Short-term Employment Growth
Short-term employment growth rate
What does this mean?
Employment growth is the percentage increase in the number of people who report themselves employed. Short term signifies the annual growth over 12 months.
Why does this matter?
Employment growth is an indicator of economic growth and productivity.
North Carolina Ranking
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* Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Region Comparison
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Short-term Employment Growth
Short-term Employment Growth
State | 2000-01 | 2001-01 | 2002-01 | 2003-01 | 2004-01 | 2005-01 | 2006-01 | 2007-01 | 2008-01 | 2009-01 | 2010-01 | 2011-01 | 2012-01 | 2013-01 | 2014-01 | 2015-01 | 2016-01 | 2017-01 | 2018-01 | 2019-01 |
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Alabama | 0.16 | 1.41 | 1.24 | 0.55 | 1.11 | 1.73 | 1.49 | 0.43 | 1.71 | 6.27 | 2.07 | 1.32 | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.14 | 0.63 | 1.14 | 1.55 | 2.36 | 2.05 |
Alaska | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 1.04 | 1.94 | 2.94 | 1.79 | 0.62 | 1.13 | 0.15 | 0.49 | 1.42 | 0.39 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 1.72 | 1.05 |
Arizona | 2.01 | 2.11 | 2.21 | 2.50 | 2.97 | 3.50 | 4.22 | 1.84 | 0.11 | 3.31 | 1.71 | 0.76 | 1.01 | 0.66 | 3.39 | 2.95 | 3.08 | 3.23 | 3.01 | 3.80 |
Arkansas | 0.62 | 1.11 | 0.85 | 0.43 | 2.49 | 4.02 | 1.53 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 3.66 | 0.79 | 0.56 | 0.67 | 1.15 | 0.85 | 2.21 | 1.77 | 0.84 | 0.49 | 0.79 |
California | 3.07 | 1.03 | 0.55 | 0.04 | 1.25 | 1.71 | 1.25 | 0.85 | 0.46 | 3.99 | 0.56 | 1.03 | 2.12 | 2.14 | 2.08 | 2.14 | 1.81 | 1.57 | 0.96 | 0.90 |
Colorado | 0.98 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 1.32 | 2.37 | 1.73 | 3.07 | 2.21 | 0.78 | 2.35 | 1.51 | 0.84 | 1.30 | 1.48 | 3.29 | 2.14 | 3.09 | 3.84 | 2.49 | 2.63 |
Connecticut | 1.04 | 1.00 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.10 | 1.37 | 2.33 | 1.37 | 0.09 | 1.90 | 0.20 | 0.49 | 0.92 | 0.70 | 2.61 | 1.04 | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 1.11 |
Delaware | 3.33 | 2.26 | 1.72 | 0.64 | 1.54 | 2.69 | 2.64 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 5.55 | 0.86 | 3.07 | 0.82 | 0.08 | 3.20 | 3.93 | 1.76 | 1.02 | 1.77 | 1.14 |
District of Columbia | 2.25 | 0.78 | 1.48 | 0.36 | 0.78 | 2.71 | 0.78 | 2.23 | 1.57 | 1.52 | 2.96 | 0.53 | 5.33 | 3.12 | 2.14 | 3.64 | 2.45 | 1.58 | 1.21 | 1.51 |
Florida | 2.81 | 1.36 | 0.17 | 1.66 | 3.43 | 4.34 | 3.70 | 0.92 | 1.74 | 5.66 | 0.56 | 2.17 | 2.59 | 2.11 | 2.24 | 1.32 | 2.97 | 3.36 | 1.44 | 2.11 |
Georgia | 2.03 | 0.44 | 0.52 | 1.74 | 1.35 | 2.41 | 3.41 | 2.42 | 0.49 | 5.75 | 2.55 | 1.46 | 1.99 | 0.42 | 0.85 | 1.98 | 3.73 | 3.53 | 1.20 | 1.13 |
Hawaii | 1.72 | 0.51 | 1.30 | 0.47 | 2.05 | 3.19 | 2.07 | 0.17 | 1.36 | 4.18 | 2.69 | 2.16 | 1.14 | 1.87 | 2.71 | 2.11 | 1.97 | 0.64 | 1.31 | 1.71 |
Idaho | 1.55 | 2.30 | 0.51 | 0.74 | 2.63 | 5.06 | 2.71 | 1.37 | 1.99 | 3.62 | 0.30 | 1.25 | 1.74 | 1.39 | 2.58 | 2.69 | 2.87 | 3.02 | 3.03 | 2.88 |
Illinois | 0.40 | 1.57 | 2.94 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.70 | 3.26 | 1.66 | 1.51 | 4.73 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.71 | 0.57 | 1.60 | 1.16 | 0.77 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.10 |
Indiana | 0.03 | 0.71 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.55 | 1.06 | 1.39 | 0.36 | 0.63 | 5.81 | 0.68 | 1.63 | 0.47 | 1.33 | 3.00 | 2.51 | 2.35 | 1.14 | 1.42 | 0.35 |
