state unemployment...where does yours rank?

[oddball]

according to the bureau of labor statistics as of january 2010.

Rank State Rate
1 NORTH DAKOTA 4.2
2 NEBRASKA 4.6
3 SOUTH DAKOTA 4.8
4 KANSAS 6.4
5 IOWA 6.6
6 OKLAHOMA 6.7
6 VERMONT 6.7
8 MONTANA 6.8
8 UTAH 6.8
10 HAWAII 6.9
10 VIRGINIA 6.9
12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7.0
13 MINNESOTA 7.3
14 COLORADO 7.4
14 LOUISIANA 7.4
16 MARYLAND 7.5
17 ARKANSAS 7.6
17 WYOMING 7.6
19 MAINE 8.2
19 TEXAS 8.2
21 ALASKA 8.5
21 NEW MEXICO 8.5
23 WISCONSIN 8.7
24 NEW YORK 8.8
24 PENNSYLVANIA 8.8
26 CONNECTICUT 9.0
26 DELAWARE 9.0
28 ARIZONA 9.2
29 IDAHO 9.3
29 WASHINGTON 9.3
29 WEST VIRGINIA 9.3
32 MASSACHUSETTS 9.5
32 MISSOURI 9.5
34 INDIANA 9.7
35 NEW JERSEY 9.9
36 GEORGIA 10.4
37 KENTUCKY 10.7
37 OREGON 10.7
37 TENNESSEE 10.7
40 OHIO 10.8
41 MISSISSIPPI 10.9
42 ALABAMA 11.1
42 NORTH CAROLINA 11.1
44 ILLINOIS 11.3
45 FLORIDA 11.9
46 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12.0
47 CALIFORNIA 12.5
48 SOUTH CAROLINA 12.6
49 RHODE ISLAND 12.7
50 NEVADA 13.0
51 MICHIGAN 14.3

[Ink]

40th...but I'll keep going up here. there are counties in ohio with almost 20% unemployment

[oddball]

florida 45th. ouch!

[rychehitman]

I wonder how Michigan would fare if Detroit were located in Alaska instead of Michigan?

I am shocked that Hawaii ranked #10. Their homelessness rate is very high. But they have state run health care, and you can always sleep on the beach I suppose!

[lord odin]

Damn Hippies.

[Tetragrammaton]

Rank State Rate
1 NORTH DAKOTA 4.2
2 NEBRASKA 4.6
3 SOUTH DAKOTA 4.8
4 KANSAS 6.4
5 IOWA 6.6
6 OKLAHOMA 6.7
6 VERMONT 6.7
8 MONTANA 6.8
8 UTAH 6.8
10 HAWAII 6.9
10 VIRGINIA 6.9
12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7.0
13 MINNESOTA 7.3
14 COLORADO 7.4
14 LOUISIANA 7.4
16 MARYLAND 7.5
17 ARKANSAS 7.6
17 WYOMING 7.6

QUEBEC 8.1


19 MAINE 8.2
19 TEXAS 8.2
21 ALASKA 8.5
21 NEW MEXICO 8.5
23 WISCONSIN 8.7
24 NEW YORK 8.8
24 PENNSYLVANIA 8.8
26 CONNECTICUT 9.0
26 DELAWARE 9.0
28 ARIZONA 9.2
29 IDAHO 9.3
29 WASHINGTON 9.3
29 WEST VIRGINIA 9.3
32 MASSACHUSETTS 9.5
32 MISSOURI 9.5
34 INDIANA 9.7
35 NEW JERSEY 9.9
36 GEORGIA 10.4
37 KENTUCKY 10.7
37 OREGON 10.7
37 TENNESSEE 10.7
40 OHIO 10.8
41 MISSISSIPPI 10.9
42 ALABAMA 11.1
42 NORTH CAROLINA 11.1
44 ILLINOIS 11.3
45 FLORIDA 11.9
46 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12.0
47 CALIFORNIA 12.5
48 SOUTH CAROLINA 12.6
49 RHODE ISLAND 12.7
50 NEVADA 13.0
51 MICHIGAN 14.3


I know, I konw we aren't a state but I threw it into the list for comparison.

[Tetragrammaton]

Originally Posted by rychehitman

I am shocked that Hawaii ranked #10. Their homelessness rate is very high. But they have state run health care, and you can always sleep on the beach I suppose!

Any statistical information can very easily be misleading.

In the case of unemployment rates when we remove those people who are no longer actively looking for work, those on social welfare for example, they no longer factor into the equation. So the rate goes down not because there are more jobs, but simply because some people have given up.

[armitage]

Illinois 11.3
Yeah that about covers it. And since our politicians are
the worst of the worst of the worst, you almost have to expect that. Along with our 13 billion dollar deficit and failing school systems,cronyism among leaders, over taxation and authoritarian political zealots... I project I'll be moving out of this God forsaken state within the next year or two.

[StatueBandit]

Wow talk about seeing is believing ... Thanks for the update oddball its defiantly going to come handy

[CKinSD]

number 42 now. would have been 47 if I was still in cali