While the President recently said the economy had “turned a corner,” it’s hard to tell that from looking at the job situation across the U.S. According to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor, and the chart below, through March 2010 a total of 48 out of 50 States had seen net job losses since the President signed the Democrats’ stimulus plan 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. And (other than the perhaps predictable exception of D.C.) those states that have seen some increases in jobs are still well short of the growth the White House originally forecast. Additionally, over 3 million jobs have been eliminated since the Democrats’ stimulus, unemployment remains stuck at 9.7 percent instead of 7.4 percent and falling as Democrats predicted, and a record 16 million Americans are out of work.
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 March 2010 |
|
Alabama |
+52,000 |
-61,200 |
|
Alaska |
+8,000 |
+3,800 |
|
Arizona |
+70,000 |
-100,300 |
|
Arkansas |
+31,000 |
-17,800 |
|
California |
+396,000 |
-558,900 |
|
Colorado |
+59,000 |
-86,700 |
|
Connecticut |
+41,000 |
-41,100 |
|
Delaware |
+11,000 |
-11,500 |
|
District of Columbia |
+12,000 |
+10,000 |
|
Florida |
+206,000 |
-203,700 |
|
Georgia |
+106,000 |
-139,400 |
|
Hawaii |
+15,000 |
-12,000 |
|
Idaho |
+17,000 |
-18,200 |
|
Illinois |
+148,000 |
-187,900 |
|
Indiana |
+75,000 |
-59,700 |
|
Iowa |
+37,000 |
-25,200 |
|
Kansas |
+33,000 |
-47,600 |
|
Kentucky |
+48,000 |
-29,500 |
|
Louisiana |
+50,000 |
-39,300 |
|
Maine |
+15,000 |
-11,200 |
|
Maryland |
+66,000 |
-31,400 |
|
Massachusetts |
+79,000 |
-69,800 |
|
Michigan |
+109,000 |
-121,200 |
|
Minnesota |
+66,000 |
-62,300 |
|
Mississippi |
+30,000 |
-26,000 |
|
Missouri |
+69,000 |
-65,600 |
|
Montana |
+11,000 |
-6,200 |
|
Nebraska |
+23,000 |
-17,000 |
|
Nevada |
+34,000 |
-68,800 |
|
New Hampshire |
+16,000 |
-3,700 |
|
New Jersey |
+100,000 |
-85,300 |
|
New Mexico |
+22,000 |
-22,400 |
|
New York |
+215,000 |
-143,300 |
|
North Carolina |
+105,000 |
-91,800 |
|
North Dakota |
+8,000 |
+900 |
|
Ohio |
+133,000 |
-178,900 |
|
Oklahoma |
+40,000 |
-50,700 |
|
Oregon |
+44,000 |
-53,200 |
|
Pennsylvania |
+143,000 |
-117,700 |
|
Rhode Island |
+12,000 |
-14,100 |
|
South Carolina |
+50,000 |
-25,600 |
|
South Dakota |
+10,000 |
-6,600 |
|
Tennessee |
+70,000 |
-73,100 |
|
Texas |
+269,000 |
-211,000 |
|
Utah |
+32,000 |
-30,500 |
|
Vermont |
+8,000 |
-5,300 |
|
Virginia |
+93,000 |
-75,000 |
|
Washington |
+75,000 |
-84,000 |
|
West Virginia |
+20,000 |
-16,600 |
|
Wisconsin |
+70,000 |
-94,100 |
|
Wyoming |
+8,000 |
-11,800 |
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