Economy
Winner of the Day: North Dakota
By one measure, the state has lately been the most effective in the nation in terms of job creation
The folks over at Economic Modeling Specialists have put together an interesting chart comparing job creation across states. Instead of measuring only new jobs per capita, they've crunched the numbers to figure out which states played the biggest role in developing new opportunities. As they explain it:
By this estimate, North Dakota's job creation most exceeded expectations, followed by Texas and Alaska. Florida, Arizona, and Nevada had the most disappointing job creation. See the full chart here, and an explanation here.