Iowa | 0.42 | 0.68 | 0.85 | 2.42 | 0.31 | 1.99 | 2.33 | 0.18 | 0.59 | 1.83 | 0.11 | 0.46 | 0.02 | 1.59 | 2.16 | 0.49 | 0.24 | 0.42 | 1.25 | 2.69 |
Kansas | 1.65 | 1.78 | 0.72 | 1.21 | 1.91 | 0.59 | 0.77 | 1.26 | 0.72 | 1.17 | 1.34 | 0.06 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 1.22 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.32 | 0.72 |
Kentucky | 0.69 | 1.41 | 1.28 | 0.35 | 0.98 | 1.30 | 1.68 | 0.46 | 1.12 | 2.82 | 0.13 | 0.99 | 1.52 | 0.01 | 0.74 | 0.11 | 1.92 | 2.20 | 0.80 | 0.76 |
Louisiana | 0.33 | 0.89 | 1.60 | 0.42 | 1.46 | 0.25 | 1.11 | 2.32 | 1.97 | 2.95 | 0.21 | 0.46 | 1.16 | 1.42 | 2.74 | 0.39 | 1.46 | 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.39 |
Maine | 2.07 | 1.04 | 0.40 | 0.56 | 0.71 | 1.37 | 0.97 | 0.26 | 0.69 | 3.50 | 0.21 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 1.29 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 1.81 | 1.46 | 0.24 | 0.21 |
Maryland | 1.35 | 0.77 | 0.67 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 1.34 | 1.64 | 0.63 | 0.27 | 1.90 | 0.65 | 1.18 | 1.05 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 1.31 | 1.31 | 1.28 | 1.21 | 1.60 |
Massachusetts | 0.21 | 0.46 | 0.16 | 0.71 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.81 | 0.67 | 0.20 | 2.22 | 0.06 | 0.84 | 1.08 | 0.75 | 2.64 | 1.62 | 1.80 | 2.23 | 2.85 | 1.32 |
Michigan | 1.02 | 2.45 | 3.14 | 0.75 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.38 | 1.32 | 2.78 | 6.52 | 0.94 | 0.10 | 1.15 | 1.45 | 2.53 | 1.90 | 2.35 | 1.17 | 0.96 | 0.65 |
Minnesota | 1.65 | 0.51 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 0.62 | 0.34 | 0.06 | 0.27 | 1.91 | 0.29 | 1.25 | 0.94 | 1.10 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 1.01 | 1.26 | 0.95 | 0.94 |
Mississippi | 2.26 | 2.06 | 1.74 | 1.49 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.51 | 0.25 | 5.90 | 1.91 | 3.23 | 0.87 | 2.87 | 0.64 | 2.42 | 1.77 | 0.84 | 0.63 | 0.07 |
Missouri | 1.59 | 0.31 | 0.82 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.29 | 1.26 | 0.11 | 1.28 | 2.68 | 0.11 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.08 | 1.51 | 2.13 | 0.67 | 0.20 | 0.35 | 0.85 |
Montana | 0.94 | 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.59 | 1.82 | 1.64 | 2.47 | 1.64 | 0.17 | 3.44 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 2.09 | 1.45 | 1.09 | 1.56 | 0.91 | 0.75 | 1.05 | 1.05 |
Nebraska | 0.76 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 1.02 | 0.77 | 1.16 | 0.18 | 1.23 | 1.60 | 0.57 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.40 | 1.13 | 1.02 |
Nevada | 4.37 | 3.11 | 1.12 | 2.13 | 3.50 | 4.15 | 5.08 | 3.02 | 0.13 | 5.93 | 1.84 | 1.66 | 2.38 | 2.08 | 2.46 | 2.60 | 2.31 | 3.14 | 3.78 | 3.17 |
New Hampshire | 1.93 | 0.62 | 0.43 | 0.92 | 1.79 | 1.58 | 0.96 | 0.74 | 0.29 | 2.28 | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 1.14 | 1.24 | 1.32 | 0.56 | 1.25 | 1.46 |
New Jersey | 0.71 | 0.42 | 0.27 | 0.04 | 1.10 | 1.35 | 0.99 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 2.94 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 1.09 | 0.54 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 1.94 |
New Mexico | 1.83 | 1.44 | 1.28 | 1.40 | 1.78 | 2.19 | 2.09 | 1.07 | 0.38 | 3.65 | 1.07 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 1.13 | 0.44 | 0.11 | 0.78 | 1.26 | 1.77 |
New York | 0.74 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.37 | 1.61 | 1.98 | 1.01 | 0.12 | 0.56 | 3.22 | 0.85 | 0.48 | 0.75 | 1.37 | 0.13 | 1.48 | 0.40 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
