State employment over-the-year percent changes, December 2013

From December 2012 to December 2013, 29 states had statistically significant changes in employment, all of which were positive. North Dakota had the highest over-the-year percent increase in employment at 4.0 percent, followed by Florida (2.6 percent) and Oregon (2.4 percent).

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

State	December 2012	December 2013 (p)	Over-the-year change (p)	Over-the-year percent change (p)
Arizona	2,488,300	2,537,600	49,300	2.0
California	14,532,100	14,767,800	235,700	1.6
Colorado	2,335,800	2,379,700	43,900	1.9
Delaware	421,500	430,600	9,100	2.2
Florida	7,452,100	7,645,000	192,900	2.6
Georgia	3,988,600	4,078,300	89,700	2.2
Hawaii	611,600	621,100	9,500	1.6
Illinois	5,772,900	5,835,100	62,200	1.1
Indiana	2,923,700	2,975,500	51,800	1.8
Maryland	2,589,200	2,625,200	36,000	1.4
Massachusetts	3,299,100	3,354,600	55,500	1.7
Michigan	4,028,900	4,092,700	63,800	1.6
Minnesota	2,751,900	2,797,700	45,800	1.7
Mississippi	1,108,200	1,127,100	18,900	1.7
Missouri	2,687,900	2,721,800	33,900	1.3
Nevada	1,158,700	1,180,100	21,400	1.8
New York	8,846,900	8,943,800	96,900	1.1
North Carolina	4,032,300	4,096,800	64,500	1.6
North	438,700	456,100	17,400	4.0
Oklahoma	1,618,000	1,636,800	18,800	1.2
Oregon	1,643,800	1,682,700	38,900	2.4
South Carolina	1,876,500	1,913,300	36,800	2.0
South Dakota	415,900	421,900	6,000	1.4
Tennessee	2,739,700	2,771,100	31,400	1.1
Texas	11,024,700	11,277,100	252,400	2.3
Utah	1,266,200	1,288,000	21,800	1.7
Virginia	3,745,800	3,777,300	31,500	0.8
Washington	2,885,300	2,940,200	54,900	1.9
Wisconsin	2,796,000	2,840,500	44,500	1.6
Footnotes:     (p) Preliminary

Employment in Texas increased 2.3 percent from December 2012 to December 2013. California's employment increased by 1.6 percent, and New York's employment went up 1.1 percent.

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. To learn more, see "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — December 2013" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-14-0126. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision.