Table 5
Average Annual Change in State and Local Employment and Nonfarm Employment, 198090 and 199096
State & Local Government Employment
Total Nonfarm Employment
State
199096
Rank
198090
Rank
199096
Rank
198090
Rank
U.S. Total
1.48%
---
1.28%
---
1.46%
---
1.91%
---
Nevada
5.58%
1
3.11%
3
5.22%
1
4.50%
1
Arizona
4.48%
2
2.73%
5
4.18%
4
3.87%
3
Idaho
3.67%
3
1.74%
17
4.19%
3
1.55%
32
Utah
3.49%
4
2.29%
9
4.73%
2
2.77%
10
Texas
3.06%
5
2.70%
6
2.53%
14
1.95%
24
New Mexico
3.04%
6
2.21%
11
3.02%
8
2.23%
19
Washington
2.78%
7
2.44%
8
1.99%
26
2.91%
8
Kentucky
2.65%
8
1.12%
30
2.15%
21
1.97%
22
South Dakota
2.54%
9
0.75%
36
3.21%
6
1.95%
23
Arkansas
2.48%
10
1.30%
24
2.73%
11
2.21%
20
Colorado
2.43%
11
1.41%
22
3.75%
5
1.97%
21
North Carolina
2.37%
12
1.86%
14
2.21%
19
2.74%
11
Tennessee
2.25%
13
1.81%
16
2.44%
15
2.30%
18
Minnesota
2.25%
14
1.22%
27
2.26%
17
1.85%
26
Oregon
2.22%
15
0.95%
31
2.83%
9
1.79%
27
Missouri
2.20%
16
0.92%
33
1.50%
34
1.76%
28
Wisconsin
2.07%
17
0.65%
39
2.14%
22
1.69%
31
Louisiana
2.06%
18
0.82%
34
2.19%
20
0.07%
48
North Dakota
1.97%
19
0.74%
37
2.53%
13
0.81%
45
Florida
1.95%
20
3.15%
2
2.32%
16
4.18%
2
Kansas
1.95%
21
1.42%
21
2.03%
24
1.43%
35
South Carolina
1.91%
22
1.97%
12
1.37%
35
2.66%
13
Delaware
1.90%
23
0.57%
41
1.35%
37
2.98%
7
Montana
1.81%
24
0.16%
45
3.19%
7
0.59%
46
Georgia
1.74%
25
2.22%
10
2.79%
10
3.31%
5
New Hampshire
1.70%
26
2.50%
7
1.63%
32
2.80%
9
Hawaii
1.63%
27
1.94%
13
0.03%
46
2.72%
12
Alabama
1.60%
28
1.21%
28
1.84%
27
1.89%
25
Mississippi
1.50%
29
0.66%
38
2.56%
12
1.22%
39
Connecticut
1.40%
30
1.22%
26
-0.42%
49
1.30%
37
Illinois
1.38%
31
0.18%
44
1.19%
39
0.87%
43
Virginia
1.30%
32
1.23%
25
1.30%
38
2.99%
6
Nebraska
1.30%
33
0.93%
32
2.25%
18
1.52%
33
West Virginia
1.29%
34
-0.54%
49
1.73%
30
-0.25%
49
Oklahoma
1.28%
35
1.61%
19
2.09%
23
0.50%
47
Wyoming
1.25%
36
3.03%
4
1.84%
28
-0.57%
50
Alaska
1.09%
37
3.47%
1
1.68%
31
3.46%
4
Indiana
1.06%
38
1.13%
29
1.84%
29
1.71%
30
Ohio
1.04%
39
0.45%
42
1.36%
36
1.12%
41
Iowa
1.03%
40
0.63%
40
1.99%
25
1.00%
42
California
1.00%
41
1.82%
15
0.36%
42
2.41%
16
Pennsylvania
0.93%
42
-0.43%
48
0.44%
41
0.84%
44
Vermont
0.91%
43
1.50%
20
1.09%
40
2.55%
14
Maine
0.73%
44
1.64%
18
0.16%
45
2.49%
15
Maryland
0.63%
45
-0.58%
50
0.26%
44
2.41%
17
Michigan
0.42%
46
0.05%
46
1.52%
33
1.43%
34
Massachusetts
0.28%
47
-0.39%
47
0.29%
43
1.18%
40
New Jersey
0.21%
48
0.78%
35
0.02%
47
1.74%
29
Rhode Island
-0.20%
49
0.30%
43
-0.35%
48
1.25%
38
New York
-0.88%
50
1.30%
23
-0.61%
50
1.31%
36
Source: Samuel Ehrenhalt, "The New Geography of Government Jobs: Hiring in State and Local Government Shifts to South and
West, and to Medium and Small States," Center for the Study of the States, Albany, N.Y., Government Employment Report no. 2,
December 1997.
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