35 |
22 Utah |
33,200 |
1.9 % |
13 |
23 Illinois |
32,800 |
0.5 % |
48 |
24 Wisconsin |
28,900 |
1.0 % |
37 |
25 Idaho |
26,800 |
3.1 % |
2 |
26 Nevada |
25,100 |
1.6 % |
21 |
27 Oklahoma |
25,000 |
1.4 % |
29 |
28 Maryland |
24,800 |
0.9 % |
41 |
29 Nebraska |
23,600 |
2.2 % |
6 |
30 Kansas |
22,600 |
1.6 % |
23 |
31 Kentucky |
22,200 |
1.1 % |
33 |
32 Montana |
17,500 |
3.3 % |
1 |
33 Arkansas |
16,800 |
1.2 % |
31 |
34 New Hampshire |
13,900 |
2.0 % |
12 |
35 New Mexico |
13,200 |
1.5 % |
26 |
36 Connecticut |
12,500 |
0.7 % |
44 |
37 Oregon |
11,700 |
0.6 % |
47 |
38 Iowa |
11,600 |
0.7 % |
45 |
39 Hawaii |
10,100 |
1.6 % |
22 |
40 North Dakota |
9,900 |
2.2 % |
7 |
41 Rhode Island |
8,400 |
1.6 % |
18 |
42 Mississippi |
8,100 |
0.7 % |
46 |
43 Alaska |
7,700 |
2.3 % |
5 |
44 Maine |
7,000 |
1.1 % |
34 |
45 Vermont |
6,200 |
2.0 % |
11 |
46 Delaware |
4,500 |
0.9 % |
39 |
47 West Virginia |
3,800 |
0.5 % |
49 |
48 South Dakota |
3,600 |
0.8 % |
42 |
49 Wyoming |
2,200 |
0.7 % |
43 |
50 Louisiana |
-1,700 |
-0.1% |
50 |
Dist . of Columbia |
5,200 |
0.7 % |
|
United States |
2,367,500 |
1.5 % |