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Houston Business Journal

Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 6:32am CDT – Last Modified: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 8:22am CDT

 

Everything is bigger in Texas — including job growth.

That’s the conclusion of an analysis of nonfarm jobs between June 2006 and June 2011 from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics by On Numbers, a feature of The Business Journals, a division of American City Business JournalsAmerican City Business Journals Latest from The Business Journals Analysis: Ohio job loss among worst since mid-2006 Seattle has plenty of social business peopleOhio in top 10 worst for job losses Follow this company .

On Numbers reported that Texas added 537,500 nonfarm jobs during that period, nearly 10 times as many as second-place finisher Louisiana, which added 55,900 jobs. North Dakota topped the country in percentage gain at 11,84 percent.

Texas had a 5.35 percent overall increase in jobs during that period.

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