Jobs creation in June 2010 : Texas added 14,000 jobs (number 1), California lost most of them (Nevada: employment)

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In June, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 21 states and the
District of Columbia, decreased in 27 states, and 2 states had no
change. The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in
Texas (+14,000), Kentucky (+6,200), Arkansas (+6,000), Louisiana
(+5,800), and North Carolina (+5,100). Montana recorded the largest
over-the-month percentage increase in employment (+1.0 percent),
followed by Alaska (+0.9 percent), and Arkansas and Vermont (+0.5
percent each). The largest over-the-month employment decreases were in
California (-27,600), New York (-22,500), Tennessee (-20,800),
Arizona (-11,700), and New Mexico (-11,200). The largest over-the-month
percentage decreases in employment occurred in New Mexico (-1.4 percent),
Hawaii (-1.0 percent), and Tennessee (-0.8percent). Over the year,
nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 28 states, and increased in 22
states and the District of Columbia. The largest over-the-year percentage
decrease in employment occurred in New Mexico (-2.2 percent), followed
by Nevada (-2.0 percent), Rhode Island (-1.7 percent), Georgia
(-1.5 percent), Colorado (-1.4 percent), and California (-1.3 percent).
The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment was reported
in Kentucky (+1.5 percent), followed by Indiana and New Hampshire
(+1.4 percent each), the District of Columbia (+1.3 percent), and
Alaska (+1.2 percent).

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