48 Out of 50 States Have Lost Jobs since Democrats’ Stimulus Law. Washington DC Gained Jobs.
And these numbers were taken from last December so it is even worse now. We have been losing about 400,000 jobs a week since that time based on new unemployment claims (in fairness this number does not include jobs created which helps to mitigate this number, but with wages going down and inflation goes up, lots of thes enew jobs are part time and/or are people just taking anything out of desperation).
While Democrats promised stimulus would create 3.7 million jobs, the reality is far different. To date, 48 out of 50 states have lost jobs, while the unemployment rate has remained at or above 9.5% for 15 consecutive months. As the nation nears the end of 2010 -- when final statistics will be available to compare actual outcomes with the Administration's pre-stimulus projections -- Washington, D.C. remains the only place in America where those job-creation projections actually have been met. Meanwhile, the rest of the nation is left asking “Where are the jobs?”
State Administration Projection of Change in Jobs Through December 2010 Actual Change in Jobs Through October 2010 Alabama +52,000 -43,500 Alaska +8,000 -1,200 Arizona +70,000 -73,800 Arkansas +31,000 -5,100 California +396,000 -543,400 Colorado +59,000 -83,200 Connecticut +41,000 -39,200 Delaware +11,000 -10,300 District of Columbia +12,000 +21,100 Florida +206,000 -169,200 Georgia +106,000 -126,200 Hawaii +15,000 -8,900 Idaho +17,000 -16,100 Illinois +148,000 -160,900 Indiana +75,000 -40,200 Iowa +37,000 -20,200 Kansas +33,000 -32,800 Kentucky +48,000 -7,700 Louisiana +50,000 -15,600 Maine +15,000 -9,900 Maryland +66,000 -13,900 Massachusetts +79,000 -33,500 Michigan +109,000 -105,900 Minnesota +66,000 -24,700 Mississippi +30,000 -23,900 Missouri +69,000 -66,500 Montana +11,000 -8,600 Nebraska +23,000 -11,400 Nevada +34,000 -79,000 New Hampshire +16,000 +5,200 New Jersey +100,000 -104,600 New Mexico +22,000 -13,300 New York +215,000 -127,700 North Carolina +105,000 -81,900 North Dakota +8,000 +6,600 Ohio +133,000 -157,500 Oklahoma +40,000 -24,400 Oregon +44,000 -41,300 Pennsylvania +143,000 -71,900 Rhode Island +12,000 -15,600 South Carolina +50,000 -22,900 South Dakota +10,000 -2,500 Tennessee +70,000 -53,700 Texas +269,000 -54,100 Utah +32,000 -15,000 Vermont +8,000 -5,200 Virginia +93,000 -44,500 Washington +75,000 -70,900 West Virginia +20,000 -10,600 Wisconsin +70,000 -69,100 Wyoming +8,000 -7,800
Source: Administration February 13, 2009 projection and actual U.S. Department of Labor data.