The Department of Labor today released its latest state-by-state job report, showing state jobs and unemployment data for September 2010. This latest data, when compared with the level of jobs in February 2009, when President Obama signed Democrats’ trillion-dollar stimulus plan into law, reveals that 48 out of 50 States have lost jobs since then. In total, over 2 million jobs have been eliminated, in contrast to the over 3 million more jobs Americans were promised if Democrats’ 2009 stimulus plan passed. The only place in America that has exceeded its projected job growth following Democrats’ stimulus is Washington, D.C.
State |
Administration Projection of Change in Jobs Through December 2010 |
Actual Change in Jobs Through September 2010 |
Alabama |
+52,000 |
-45,700 |
Alaska |
+8,000 |
-300 |
Arizona |
+70,000 |
-89,500 |
Arkansas |
+31,000 |
-22,400 |
California |
+396,000 |
-592,300 |
Colorado |
+59,000 |
-93,400 |
Connecticut |
+41,000 |
-45,000 |
Delaware |
+11,000 |
-7,400 |
D.C. |
+12,000 |
+18,900 |
Florida |
+206,000 |
-176,400 |
Georgia |
+106,000 |
-133,300 |
Hawaii |
+15,000 |
-12,100 |
Idaho |
+17,000 |
-17,100 |
Illinois |
+148,000 |
-163,900 |
Indiana |
+75,000 |
-39,600 |
Iowa |
+37,000 |
-29,200 |
Kansas |
+33,000 |
-34,300 |
Kentucky |
+48,000 |
-14,300 |
Louisiana |
+50,000 |
-21,000 |
Maine |
+15,000 |
-15,600 |
Maryland |
+66,000 |
-18,100 |
Massachusetts |
+79,000 |
-43,100 |
Michigan |
+109,000 |
-124,000 |
Minnesota |
+66,000 |
-44,500 |
Mississippi |
+30,000 |
-27,100 |
Missouri |
+69,000 |
-64,200 |
Montana |
+11,000 |
-8,000 |
Nebraska |
+23,000 |
-13,600 |
Nevada |
+34,000 |
-75,700 |
New Hampshire |
+16,000 |
+3,500 |
New Jersey |
+100,000 |
-111,300 |
New Mexico |
+22,000 |
-19,600 |
New York |
+215,000 |
-159,800 |
North Carolina |
+105,000 |
-62,000 |
North Dakota |
+8,000 |
+3,800 |
Ohio |
+133,000 |
-166,200 |
Oklahoma |
+40,000 |
-24,400 |
Oregon |
+44,000 |
-50,300 |
Pennsylvania |
+143,000 |
-88,700 |
Rhode Island |
+12,000 |
-15,700 |
South Carolina |
+50,000 |
-23,800 |
South Dakota |
+10,000 |
-1,500 |
Tennessee |
+70,000 |
-61,600 |
Texas |
+269,000 |
-90,700 |
Utah |
+32,000 |
-22,100 |
Vermont |
+8,000 |
-7,400 |
Virginia |
+93,000 |
-44,100 |
Washington |
+75,000 |
-73,900 |
West Virginia |
+20,000 |
-13,000 |
Wisconsin |
+70,000 |
-84,700 |
Wyoming |
+8,000 |
-8,400 |
Source: Administration February 13, 2009 projection and actual U.S. Department of Labor data.
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