Table 1: States in Mountain, Pacific and West North Central Census Divisions Ranked by 1997 Nonagricultural (Nonag) Employment Growth

State	State Population*	Largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)	MSA Population**	MSA Population as a Percentage of State Population	1997 State Nonag Employment Growth***
Nevada	1,676,809	Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA	1,201,073	71.6%	5.5%
Arizona	4,554,966	Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA	2,746,703	60.3%	4.5%
Utah	2,059,148	Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA	1,217,842	59.1%	4.3%
Colorado	3,892,644	Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA****	2,277,401	58.5%	4.0%
Washington	5,610,362	Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA	3,320,829	59.2%	4.0%
Oregon	3,243,487	Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA	2,078,357	64.1%	3.4%
Kansas	2,594,840	Kansas City, MO-KS MSA	1,690,343	65.1%	3.4%
California	32,268,301	Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA	15,495,155	48.0%	3.3%
Idaho	1,210,232	Boise City, ID MSA	372,587	30.8%	3.2%
Missouri	5,402,058	St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	2,548,238	47.2%	2.7%
Nebraska	1,656,870	Omaha, NE-IA MSA	681,698	41.1%	2.5%
Minnesota	4,685,549	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA	2,765,116	59.0%	2.1%
New Mexico	1,729,751	Albuquerque, NM MSA	670,092	38.7%	1.8%
Alaska	609,311	Anchorage, AK MSA	250,505	41.1%	1.8%
Iowa	2,852,423	Des Moines, IA MSA	427,436	15.0%	1.6%
Montana	878,810	Billings, MT MSA	125,966	14.3%	1.5%
North Dakota	640,883	Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN MSA	165,191	25.8%	1.4%
South Dakota	737,973	Sioux Falls, SD MSA	156,598	21.2%	1.4%
Wyoming	479,743	Cheyenne, WY MSA	79,175	16.5%	1.2%
Hawaii	1,186,602	Honolulu, HI MSA	871,766	73.5%	0.2%

* 1997 estimate by US Census Bureau.
** 1996 estimate by US Census Bureau.
*** 1997 Annual Average Nonagricultural Employment divided by 1996 Annual Average.
**** CMSA = Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.