North Carolina | 1.50 | 0.49 | 1.52 | 2.00 | 0.88 | 1.77 | 3.50 | 1.56 | 0.43 | 4.55 | 0.70 | 1.02 | 2.12 | 1.71 | 1.90 | 2.20 | 2.58 | 2.25 | 1.49 | 2.01 |
North Dakota | 0.07 | 0.18 | 1.16 | 1.19 | 2.58 | 0.91 | 1.84 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 1.64 | 3.00 | 3.05 | 2.80 | 2.26 | 2.06 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.14 | 1.56 | 0.21 |
Ohio | 0.88 | 0.19 | 0.91 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.70 | 1.50 | 0.59 | 1.36 | 5.08 | 0.94 | 0.27 | 0.43 | 0.13 | 1.56 | 0.82 | 0.62 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.76 |
Oklahoma | 0.76 | 0.28 | 0.40 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 1.22 | 1.23 | 0.51 | 1.55 | 1.73 | 0.24 | 1.23 | 2.45 | 0.14 | 0.63 | 1.99 | 0.46 | 0.84 | 1.09 | 0.17 |
Oregon | 1.82 | 1.09 | 0.57 | 0.08 | 0.46 | 1.65 | 3.07 | 2.11 | 0.25 | 4.03 | 1.11 | 1.76 | 1.30 | 1.15 | 2.57 | 3.46 | 4.39 | 2.80 | 0.38 | 0.65 |
Pennsylvania | 0.76 | 0.46 | 0.22 | 0.80 | 0.95 | 1.08 | 1.11 | 0.96 | 0.75 | 3.67 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 1.16 | 0.18 | 0.84 | 0.96 | 0.45 | 0.12 | 0.66 | 0.92 |
Rhode Island | 1.08 | 0.44 | 0.73 | 1.48 | 0.13 | 1.38 | 1.33 | 0.18 | 3.21 | 3.99 | 0.34 | 0.99 | 0.44 | 0.99 | 1.66 | 1.48 | 0.64 | 0.87 | 0.61 | 0.62 |
South Carolina | 1.13 | 3.68 | 0.66 | 1.30 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 2.29 | 1.64 | 0.46 | 4.29 | 0.23 | 1.61 | 2.04 | 1.91 | 2.72 | 2.57 | 2.04 | 1.46 | 2.34 | 2.18 |
South Dakota | 0.90 | 0.35 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.59 | 1.76 | 2.02 | 0.68 | 2.06 | 1.09 | 0.17 | 0.82 | 0.66 | 1.20 | 1.05 | 0.77 | 0.51 | 0.89 | 0.73 |
Tennessee | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 0.29 | 0.84 | 0.67 | 4.92 | 1.46 | 2.28 | 4.23 | 2.16 | 1.88 | 0.47 | 1.03 | 0.12 | 2.28 | 3.19 | 2.97 | 2.27 | 2.92 |
Texas | 1.65 | 0.82 | 0.55 | 1.19 | 1.50 | 1.79 | 2.39 | 1.55 | 1.49 | 0.86 | 2.14 | 2.58 | 2.46 | 1.98 | 2.67 | 1.13 | 1.74 | 2.13 | 2.17 | 2.01 |
Utah | 2.08 | 0.80 | 0.31 | 1.48 | 3.29 | 4.34 | 4.81 | 3.50 | 0.15 | 4.24 | 1.28 | 0.76 | 3.13 | 3.26 | 2.34 | 2.56 | 3.31 | 2.98 | 1.63 | 2.86 |
Vermont | 1.48 | 1.17 | 1.09 | 0.51 | 1.14 | 1.09 | 1.57 | 1.26 | 0.38 | 0.64 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.69 | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.66 | 0.19 | 0.72 |
Virginia | 2.32 | 0.81 | 0.51 | 0.83 | 1.42 | 2.94 | 2.61 | 1.52 | 1.44 | 3.22 | 0.47 | 1.92 | 0.86 | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.22 | 1.01 | 1.99 | 1.43 | 1.89 |
Washington | 1.15 | 1.85 | 0.24 | 1.44 | 3.49 | 2.86 | 2.41 | 2.75 | 1.48 | 2.42 | 1.59 | 0.64 | 1.56 | 0.96 | 1.79 | 2.21 | 3.03 | 2.67 | 2.65 | 3.03 |
West Virginia | 1.64 | 0.52 | 2.10 | 1.80 | 0.39 | 1.17 | 2.11 | 0.99 | 0.46 | 3.39 | 1.37 | 0.14 | 0.73 | 0.40 | 1.07 | 0.99 | 0.81 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 1.82 |
Wisconsin | 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.49 | 0.63 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 1.25 | 0.77 | 0.14 | 3.61 | 0.70 | 0.95 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.65 | 1.24 | 0.42 | 0.78 |
Wyoming | 2.32 | 1.04 | 0.17 | 1.28 | 0.90 | 0.87 | 2.14 | 2.26 | 2.09 | 1.11 | 0.92 | 1.86 | 0.66 | 0.41 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 2.27 | 1.40 | 0.22 | 0.59 |
U.S. Average | 1.14 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.47 | 1.24 | 1.72 | 1.92 | 1.06 | 0.09 | 3.32 | 0.04 | 0.94 | 1.05 | 0.73 | 1.42 | 1.41 | 1.37 | 1.27 | 1.00 | 1.16 |