While Democrats promised their 2009 stimulus would create 3.7 million jobs, the reality is far different. To date, 2.6 million jobs – including 2.5 million private sector jobs – have been lost. The latest data from the Department of Labor shows a total of 48 out of 50 States have lost jobs. No wonder a Capitol Hill newspaper reported this week that such continued grim labor market data may be “the death knell for the White House’s ‘recovery summer’,” pointing to recent polling that “found that only 41 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of the economy, the lowest level of support yet recorded in the survey.”
|
State |
Administration Projection of Change in Jobs Through December 2010 |
Actual Change in Jobs Through July 2010 |
|
Alabama |
+52,000 |
-45,500 |
|
Alaska |
+8,000 |
+4,700 |
|
Arizona |
+70,000 |
-84,600 |
|
Arkansas |
+31,000 |
-8,200 |
|
California |
+396,000 |
-526,000 |
|
Colorado |
+59,000 |
-84,300 |
|
Connecticut |
+41,000 |
-35,500 |
|
Delaware |
+11,000 |
-5,700 |
|
District of Columbia |
+12,000 |
+26,100 |
|
Florida |
+206,000 |
-145,900 |
|
Georgia |
+106,000 |
-120,800 |
|
Hawaii |
+15,000 |
-6,200 |
|
Idaho |
+17,000 |
-13,600 |
|
Illinois |
+148,000 |
-171,100 |
|
Indiana |
+75,000 |
-24,200 |
|
Iowa |
+37,000 |
-24,500 |
|
Kansas |
+33,000 |
-33,300 |
|
Kentucky |
+48,000 |
-13,900 |
|
Louisiana |
+50,000 |
-16,700 |
|
Maine |
+15,000 |
-8,500 |
|
Maryland |
+66,000 |
-14,100 |
|
Massachusetts |
+79,000 |
-21,200 |
|
Michigan |
+109,000 |
-70,800 |
|
Minnesota |
+66,000 |
-35,200 |
|
Mississippi |
+30,000 |
-31,700 |
|
Missouri |
+69,000 |
-56,700 |
|
Montana |
+11,000 |
-5,400 |
|
Nebraska |
+23,000 |
-7,100 |
|
Nevada |
+34,000 |
-67,800 |
|
New Hampshire |
+16,000 |
-5,400 |
|
New Jersey |
+100,000 |
-93,200 |
|
New Mexico |
+22,000 |
-25,000 |
|
New York |
+215,000 |
-117,600 |
|
North Carolina |
+105,000 |
-88,300 |
|
North Dakota |
+8,000 |
+7,300 |
|
Ohio |
+133,000 |
-133,600 |
|
Oklahoma |
+40,000 |
-23,900 |
|
Oregon |
+44,000 |
-46,600 |
|
Pennsylvania |
+143,000 |
-82,700 |
|
Rhode Island |
+12,000 |
-14,800 |
|
South Carolina |
+50,000 |
-14,600 |
|
South Dakota |
+10,000 |
-2,000 |
|
Tennessee |
+70,000 |
-69,700 |
|
Texas |
+269,000 |
-54,900 |
|
Utah |
+32,000 |
-9,900 |
|
Vermont |
+8,000 |
-8,400 |
|
Virginia |
+93,000 |
-40,400 |
|
Washington |
+75,000 |
-69,300 |
|
West Virginia |
+20,000 |
-10,800 |
|
Wisconsin |
+70,000 |
-75,500 |
|
Wyoming |
+8,000 |
-9,300 |
Source: Administration February 2009 projection and Ways and Means Republican Staff calculations based on Department of Labor data.
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