From the Ways and Means Committee and Ranking Member Dave Camp:
Despite the Administration’s declaration that this is the “Summer of Recovery,” data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor, and the chart below, show that virtually the entire country is experiencing a yet another season of continued unemployment. Through May 2010, the latest data available, a total of 48 out of 50 states have seen a net job loss since the President signed the Democrats’ $1 trillion “stimulus” bill 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.
To see how the Democrats’ deficit spending stimulus bill has failed your state, see the table below or the full post from the committee.
State | Administration Claims of Change in Jobs Through December 2010 | Actual Change in Jobs Through May 2010 |
Alabama | +52,000 | -40,400 |
Alaska | +8,000 | +700 |
Arizona | +70,000 | -69,900 |
Arkansas | +31,000 | -17,700 |
California | +396,000 | -495,400 |
Colorado | +59,000 | -83,100 |
Connecticut | +41,000 | -32,800 |
Delaware | +11,000 | -6,300 |
District of Columbia | +12,000 | +7,200 |
Florida | +206,000 | -159,800 |
Georgia | +106,000 | -117,500 |
Hawaii | +15,000 | -7,800 |
Idaho | +17,000 | -16,500 |
Illinois | +148,000 | -144,600 |
Indiana | +75,000 | -26,400 |
Iowa | +37,000 | -23,100 |
Kansas | +33,000 | -32,800 |
Kentucky | +48,000 | -6,800 |
Louisiana | +50,000 | -23,600 |
Maine | +15,000 | -12,500 |
Maryland | +66,000 | -16,600 |
Massachusetts | +79,000 | -36,600 |
Michigan | +109,000 | -94,100 |
Minnesota | +66,000 | -45,400 |
Mississippi | +30,000 | -20,800 |
Missouri | +69,000 | -49,100 |
Montana | +11,000 | -6,600 |
Nebraska | +23,000 | -10,600 |
Nevada | +34,000 | -64,600 |
New Hampshire | +16,000 | -3,500 |
New Jersey | +100,000 | -67,800 |
New Mexico | +22,000 | -24,400 |
New York | +215,000 | -89,500 |
North Carolina | +105,000 | -66,000 |
North Dakota | +8,000 | +4,800 |
Ohio | +133,000 | -127,900 |
Oklahoma | +40,000 | -38,600 |
Oregon | +44,000 | -48,000 |
Pennsylvania | +143,000 | -64,100 |
Rhode Island | +12,000 | -14,800 |
South Carolina | +50,000 | -14,400 |
South Dakota | +10,000 | -5,400 |
Tennessee | +70,000 | -50,300 |
Texas | +269,000 | -100,000 |
Utah | +32,000 | -16,900 |
Vermont | +8,000 | -7,900 |
Virginia | +93,000 | -28,000 |
Washington | +75,000 | -67,700 |
West Virginia | +20,000 | -10,700 |
Wisconsin | +70,000 | -73,100 |
Wyoming | +8,000 | -8,400 |
Source: Administration February 2009 projection and Ways and Means staff calculations based on Department of Labor data.