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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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