California, which sent a delegation to Austin last year to findout how the Lone Star State had beat it in employment growth,surged ahead of Texas to lead the nation in job creation for thelast two consecutive months.
California added 365,100 nonfarm jobs in the year ending inJuly, a 2.6 percent increase and the state's largest 12-month gainsince 2000. Texas picked up 222,500, or 2.1 percent, according toU.S. Labor Department statistics. California also outpaced Texasthe prior month.
Texas led California in job creation in 18 of the last 24months, since August 2010, the first month both states postedemployment gains following the longest recession since the 1930s.The latest numbers show that California has defied comparisons withfinancially troubled Greece, including a joking reference byRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney earlier thismonth.
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