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Change in nonfarm employment by state, February 2022 to February 2023, seasonally adjusted
State
Percent change
February 2022 employment (thousands)
February 2023 employment (thousands)
Net change (thousands)
Alabama
2.0 2,097.9 2,139.4 41.5
Alaska
3.1 316.8 326.5 9.7
Arizona
2.6 3,069.0 3,147.8 78.8
Arkansas
2.5 1,322.1 1,354.6 32.5
California
2.8 17,483.1 17,969.6 486.5
Colorado
1.6 2,841.0 2,887.7 46.7
Connecticut
1.7 1,658.8 1,687.5 28.7
Delaware
2.3 469.1 479.9 10.8
District of Columbia
1.7 757.7 770.7 13.0
Florida
4.6 9,254.5 9,681.9 427.4
Georgia
2.8 4,740.7 4,875.8 135.1
Hawaii
4.0 608.8 633.2 24.4
Idaho
3.0 820.2 845.1 24.9
Illinois
2.4 5,969.7 6,114.6 144.9
Indiana
2.3 3,163.3 3,236.9 73.6
Iowa
1.5 1,567.5 1,590.3 22.8
Kansas
2.9 1,406.7 1,448.0 41.3
Kentucky
2.2 1,948.9 1,991.9 43.0
Louisiana
1.9 1,910.5 1,946.0 35.5
Maine
2.0 634.3 646.8 12.5
Maryland
0.7 2,707.1 2,725.3 18.2
Massachusetts
2.5 3,644.1 3,735.8 91.7
Michigan
2.1 4,324.7 4,416.4 91.7
Minnesota
2.5 2,909.4 2,983.0 73.6
Mississippi
1.5 1,162.1 1,179.7 17.6
Missouri
2.0 2,904.0 2,962.0 58.0
Montana
2.5 505.5 518.1 12.6
Nebraska
2.1 1,021.6 1,043.3 21.7
Nevada
5.1 1,463.0 1,537.7 74.7
New Hampshire
2.7 681.1 699.5 18.4
New Jersey
2.5 4,216.0 4,321.4 105.4
New Mexico
2.6 840.7 862.8 22.1
New York
2.9 9,412.6 9,682.0 269.4
North Carolina
3.0 4,740.5 4,884.6 144.1
North Dakota
2.5 423.9 434.4 10.5
Ohio
1.4 5,497.7 5,575.5 77.8
Oklahoma
2.7 1,682.8 1,728.2 45.4
Oregon
3.0 1,930.8 1,989.6 58.8
Pennsylvania
2.8 5,929.6 6,094.4 164.8
Rhode Island
1.9 491.6 501.0 9.4
South Carolina
2.4 2,224.2 2,278.1 53.9
South Dakota
2.3 449.4 459.9 10.5
Tennessee
3.2 3,207.2 3,310.5 103.3
Texas
4.6 13,220.5 13,831.9 611.4
Utah
3.2 1,659.4 1,712.0 52.6
Vermont
2.2 301.0 307.5 6.5
Virginia
2.4 4,035.1 4,131.2 96.1
Washington
3.5 3,491.0 3,613.5 122.5
West Virginia
0.4 697.0 699.5 2.5
Wisconsin
1.7 2,947.1 2,997.4 50.3
Wyoming
2.1 282.7 288.7 6.0
Puerto Rico
3.1 913.7 942.2 28.5
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