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10 States That Added the Most Jobs in the First Half of 2011
10 States That Added the Most Jobs in the First Half of 2011
Ten states added over 25,000 jobs each in the period from January to June 2011. The list was topped by Texas, which added over 117,000. Among the 10, the total net job addition was 517,000. This number may not seem large, but it is, compared to the 18,000 non-farm payroll additions across the entire U.S. in the month of June. 10. Oklahoma •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 27,900 •January Unemployment: 6.6 percent (10th lowest) •June Unemployment: 5.3 percent (fifth lowest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -59,000 (32nd worst loss) 9. Wisconsin •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 26,900 •January Unemployment: 7.4 percent (14th lowest) •June Unemployment: 7.6 percent (18th lowest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -158,700 (17th worst loss) 8. Illinois •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 27,900 •January Unemployment: 9 percent (23rd highest) •June Unemployment: 9.2 percent (18th highest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -371,300 (fifth worst loss) 7. New Jersey •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 35,100 •January Unemployment: 9.1 percent (21st highest) •June Unemployment: 9.5 percent (13th highest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -249,900 (ninth worst loss) 6. Ohio •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 37,300 •January Unemployment: 9.4 percent (16th highest) •June Unemployment: 8.8 percent (21st highest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -395,000 (third worst loss) 5. Massachusetts •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 39,700 •January Unemployment: 8.3 percent (tied for 23rd lowest) •June Unemployment: 7.6 percent (20th lowest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -103,600 (26th worst loss) 4. New York •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 59,600 •January Unemployment: 8.3 percent (tied for 23rd lowest) •June Unemployment: 8 percent (23rd lowest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -247,000 (10th worst loss) 3. Florida •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 85,500 •January Unemployment: 11.9 percent (third highest) •June Unemployment: 10.4 percent (seventh highest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -739,000 (second worst loss) 2. California •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 92,300 •January Unemployment: 12.4 percent (second highest) •June Unemployment: 11.8 percent (second highest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -1.18 million (worst loss) 1. Texas •2011 Job Growth, January - June: 117,600 •January Unemployment: 8.3 percent (22nd lowest) •June Unemployment: 8.2 percent (25th lowest) •Net Job Change (January 2008 - December 2010): -116,900 (24th worst loss) The first common factor among the 10 states is that they all have large populations. There would be no reason to expect South Dakota to add 100,000 jobs in six months because it has such a small workforce. However, size is not a sufficient explanation for the job creation levels. Tennessee and Indiana each have a large employed population and each lost over 11,000 jobs in the first half of the year. The last and most interesting group of states that did well in the job creation category in the first half is those that never lost many jobs during the recession in the first place. Texas firms cut 116,900 jobs between the beginning of 2008 and end of 2010. It took only six months to add back 117,600 positions. The energy and tech industries, and large populations of people in higher education and healthcare, did not face the level of layoffs that occurred in places like Florida and Michigan. 10 States That Added the Most Jobs in the First Half of 2011 - Careers Articles Wow our nations ecomony is still on a job less recovery or getting close to a double dip or did we ever leave the down turn. Seems Texas is leading the way and had little job losses during the downturn and at the moment has slowed in job creation, like the rest of the country. Yes hope and change really has worked for Americans, that is if you worked for the govt those in govt jobs has suffered the least during the downturn |
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