It has been a shaky recovery, to be sure, yet all but six states have added jobs during the past 12 months.
Texas, as usual, is No. 1 in the latest seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Lone Star State picked up 269,500 jobs between July 2010 and the same month this year.
But Texas is not alone in registering a broad upswing. Two other states posted six-figure gains: California (up 189,600 jobs in 12 months) and New York (up 106,600). An additional 13 states added at least 25,000 jobs during the past year.
Only six of the 50 states have suffered employment declines since July 2010, with the worst drops occurring in Indiana (down 28,300 jobs) and Georgia (down 24,900).
On Numbers also generated monthly breakdowns for the past year, counting the number of monthly gains or losses for each state (as well as the number of even, or unchanged, months).
Texas and North Dakota fared the best, registering 11 employment gains in 12 months. Georgia and Indiana were the worst, with nine month-to-month declines.
State: Missouri Nonfarm jobs (July 2010): 2,649,700 Nonfarm jobs (July 2011): 2,655,200
Rank: 33, Up months (of past 12): 5, Down months (of past 12): 7
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