New York Leads All States in Number of Nonprofit Jobs

New York ranked No. 1 in nonprofit jobs and organizations in 2012, and the sector withstood the recession in 2009, a report Wednesday said.

In 2012, the most recent data reviewed, 18 percent of all private-sector employment in the state was from the nonprofit sector, the report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.

That year, New York had 31,040 nonprofit organizations that employed 1.3 million people. That outpaced California, which had the second largest nonprofit system.

“Nonprofits take care of New Yorkers, whether it is providing shelter from the cold, a helpful hand or a voice when they don’t have one,” DiNapoli said in a statement.