Unemployment by state

[Bacon King]

And what happened to Georgia? It was neither a housing bubble state

Atlanta suburbs were hit kind of hard.

[Tender Branson]

The US and the EU now have the same unemployment rate - 7.6% in January:

Breakdown by European country:

Netherlands: 2.8%
Austria: 4.0%
Denmark: 4.3%
Cyprus: 4.3%
Slovenia: 4.9%
Czech Republic: 5.0%
Luxemburg: 5.1%
Bulgaria: 5.3%
Romania: 5.8%
Malta: 6.0%
UK: 6.2%
Finland: 6.6%
Italy: 6.7%
Poland: 6.7%
Belgium: 7.2%
Germany: 7.3%
Sweden: 7.4%
Greece: 7.5%
Portugal: 8.1%
France: 8.3%
Estonia: 8.6%
Hungary: 8.6%
Ireland: 8.8%
Lithuania: 9.8%
Slovakia: 9.8%
Latvia: 12.3%
Spain: 14.8%

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2009/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2009_MONTH_02/3-27022009-EN-AP.PDF

[ottermax]

New figures for January (National rate of 7.6%) were released today, and they don't look great.

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                                   |          Rate             |
                                   |------------------------| Over-the-year
             State              | January | January | rate change(p)
                                   |   2008   |  2009(p)|
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Alabama ......................|     3.9   |     7.8   |       3.9
Alaska .........................|     6.4   |     7.9   |       1.5
Arizona .......................|     4.4   |     7.0   |       2.6
Arkansas .....................|     4.8   |     6.4   |       1.6
California .....................|     6.1   |    10.1   |       4.0
Colorado ......................|     4.3   |     6.6   |       2.3
Connecticut .................|     5.0   |     7.3   |       2.3
Delaware .....................|     3.9   |     6.7   |       2.8
District of Columbia ......|     5.9   |     9.3   |       3.4
Florida .........................|     5.0   |     8.6   |       3.6
                                |           |           |
Georgia ........................|     5.2   |     8.6   |       3.4
Hawaii .........................|     3.0   |     6.1   |       3.1
Idaho ...........................|     3.7   |     6.6   |       2.9
Illinois ..........................|     5.8   |     7.9   |       2.1
Indiana ........................|     4.8   |     9.2   |       4.4
Iowa ...........................|     3.9   |     4.8   |        .9
Kansas ........................|     3.9   |     5.8   |       1.9
Kentucky ......................|     5.5   |     8.7   |       3.2
Louisiana .....................|     3.8   |     5.1   |       1.3
Maine ...........................|     4.8   |     7.8   |       3.0
                                |           |           |
Maryland .......................|     3.6   |     6.2   |       2.6
Massachusetts ..............|     4.6   |     7.4   |       2.8
Michigan ........................|     7.3   |    11.6   |       4.3
Minnesota .....................|     4.8   |     7.6   |       2.8
Mississippi ....................|     6.0   |     8.7   |       2.7
Missouri .........................|     5.5   |     8.0   |       2.5
Montana ........................|     3.9   |     5.6   |       1.7
Nebraska .......................|     3.0   |     4.3   |       1.3
Nevada ...........................|     5.3   |     9.4   |       4.1
New Hampshire ..............|     3.5   |     5.1   |       1.6
                                |           |           |
New Jersey .....................|     4.6   |     7.3   |       2.7
New Mexico ....................|     3.7   |     5.1   |       1.4
New York ........................|     4.7   |     7.0   |       2.3
North Carolina .................|     5.0   |     9.7   |       4.7
North Dakota ...................|     3.0   |     4.2   |       1.2
Ohio ................................|     5.7   |     8.8   |       3.1
Oklahoma .......................|     3.3   |     5.0   |       1.7
Oregon ...........................|     5.3   |     9.9   |       4.6
Pennsylvania ...................|     4.6   |     7.0   |       2.4
Rhode Island ...................|     6.3   |    10.3   |       4.0
                                |           |           |
South Carolina .................|     5.7   |    10.4   |       4.7
South Dakota ..................|     2.7   |     4.4   |       1.7
Tennessee .......................|     5.3   |     8.6   |       3.3
Texas ...............................|     4.4   |     6.4   |       2.0
Utah .................................|     3.2   |     4.6   |       1.4
Vermont ...........................|     4.3   |     6.8   |       2.5
Virginia .............................|     3.4   |     6.0   |       2.6
Washington .....................|     4.6   |     7.8   |       3.2
West Virginia ....................|     4.1   |     5.3   |       1.2
Wisconsin .........................|     4.4   |     6.9   |       2.5
Wyoming ..........................|     2.7   |     3.7   |       1.0
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[Brittain33]

Why aren't Arizona, Iowa, and New York higher?

[ottermax]

Why aren't Arizona, Iowa, and New York higher?

I know Arizona had a sharp increase between Dec. and Jan.

Iowa is an agricultural state.

New York is not as heavily effected by the housing burst, but expect the average incomes to go down because the rich people are definitely starting to lose their jobs.

[Tender Branson]

Latest county map:

[ottermax]

Map for February 2009:

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Obama won 6 of the 7 states with an unemployment greater than 10%. He won 5 of these by double digits. His margin was around 15 points better than Kerry in most of these.

Obama won only 6 of the 19 states with an unemployment less than 7%.