La. Ranks Second Nationally for Job Creation

       Over the past five years, Louisiana saw the second-largest increase of any state in the number of new jobs. There were 1.9 million jobs in the state in June, according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That was up nearly 56,000 jobs from June 2006. Only Texas added more jobs during that period, adding 537,500 jobs to boost the number of nonfarm jobs to nearly 10.6 million. American City Business Journals, which did the report, says North Dakota had the biggest percentage gain over the five-year period: Non-farm employment in that state was up by nearly 12%, bringing the number of jobs to 394,000.

       Texas is the big winner in On Numbers’ midyear analysis of employment trends.

       Texas added 537,500 nonfarm jobs between June 2006 and June 2011, based on the latest seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

       That’s nearly 10 times larger than the second-biggest increase by any state over the five-year span, Louisiana’s gain of 55,900 nonfarm jobs. North Dakota was third with a raw increase of 41,700. (Statistics for every state can be found in the database below.)

       On Numbers used BLS data to calculate raw and percentage changes in employment between the midpoints of 2006 and 2011. Subsequent reports this week will look at the business-service, leisure, retail and government sectors.

       North Dakota topped the percentage rankings with a five-year gain of 11.84 percent in nonfarm employment.

       On Numbers also measured year-by-year trends since 2006. North Dakota was the only state to increase its nonfarm employment each year during that span. Five states, including Texas, registered four increases and one loss.


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