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49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs Since Democrats’ Stimulus

March 26, 2010

While the President recently claimed his February 2009 stimulus bill will “save or create 1.5 million jobs in 2010 after saving or creating as many as 2 million jobs thus far,” 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 February 2010, using the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor. The data show that only Alaska and the District of Columbia have seen net job creation since the enactment of stimulus, and even those levels fall far short of what the White House originally forecast.

To see how the Democrats’ stimulus has failed your state, see the table below. 

 

State


Administration Forecast of Change in Jobs Through December 2010

 

Actual Change in Jobs Through February 2010

Alabama

+52,000

-58,000

Alaska

+8,000

+900

Arizona

+70,000

-100,400

Arkansas

+31,000

-28,700

California

+396,000

-586,300

Colorado

+59,000

-83,900

Connecticut

+41,000

-45,400

Delaware

+11,000

-14,300

District of Columbia

+12,000

+1,600

Florida

+206,000

-211,500

Georgia

+106,000

-136,200

Hawaii

+15,000

-15,600

Idaho

+17,000

-19,500

Illinois

+148,000

-192,200

Indiana

+75,000

-76,700

Iowa

+37,000

-33,600

Kansas

+33,000

-45,900

Kentucky

+48,000

-38,400

Louisiana

+50,000

-36,700

Maine

+15,000

-12,200

Maryland

+66,000

-68,300

Massachusetts

+79,000

-79,900

Michigan

+109,000

-112,000

Minnesota

+66,000

-62,300

Mississippi

+30,000

-26,500

Missouri

+69,000

-72,600

Montana

+11,000

-9,200

Nebraska

+23,000

-21,700

Nevada

+34,000

-61,600

New Hampshire

+16,000

-2,800

New Jersey

+100,000

-81,600

New Mexico

+22,000

-21,200

New York

+215,000

-163,300

North Carolina

+105,000

-94,100

North Dakota

+8,000

-200

Ohio

+133,000

-177,900

Oklahoma

+40,000

-52,900

Oregon

+44,000

-53,100

Pennsylvania

+143,000

-141,100

Rhode Island

+12,000

-13,000

South Carolina

+50,000

-22,800

South Dakota

+10,000

-8,500

Tennessee

+70,000

-81,300

Texas

+269,000

-236,800

Utah

+32,000

-29,900

Vermont

+8,000

-3,900

Virginia

+93,000

-100,700

Washington

+75,000

-89,800

West Virginia

+20,000

-22,200

Wisconsin

+70,000

-95,500

Wyoming

+8,000

-13,000

 

 

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