This is the infamous table showing Wisconsin dead last in job growth,
from the June 2012 edition of State Legislatures Magazine (http://www.ncsl.org/magazine/trends-june-2012.aspx#2).

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Here’s a bit of good news as states continue the long slog out of the Great Recession: Job numbers are up in all but four states. These “nonfarm” jobs include everything from construction work to the leis...ure and hospitality industry. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (6.5 percent), followed by Oklahoma and Utah (2.4 percent each).

—Todd Haggerty

Percent change in total nonfarm employment:
(March 2011 to March 2012)

North Dakota 6.5%
Oklahoma 2.4%
Utah 2.4%
Texas 2.3%
Louisiana 2.3%
Arizona 2.1%
Colorado 2.0%
Maryland 2.0%
Kentucky 1.9%
New York 1.8%
Tennessee 1.7%
Kansas 1.6%
Washington 1.6%
Idaho 1.5%
Michigan 1.4%
South Carolina 1.3%
West Virginia 1.3%
California 1.3%
Indiana 1.3%
Florida 1.2%
Minnesota 1.2%
Ohio 1.2%
Virginia 1.0%
New Jersey 1.0%
North Carolina 1.0%
Wyoming 1.0%
Massachusetts 0.9%
Iowa 0.9%
Vermont 0.9%
Georgia 0.8%
Pennsylvania 0.8%
Alaska 0.7%
Connecticut 0.6%
Hawaii 0.6%
New Mexico 0.6%
Illinois 0.6%
Missouri 0.4%
Nevada 0.4%
Arkansas 0.4%
Nebraska 0.4%
South Dakota 0.3%
Delaware 0.3%
Maine 0.2%
Oregon 0.1%
New Hampshire 0.1%
Alabama 0.0%
Mississippi -0.3%
Montana -0.3%
Rhode Island -0.5%
Wisconsin -0.9%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted.