#10: Pennsylvania
Population: 12,702,379
Growth rate: 3.4%
Unemployment rate: 8.6%
The Keystone State is going through the growing pains of modernizing its old industrial economy. It still has strengths, with a strong mining, agricultural and service sectors and its industrial base is a diverse one.
Population growth has been very slow over the past 80 years. Only during the 1950s, when the increase hit nearly 8% has there been close to double-digit gain in any one decade.
Growth rate: 3.4%
Unemployment rate: 8.6%
The Keystone State is going through the growing pains of modernizing its old industrial economy. It still has strengths, with a strong mining, agricultural and service sectors and its industrial base is a diverse one.
Population growth has been very slow over the past 80 years. Only during the 1950s, when the increase hit nearly 8% has there been close to double-digit gain in any one decade.
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