Rank

State

High-tech Employment, 1997

High-tech Employment, 1999

Percentage Change 1997-99

1

Iowa

49,703

70,113

41.1

2

North Dakota

7,017

9,713

38.4

3

Wyoming

7,030

8,931

27

4

Montana

7,757

9,650

24.4

5

Vermont

9,083

11,298

24.4

6

Colorado

175,286

212,215

21.1

7

Kansas

102,339

121,230

18.5

8

Maine

18,521

21,555

16.4

9

Nevada

27,615

31,996

15.9

10

Nebraska

45,458

52,452

15.4

11

Georgia

217,823

250,634

15.1

12

Washington

146,892

168,907

15

13

Virginia

259,361

294,087

13.4

14

Idaho

36,915

41,461

12.3

15

Maryland

159,552

178,585

11.9

16

Utah

74,243

82,752

11.5

17

Hawaii

12,387

13,800

11.4

18

Florida

318,388

353,521

11

19

Mississippi

41,388

45,796

10.7

20

North Carolina

215,096

236,011

9.7