A job creation index is a measure of net hiring of full- and part-time adult workers.
[1][2] The job creation index has been increasing since falling to -5 in February 2009 during the Great Recession.
[3] According to Gallup, in 2013 North Dakota was ranked number 1 for job creation in the US and had the highest job creation index with a score of 40, thus surpassing its closest competitors District of Columbia and South Dakota's score by 10 points.
Rhode Island earned a spot at the bottom of the job creation index with a score of 12.
However, Gallup assessed, “Apart from this, there is little correspondence between net hiring and partisan affiliation in the states.