42 States Show Drop in Unemployment Rates
Last year, 41 states in the U.S. added new jobs employing nearly 3 million new people. Texas added 45,700 new jobs in December alone. Even states that are large oil producers were able to maintain healthy employment levels, despite the large decline in oil prices.
See "42 States Show Drop in Unemployment Rates", The New York Times, January 27, 2015