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Most Jobs Created by State
Rank State Recipient Reported Jobs Unemployment Rate
1. California 71,015 12.2%
2. New York 43,061 8.9%
3. Florida 34,966 11%
4. Texas 28,460 8.2%
5. North Carolina 26,119 10.9%
6. Ohio 24,705 10.1%
7. Georgia 24,103 10.1%
8. New Jersey 21,512 9.8%
9. Michigan 20,140 15.3%
10. Missouri 16,074 9.5%
11. Indiana 15,278 9.6%
12. Puerto Rico 14,506 16.2%
13. Washington 14,413 9.3%
14. Alabama 13,871 10.7%
15. Minnesota 12,291 7.3%
16. Pennsylvania 12,238 8.8%
17. Illinois 11,375 10.6%
18. Louisiana 11,322 7.4%
19. South Carolina 11,024 11.6%
20. Kentucky 10,677 10.9%
21. Wisconsin 10,316 8.4%
22. Tennessee 10,259 10.6%
23. Virginia 9,877 6.7%
24. Oregon 9,657 11.5%
25. Colorado 9,407 7%
26. Massachusetts 9,261 9.3%
27. Iowa 9,096 6.7%
28. Oklahoma 7,999 6.7%
29. Connecticut 7,048 8.4%
30. Arizona 6,811 9.1%
31. Maryland 6,759 7.3%
32. Kansas 6,561 6.9%
33. Idaho 6,160 8.8%
34. Utah 4,740 6.2%
35. New Mexico 4,582 7.7%
36. Montana 4,121 6.7%
37. Nebraska 3,849 4.9%
38. District of Columbia 3,719 11.5%
39. Mississippi 3,412 9.2%
40. South Dakota 3,244 4.8%
41. Nevada 3,149 13.3%
42. Hawaii 3,014 7.3%
43. Arkansas 2,829 7.1%
44. North Dakota 2,698 4.2%
45. West Virginia 2,195 9%
46. Maine 2,182 8.5%
47. Vermont 1,624 6.7%
48. Alaska 1,596 8.4%
49. Delaware 1,523 8.3%
50. Rhode Island 1,345 13%
51. New Hampshire 1,295 7.2%
52. Wyoming 851 6.8%
Updated 1/30/2010
 
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