Thirty-three states have seen measurable increases in the number of nonfarm jobs over the last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as the unemployment rate continues to fall nationwide.

Texas, California and Florida have added the most new jobs in the last year, continuing a trend that began at the depths of the recession. Texas added 319,000 jobs in the past 12 months, while California tacked on 261,000 new positions.

Nevada added 48,700 new jobs in the last year, notching the fastest pace of job growth — 3.8 percent — in the nation. In just the last month, the Silver State added 10,600 new jobs, increasing the total number of positions in the state by nearly a full percentage point.

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Utah, Florida and Georgia also saw faster than normal job gains over the last year. No state experienced a statistically significant year-over-year job loss, the BLS said.

Thirteen states have unemployment rates that are at least one full percentage point lower than the national 4.4 percent rate. Just six states have unemployment rates of 5 percent or higher.

Colorado and North Dakota recorded unemployment rates of just 2.3 percent each. That mark represents the lowest unemployment rate recorded in both states since the BLS began tracking state unemployment rates in 1976 — and the lowest unemployment rates in the nation.

Hawaii, Nebraska and New Hampshire all have unemployment rates under 3 percent.

Alaska, which continues to suffer the aftereffects of a global collapse in commodity prices, has the nation's highest unemployment rate at 6.8 percent. In New Mexico, also a heavily energy-dependent state, 6.4 percent of the population is unemployed. The District of Columbia has a 6.2 percent unemployment rate.