| Table 4
Change in Manufacturing Employment, 1996 | |||||
| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. |
| 1 | Wyoming | 11.3% | 27 | West Virginia | -0.6% |
| 2 | Nevada | 5.5% | 28 | Kentucky | -0.7% |
| 3 | Utah | 4.2% | 29 | Ohio | -0.8% |
| 4 | Washington | 3.5% | 30 | Virginia | -1.1% |
| 5 | California | 3.3% | 31 | Iowa | -1.2% |
| 6 | Arizona | 2.8% | 32 | Maryland | -1.2% |
| 7 | Oregon | 2.6% | 33 | Pennsylvania | -1.2% |
| 8 | South Dakota | 2.6% | 34 | Michigan | -1.3% |
| 9 | Kansas | 2.5% | 35 | Connecticut | -1.4% |
| 10 | Idaho | 2.3% | 36 | Indiana | -1.5% |
| 11 | Texas | 2.1% | 37 | Missouri | -1.6% |
| 12 | New Hampshire | 1.9% | 38 | North Carolina | -2.0% |
| 13 | Colorado | 1.9% | 39 | NEW YORK | -2.1% |
| 14 | New Mexico | 1.8% | 40 | Arkansas | -2.2% |
| 15 | Vermont | 1.8% | 41 | Alabama | -2.3% |
| 16 | Montana | 1.7% | 42 | Hawaii | -2.4% |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 1.7% | 43 | New Jersey | -2.8% |
| 18 | North Dakota | 1.4% | 44 | Rhode Island | -2.9% |
| 19 | Nebraska | 1.3% | 45 | Tennessee | -3.1% |
| 20 | Illinois | 1.0% | 46 | South Carolina | -3.2% |
| 21 | Florida | 0.8% | 47 | Maine | -3.3% |
| 22 | Minnesota | 0.6% | 48 | Alaska | -4.1% |
| 23 | Louisiana | 0.2% | 49 | Mississippi | -4.7% |
| 24 | Wisconsin | -0.1% | 50 | Delaware | -5.5% |
| 25 | Georgia | -0.4% | U.S. Average | -0.5% | |
| 26 | Massachusetts | -0.4% | N.Y. as multiple of avg. | 4.2 | |
| Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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