Table 1: Civilian Labor Force by State, 1990 & 1999
| Civilian Labor Force | Change | Rank by % Change*** | |||
| 1990* | 1999** | Number | Percent | ||
| United States | 123,678,000 | 137,260,000 | 13,582,000 | 11.0% | |
| Nevada | 665,000 | 942,000 | 277,000 | 41.7% | 1 |
| Idaho | 493,000 | 655,000 | 162,000 | 32.9% | 2 |
| Utah | 817,000 | 1,084,000 | 267,000 | 32.7% | 3 |
| Arizona | 1,801,000 | 2,364,000 | 563,000 | 31.3% | 4 |
| Colorado | 1,764,000 | 2,264,000 | 500,000 | 28.3% | 5 |
| Georgia | 3,300,000 | 4,088,000 | 788,000 | 23.9% | 6 |
| Washington | 2,538,000 | 3,076,000 | 538,000 | 21.2% | 7 |
| Texas | 8,617,000 | 10,206,000 | 1,589,000 | 18.4% | 8 |
| Montana | 401,000 | 474,000 | 73,000 | 18.2% | 9 |
| Oregon | 1,490,000 | 1,760,000 | 270,000 | 18.1% | 10 |
| Tennessee | 2,388,000 | 2,819,000 | 431,000 | 18.0% | 11 |
| Alaska | 270,000 | 315,000 | 45,000 | 16.7% | 12 |
| South Dakota | 347,000 | 400,000 | 53,000 | 15.3% | 13 |
| New Mexico | 708,000 | 810,000 | 102,000 | 14.4% | 14 |
| Florida | 6,468,000 | 7,366,000 | 898,000 | 13.9% | 15 |
| Alabama | 1,889,000 | 2,145,000 | 256,000 | 13.6% | 16 |
| Minnesota | 2,386,000 | 2,699,000 | 313,000 | 13.1% | 17 |
| South Carolina | 1,739,000 | 1,962,000 | 223,000 | 12.8% | 18 |
| Kansas | 1,276,000 | 1,434,000 | 158,000 | 12.4% | 19 |
| Wisconsin | 2,581,000 | 2,892,000 | 311,000 | 12.0% | 20 |
| Nebraska | 814,000 | 911,000 | 97,000 | 11.9% | 21 |
| Louisiana | 1,837,000 | 2,052,000 | 215,000 | 11.7% | 22 |
| Michigan | 4,598,000 | 5,136,000 | 538,000 | 11.7% | 23 |
| North Carolina | 3,469,000 | 3,874,000 | 405,000 | 11.7% | 24 |
| Kentucky | 1,767,000 | 1,970,000 | 203,000 | 11.5% | 25 |
| Wyoming | 236,000 | 262,000 | 26,000 | 11.0% | 26 |
| Vermont | 304,000 | 336,000 | 32,000 | 10.5% | 27 |
| Indiana | 2,794,000 | 3,078,000 | 284,000 | 10.2% | 28 |
| Missouri | 2,595,000 | 2,847,000 | 252,000 | 9.7% | 29 |
| California | 15,187,000 | 16,586,000 | 1,399,000 | 9.2% | 30 |
| Oklahoma | 1,514,000 | 1,648,000 | 134,000 | 8.9% | 31 |
| Virginia | 3,238,000 | 3,522,000 | 284,000 | 8.8% | 32 |
| Iowa | 1,448,000 | 1,574,000 | 126,000 | 8.7% | 33 |
| Arkansas | 1,126,000 | 1,222,000 | 96,000 | 8.5% | 34 |
| Delaware | 359,000 | 389,000 | 30,000 | 8.4% | 35 |
| Hawaii | 550,000 | 595,000 | 45,000 | 8.2% | 36 |
| Illinois | 5,916,000 | 6,385,000 | 469,000 | 7.9% | 37 |
| West Virginia | 761,000 | 817,000 | 56,000 | 7.4% | 38 |
| Mississippi | 1,184,000 | 1,270,000 | 86,000 | 7.3% | 39 |
| Ohio | 5,410,000 | 5,749,000 | 339,000 | 6.3% | 40 |
| New Hampshire | 628,000 | 666,000 | 38,000 | 6.1% | 41 |
| Maryland | 2,609,000 | 2,766,000 | 157,000 | 6.0% | 42 |
| North Dakota | 318,000 | 337,000 | 19,000 | 6.0% | 43 |
| Maine | 635,000 | 672,000 | 37,000 | 5.8% | 44 |
| New Jersey | 4,062,000 | 4,207,000 | 145,000 | 3.6% | 45 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,791,000 | 5,969,000 | 178,000 | 3.1% | 46 |
| Massachusetts | 3,228,000 | 3,278,000 | 50,000 | 1.5% | 47 |
| New York | 8,843,000 | 8,883,000 | 40,000 | 0.5% | 48 |
| Rhode Island | 519,000 | 504,000 | -15,000 | -2.9% | 49 |
| Connecticut | 1,832,000 | 1,692,000 | -140,000 | -7.6% | 50 |
* Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/lauhome.htm, January 3, 2001.
** Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, State and Regional Unemployment, 1999 Annual Averages, http://www.bls.gov/lauhome.htm, January 3, 2001. Beginning with January 1998 data, national labor force series reflect new composite estimation procedures and minor revisions in the population controls used in the household survey. For further information on these revisions, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January, 1998" in the February issue of Employment and Earnings.
*** The percent change is rounded to the nearest tenth. States were ranked before rounding to
avoid false "ties" in the ranking.
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