28 August 2011

Do You Like Job Creation? >> Caffeinated Thoughts

Excerpt:
Now for some number crunching.

Alaska has 0.2 percent of the US population and of the 9 states plus DC that added jobs, Alaska accounts for 1.6 percent of the added jobs.

Texas has 8.1 percent of the US population and of the 9 states plus DC that added jobs, Texas accounts for 73.4 percent of the added jobs.

Alaska added 1,619 jobs per 100,000 population.
Texas added 2,138 jobs per 100,000 population.

US lost 1,561 jobs per 100,000 population.
Subtracting out Alaska and Texas population and job growth,

US lost 5,367,000 jobs total or 1,897 jobs per 100,000 population.

To recap, Alaska and Texas combined for 549,000 new jobs or 2,123 jobs per 100,000 population while the rest of the US lost 5,367,000 jobs or 1,897 jobs per 100,000 population.
 Go read the whole thing.

h/t TenMile

3 comments:

Groundhog said...

Go us! Yee Haw you becha...

joated said...

You guys are still competing with Texas?

Rev. Paul said...

Ain't no competition, Joated. Them pore Texans still have size envy, though.