State employment shows over-the-year increases, November 2013

Over the year, from November 2012–November 2013, 33 states had statistically significant changes in employment, all of which were positive. The largest over-the-year job increase occurred in Texas (+274,200), followed by California (+226,200) and Florida (+183,100).

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States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2012 to November 2013, seasonally adjusted

State	Nov 2012	November 2013 (p)	Over-the-year change (p)
		Arizona	2,487,200	2,534,600	47,400
California	14,522,000	14,748,200	226,200
Colorado	2,332,900	2,378,900	46,000
Connecticut	1,638,800	1,655,300	16,500
Delaware	421,100	429,500	8,400
Florida	7,444,300	7,627,400	183,100
Georgia	3,980,800	4,072,200	91,400
Idaho	627,800	642,300	14,500
Illinois	5,778,100	5,837,000	58,900
Indiana	2,919,200	2,980,300	61,100
Iowa	1,515,900	1,529,900	14,000
Kansas	1,363,100	1,383,200	20,100
Maryland	2,583,900	2,617,400	33,500
Massachusetts	3,290,400	3,345,700	55,300
Michigan	4,034,500	4,094,300	59,800
Minnesota	2,746,100	2,786,500	40,400
Mississippi	1,109,700	1,128,200	18,500
Missouri	2,679,400	2,727,500	48,100
Nebraska	962,800	973,800	11,000
Nevada	1,154,500	1,175,800	21,300
New Jersey	3,907,700	3,978,600	70,900
New York	8,806,700	8,934,400	127,700
North Carolina	4,027,300	4,084,100	56,800
North Dakota	437,700	455,200	17,500
Oregon	1,642,600	1,679,400	36,800
South Carolina	1,873,000	1,907,100	34,100
South Dakota	415,700	422,200	6,500
Tennessee	2,732,800	2,772,000	39,200
Texas	10,993,600	11,267,800	274,200
Utah	1,263,300	1,291,400	28,100
Washington	2,890,100	2,931,000	40,900
West Virginia	766,300	775,400	9,100
Wisconsin	2,793,600	2,834,200	40,600
Footnotes:     (p) Preliminary

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. To learn more, see "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — November 2013" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-13-2394. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision.