48 out of 50 States Have Lost Jobs since 2009 Stimulus Law
Despite the Administration’s declaration that this is the “Summer of Recovery,” data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor, and the chart below, show that virtually the entire country is experiencing a yet another season of continued unemployment. Through May 2010, the latest data available, a total of 48 out of 50 states have seen a net job loss since the President signed the Democrats’ $1 trillion “stimulus” bill into law in February 2009. The data show that only Alaska, North Dakota and the District of Columbia have seen net job creation since then.
“This is just one more piece of data showing that the stimulus bill failed and the resulting run-up in debt is hurting our economy,” said Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp. “With the debt larger than 90 percent of our GDP, we are forfeiting as many as one million jobs. Those are jobs families desperately need. If we want to create sustained job growth in this country we have to get our spending, deficit and debt under control. That starts by passing a budget – something Democrats have refused to do.”
To see how the Democrats’ deficit spending stimulus bill has failed your state, see the table below.
|
State |
Administration Claims of Change in Jobs Through December 2010 |
Actual Change in Jobs Through May 2010 |
|
Alabama |
+52,000 |
-40,400 |
|
Alaska |
+8,000 |
+700 |
|
Arizona |
+70,000 |
-69,900 |
|
Arkansas |
+31,000 |
-17,700 |
|
California |
+396,000 |
-495,400 |
|
Colorado |
+59,000 |
-83,100 |
|
Connecticut |
+41,000 |
-32,800 |
|
Delaware |
+11,000 |
-6,300 |
|
District of Columbia |
+12,000 |
+7,200 |
|
Florida |
+206,000 |
-159,800 |
|
Georgia |
+106,000 |
-117,500 |
|
Hawaii |
+15,000 |
-7,800 |
|
Idaho |
+17,000 |
-16,500 |
|
Illinois |
+148,000 |
-144,600 |
|
Indiana |
+75,000 |
-26,400 |
|
Iowa |
+37,000 |
-23,100 |
|
Kansas |
+33,000 |
-32,800 |
|
Kentucky |
+48,000 |
-6,800 |
|
Louisiana |
+50,000 |
-23,600 |
|
Maine |
+15,000 |
-12,500 |
|
Maryland |
+66,000 |
-16,600 |
|
Massachusetts |
+79,000 |
-36,600 |
|
Michigan |
+109,000 |
-94,100 |
|
Minnesota |
+66,000 |
-45,400 |
|
Mississippi |
+30,000 |
-20,800 |
|
Missouri |
+69,000 |
-49,100 |
|
Montana |
+11,000 |
-6,600 |
|
Nebraska |
+23,000 |
-10,600 |
|
Nevada |
+34,000 |
-64,600 |
|
New Hampshire |
+16,000 |
-3,500 |
|
New Jersey |
+100,000 |
-67,800 |
|
New Mexico |
+22,000 |
-24,400 |
|
New York |
+215,000 |
-89,500 |
|
North Carolina |
+105,000 |
-66,000 |
|
North Dakota |
+8,000 |
+4,800 |
|
Ohio |
+133,000 |
-127,900 |
|
Oklahoma |
+40,000 |
-38,600 |
|
Oregon |
+44,000 |
-48,000 |
|
Pennsylvania |
+143,000 |
-64,100 |
|
Rhode Island |
+12,000 |
-14,800 |
|
South Carolina |
+50,000 |
-14,400 |
|
South Dakota |
+10,000 |
-5,400 |
|
Tennessee |
+70,000 |
-50,300 |
|
Texas |
+269,000 |
-100,000 |
|
Utah |
+32,000 |
-16,900 |
|
Vermont |
+8,000 |
-7,900 |
|
Virginia |
+93,000 |
-28,000 |
|
Washington |
+75,000 |
-67,700 |
|
West Virginia |
+20,000 |
-10,700 |
|
Wisconsin |
+70,000 |
-73,100 |
|
Wyoming |
+8,000 |
-8,400 |
Source: Administration February 2009 projection and Ways and Means staff calculations based on Department of Labor data.
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