While the White House claims their stimulus bill “has already created or saved up to 2 million jobs,” the table below compares the White House’s original projections of state-by-state job creation with the actual change in state payroll employment through January 2010, using the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor. Only North Dakota, Alaska and the District of Columbia have seen net job creation since stimulus, and even those levels fall far short of what the White House forecast.
To see how the Democrats’ stimulus has failed your state, see the table below.
|
State |
Administration Claims of Change in Jobs Through December 2010 |
Actual Change in Jobs Through January 2010 |
|
Alabama |
+52,000 |
-67,800 |
|
Alaska |
+8,000 |
+2,200 |
|
Arizona |
+70,000 |
-104,600 |
|
Arkansas |
+31,000 |
-22,300 |
|
California |
+396,000 |
-558,800 |
|
Colorado |
+59,000 |
-83,500 |
|
Connecticut |
+41,000 |
-45,200 |
|
Delaware |
+11,000 |
-12,500 |
|
District of Columbia |
+12,000 |
+4,800 |
|
Florida |
+206,000 |
-240,400 |
|
Georgia |
+106,000 |
-131,000 |
|
Hawaii |
+15,000 |
-15,500 |
|
Idaho |
+17,000 |
-18,400 |
|
Illinois |
+148,000 |
-188,600 |
|
Indiana |
+75,000 |
-81,600 |
|
Iowa |
+37,000 |
-36,000 |
|
Kansas |
+33,000 |
-47,700 |
|
Kentucky |
+48,000 |
-32,100 |
|
Louisiana |
+50,000 |
-40,900 |
|
Maine |
+15,000 |
-13,500 |
|
Maryland |
+66,000 |
-53,200 |
|
Massachusetts |
+79,000 |
-81,000 |
|
Michigan |
+109,000 |
-96,200 |
|
Minnesota |
+66,000 |
-60,500 |
|
Mississippi |
+30,000 |
-28,400 |
|
Missouri |
+69,000 |
-71,900 |
|
Montana |
+11,000 |
-8,800 |
|
Nebraska |
+23,000 |
-19,400 |
|
Nevada |
+34,000 |
-66,700 |
|
New Hampshire |
+16,000 |
-5,400 |
|
New Jersey |
+100,000 |
-85,500 |
|
New Mexico |
+22,000 |
-20,600 |
|
New York |
+215,000 |
-160,900 |
|
North Carolina |
+105,000 |
-89,300 |
|
North Dakota |
+8,000 |
+800 |
|
Ohio |
+133,000 |
-194,800 |
|
Oklahoma |
+40,000 |
-50,000 |
|
Oregon |
+44,000 |
-52,000 |
|
Pennsylvania |
+143,000 |
-126,200 |
|
Rhode Island |
+12,000 |
-13,900 |
|
South Carolina |
+50,000 |
-28,500 |
|
South Dakota |
+10,000 |
-7,100 |
|
Tennessee |
+70,000 |
-85,200 |
|
Texas |
+269,000 |
-221,600 |
|
Utah |
+32,000 |
-24,400 |
|
Vermont |
+8,000 |
-4,900 |
|
Virginia |
+93,000 |
-65,200 |
|
Washington |
+75,000 |
-83,900 |
|
West Virginia |
+20,000 |
-22,200 |
|
Wisconsin |
+70,000 |
-101,800 |
|
Wyoming |
+8,000 |
-12,600 |