Just the Facts 1999-2000
| Table 5 | ||||||
| Growth in FIRE Sector Employment, 1998 | ||||||
| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. | |
| 1 | South Dakota | 10.4% | 27 | New Jersey | 2.7% | |
| 2 | Nevada | 7.9% | 28 | Massachusetts | 2.6% | |
| 3 | North Carolina | 6.3% | 29 | Indiana | 2.6% | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 6.2% | 30 | Delaware | 2.5% | |
| 5 | Georgia | 6.2% | 31 | Alaska | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Minnesota | 6.2% | 32 | Kansas | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Utah | 6.2% | 33 | Vermont | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Arizona | 5.9% | 34 | Ohio | 2.3% | |
| 9 | South Carolina | 5.9% | 35 | New Mexico | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Washington | 5.8% | 36 | Alabama | 1.8% | |
| 11 | Rhode Island | 5.8% | 37 | West Virginia | 1.8% | |
| 12 | Texas | 5.7% | 38 | NEW YORK | 1.6% | |
| 13 | Florida | 5.3% | 39 | Pennsylvania | 1.4% | |
| 14 | Wyoming | 4.9% | 40 | New Hampshire | 1.3% | |
| 15 | Nebraska | 4.8% | 41 | Illinois | 1.2% | |
| 16 | Maine | 4.5% | 42 | Michigan | 0.8% | |
| 17 | Colorado | 4.4% | 43 | Maryland | 0.8% | |
| 18 | California | 4.3% | 44 | Arkansas | 0.7% | |
| 19 | North Dakota | 3.9% | 45 | Louisiana | 0.3% | |
| 20 | Missouri | 3.8% | 46 | Oregon | 0.3% | |
| 21 | Connecticut | 3.8% | 47 | Kentucky | 0.1% | |
| 22 | Tennessee | 3.7% | 48 | Mississippi | -0.5% | |
| 23 | Iowa | 3.6% | 49 | Hawaii | -2.5% | |
| 24 | Virginia | 3.5% | 50 | Idaho | -10.3% | |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 3.1% | U.S. average | 3.7% | ||
| 26 | Montana | 3.0% | N.Y.S. % of U.S. avg. | 43.2% | ||
| Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 1997-December 1998 | ||||||
From 1988 through 1996, New York lost 82,000 jobs in this key sector, while the rest of the nation gained more than 300,000. |
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