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State unemployment rates, ranked by change from 2011
State |
July 2011 |
July 2012 |
Chg. |
FLORIDA |
10.6% |
8.8% |
-1.8 |
MISSISSIPPI |
10.9% |
9.1% |
-1.8 |
NEVADA |
13.8% |
12.0% |
-1.8 |
OHIO |
8.9% |
7.2% |
-1.7 |
D.C. |
10.5% |
8.9% |
-1.6 |
MICHIGAN |
10.6% |
9.0% |
-1.6 |
IDAHO |
8.9% |
7.5% |
-1.4 |
KENTUCKY |
9.7% |
8.3% |
-1.4 |
MISSOURI |
8.6% |
7.2% |
-1.4 |
ARIZONA |
9.6% |
8.3% |
-1.3 |
MASS. |
7.4% |
6.1% |
-1.3 |
OKLAHOMA |
6.2% |
4.9% |
-1.3 |
CALIFORNIA |
11.9% |
10.7% |
-1.2 |
ILLINOIS |
10.1% |
8.9% |
-1.2 |
N. CAROLINA |
10.7% |
9.6% |
-1.1 |
INDIANA |
9.2% |
8.2% |
-1.0 |
TENNESSEE |
9.4% |
8.4% |
-1.0 |
ALABAMA |
9.2% |
8.3% |
-0.9 |
ARKANSAS |
8.2% |
7.3% |
-0.9 |
NEW MEXICO |
7.5% |
6.6% |
-0.9 |
OREGON |
9.6% |
8.7% |
-0.9 |
S. CAROLINA |
10.5% |
9.6% |
-0.9 |
TEXAS |
8.1% |
7.2% |
-0.9 |
MINNESOTA |
6.6% |
5.8% |
-0.8 |
UTAH |
6.8% |
6.0% |
-0.8 |
WASHINGTON |
9.3% |
8.5% |
-0.8 |
GEORGIA |
10.0% |
9.3% |
-0.7 |
IOWA |
6.0% |
5.3% |
-0.7 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
8.1% |
7.4% |
-0.7 |
DELAWARE |
7.4% |
6.8% |
-0.6 |
MONTANA |
7.0% |
6.4% |
-0.6 |
N. DAKOTA |
3.6% |
3.0% |
-0.6 |
RHODE ISLAND |
11.4% |
10.8% |
-0.6 |
VERMONT |
5.6% |
5.0% |
-0.6 |
NEBRASKA |
4.5% |
4.0% |
-0.5 |
VIRGINIA |
6.4% |
5.9% |
-0.5 |
CONNECTICUT |
8.9% |
8.5% |
-0.4 |
HAWAII |
6.8% |
6.4% |
-0.4 |
KANSAS |
6.7% |
6.3% |
-0.4 |
WYOMING |
6.0% |
5.6% |
-0.4 |
WISCONSIN |
7.6% |
7.3% |
-0.3 |
MARYLAND |
7.2% |
7.0% |
-0.2 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
8.1% |
7.9% |
-0.2 |
S. DAKOTA |
4.6% |
4.4% |
-0.2 |
NEW HAMP. |
5.5% |
5.4% |
-0.1 |
COLORADO |
8.3% |
8.3% |
0.0 |
MAINE |
7.6% |
7.6% |
0.0 |
ALASKA |
7.6% |
7.7% |
0.1 |
LOUISIANA |
7.3% |
7.6% |
0.3 |
NEW JERSEY |
9.4% |
9.8% |
0.4 |
NEW YORK |
8.2% |
9.1% |
0.9 |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics |
I can imagine upon hearing the news Obama asking out loud, “Well what about the other seven states? How are they doing?
- 372,000 filed for unemployment this past week. The Labor Department said Thursday that the four-week average, a less volatile measure, increased 3,750 to 368,000. Unemployment is expected to rise above 9% next year, not to mention there is talk of another reception as well. (all after the November elections — how convenient.)
A picture tells a thousand words. Are you better off today than you were four years ago?
Barack Obama is an elitist, arrogant and out of touch America.
As I said four years ago, if he doesn’t give a damn about his family in Kenya and he gave even less of a damn about his constituents in Chicago, then what the hell did you expect him to do for the country.