Are You Lucky Enough to be Living Where Employment is Rising?
Posted Mar 12th 2010 5:45AM
By Lisa Johnson Mandell
Believe it or not, in January, nonfarm payroll employment actually increased in 31 states and the District of Columbia. The five states with the biggest employment increase are:
California(+32,500)
Illinois (+26,000)
New York (+25,500)
Washington (+18,900)
Minnesota (+15,600).
That's great news for the unemployed in those states, but the cheering is a little less enthusiastic in the 18 states where the number of jobs decreased in January. The states with the largest over-the-month decreases in employment are:
Missouri and Ohio (-12,800 each)
Kentucky (-11,800)
New Jersey (-9,100)
Florida (-6,100)
Nevada (-5,700)
The numbers for the entirety of 2009 are also sobering. Over the year, nonfarm employment decreased in 48 states and increased in two states and the District of Columbia. The states with the largest over-the-year percentage decreases are:
Nevada (-6.9 percent)
Arizona (-5.4 percent)
Wyoming (-5.0 percent)
California (-4.8 percent)
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