Gov. Rick Perry says that Texas added more jobs in 2010 than any other state. From January 2001 to June 2010 Texas gained about 853,400 jobs. Few weeks earlier Perry also claimed that 70 percent of jobs created in the United States in November 2007-08 were in Texas, that statement was rated to be false.
Texas was ahead with 230,800 jobs, Pennsylvania second with 65,600 and Illinois third with 46,300. The report says "only statistically significant decrease in employment occurred in New Jersey," which had a net job loss of 30,700 jobs. According to December 2010 data in the report, Texas had the largest employment increase that month, adding about 20,000 jobs, followed by South Carolina, which added some 9,000 jobs. Overall increase in jobs in 2010 was a 2.3 percent, New Hampshire came in second with a 2.1 percent job increase.
With all these stats it took me a year to finally find a job! Wow.
