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STIMULUS FAILURE: 48 out of 50 States Have Lost Jobs Since Democrats’ Trillion-Dollar 2009 Stimulus Plan

October 22, 2010 — The Jobs Search   

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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