NC #4 in job growth (Raleigh, Washington: job openings, moving, severance)

[fltonc12]

South +889,000

Texas +355,600
Florida +139,500
North Carolina +84,500
Georgia +75,400
Tennessee +54,200
Virginia +38,200
South Carolina +30,100
Louisiana +29,500
Kentucky +26,900
Mississippi +18,200
Alabama +12,500
Arkansas +4,000
West Virginia +2,600

West +632,000

California +311,800
Colorado +66,700
Washington +65,100
Utah +49,200
Arizona +48,900
Nevada +24,700
Oregon +22,800
Idaho +18,600
Montana +9,600
Hawaii +8,600
New Mexico +5,600
Alaska +1,200
Wyoming -800

Midwest +390,300

Illinois +62,500
Minnesota +62,500
Indiana +55,200
Michigan +51,000
Ohio 32,700
Wisconsin +29,900
Missouri +23,400
Iowa +22,300
North Dakota +20,600
Oklahoma +17,800
Kansas +16,800
Nebraska +7,500
South Dakota +5,900

Northeast +256,300

New York +66,500
New Jersey +56,200
Massachusetts +48,500
Maryland +37,500
Pennyslvania +18,500
New Hampshire +7,900
Delaware +6,100
Vermont +4,900
Connecticut +4,400
District of Columbia +3,800
Maine +1,200
Rhode Island +800

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.t03.htm

[WFW&P]

If Romney had been elected he would have brought 350,000 jobs to NC, effectively reducing the unemployment rate 89%. How do I know this? Because the ad said so.

I wish one of those jobs added included my wife, we are fast running to the end of her severance.

[Francois]

But that doesn't take into account population growth, which is happening even faster, making those jobs more and more competitive.

[parkman]

When you think about it, the top 3 have much greater populations than NC too. Not too shabby.

Job growth:
Texas +355,600
California +311,800
Florida +139,500
North Carolina +84,500

Population:
Texas - 26.1M
California - 38.0M
Florida - 19.3M
NC - 9.8M

[fltonc12]

Pretty impressive.

[PolymerMan]

Good news.
Wonder why this thread doesnt have more replies...

[prwfromnc]

Originally Posted by PolymerMan

Good news.
Wonder why this thread doesnt have more replies...

Because people are more focused on the more controversial topics!

[pvs]

Originally Posted by PolymerMan

Good news.
Wonder why this thread doesnt have more replies...

While I agree this number seems like good news, maybe the thread isn't as popular as you'd think because NC comes in 34th out of 50 in the U.S. Poverty Rate measures. Yeah, I guess there are jobs ... but are they GOOD PAYING jobs?

List of U.S. states by poverty rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also, while parkman found, and compared the new job numbers to population, I BELIEVE the question asked by Francois was, how does it compare to population GROWTH. NC's population is growth rate ranks 13th out of 50 (not including DC), so job growth, while still good, is not really a good indicator of how well the people are doing, financially.

List of U.S. states by population growth rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Still I agree, this IS a "good news" piece, and they are rare these days. So I am happy to add my post and make the thread a bit longer.

Let's hope there are more, and better economic news pieces for our state in the not-too-distant future.

[Native_Son]

Originally Posted by PolymerMan

Good news.
Wonder why this thread doesnt have more replies...

We're too busy forwarding this information to our new governor to demonstrate that we don't need Art Pope's crony capitalism to stimulate growth in our state.

[Boss]

The reason why The Rep. felt that they had to win. The demographics of the entire nation are in the trend for job openings.

Right now the Repub. in Raleigh are doing there best to stop job creation and moving the state back to the 1850's. Mr Pope wants poor people so his business can improve.