Saturday, June 22, 2013

Eight of top ten states for job growth have Republican governors

06/22/2013


Chris Wilson recently wrote a guest post for us on how the RNC needs to do more to showcase its governors and their successes. Here’s one of the things they should be talking about.

According to today’s release by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 31 of the 50 states have experienced significant job growth over the last 12 months.

It might not come as a huge surprise, but states with GOP governors (8 of the top 10) and right-to-work states (7 of the top 10, in bold) dominate the top of the list in terms of job growth over the last 12 months.

Also worth noting — there’s a pretty large gap between the growth rate of the top four and everyone else — after that, the numbers are distributed smoothly. For reference, average U.S. population growth is 0.75% per year.

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