Over the past five years, Louisiana saw the second-largest increase of any state in the number of new jobs. There were 1.9 million jobs in the state in June, according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That was up nearly 56,000 jobs from June 2006. Only Texas added more jobs during that period, adding 537,500 jobs to boost the number of nonfarm jobs to nearly 10.6 million. American City Business Journals, which did the report, says North Dakota had the biggest percentage gain over the five-year period: Non-farm employment in that state was up by nearly 12%, bringing the number of jobs to 394,000. See the full report here.
La. ranks second nationally for job creation
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