The state of North Dakota continued to lead the country in December with: a) the lowest state jobless rate at 3.3%, and b) the highest annual rate of employment growth in December at 5.7%, which also set a new all-time North Dakota record for the largest 12-month percentage employment increase since monthly records started back in 1990. The 5.7% over-the-year percentage job gain for North Dakota in December was almost twice the 3% pace of job growth in Utah, the state with the second highest job growth in 2011.There is much more at the linked site.
Job growth in the state's booming oil industry was spectacular, with almost a 40% increase in mining jobs in 2011. Further, North Dakota has nine counties with jobless rates at 2% or less for November, and one county - Williams County, at the epicenter of the Bakken oil region - with a jobless rate less than 1%.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Bakken: Another Great Update -- Jobs Growth in North Dakota -- Spectacular -- Not My Word -- Take It From Others
Link here to CarpeDiem. com.
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