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State of Unemployment
Private-sector jobs are down in 33 states when the numbers are compared to 2000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Search and compare the job-loss results in all 50 states and DC here.
Michigan is dead-last with a 10-year decline of 790,600 private-sector jobs. Close behind is California with a loss of 719,600.
Texas has enjoyed the best decade of any state, adding 661,000 private-sector jobs between May 2000 and May 2010. The only other state in triple digits is Arizona, with an increase of 119,100.
More details on the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report are available from Business First of Buffalo.
G. Scott Thomas is projects editor for Buffalo Business First.
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