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Fifteen Million Unemployed Americans
10/29/2009, by Proloy Bhatta
HIGHLIGHTS
- 15 states have double digit unemployment.
- The Dakotas have the lowest unemployment rates.
- The recession has particularly hit communities in California, Michigan, and Puerto Rico the hardest.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are over 150 million persons in the labor force, about 15 million of which are unemployed. There are 15 states with double digit unemployment and only 3 states less than 5-percent. | State | Unemployment Rate | | Puerto Rico | 16.40 | | Michigan | 14.80 | | Nevada | 13.50 | | Rhode Island | 12.30 | | California | 12.00 | | District of Columbia | 11.70 | | South Carolina | 11.70 | | Florida | 11.20 | | Oregon | 10.80 | | Alabama | 10.60 | | Kentucky | 10.40 | | North Carolina | 10.40 | | Tennessee | 10.30 | | Georgia | 10.20 | | Illinois | 10.20 | | Ohio | 9.70 | | New Jersey | 9.60 | | Arizona | 9.30 | | Massachusetts | 9.30 | | Missouri | 9.30 | | Indiana | 9.20 | | Mississippi | 8.80 | | New York | 8.80 | | Washington | 8.80 | | Pennsylvania | 8.30 | | Texas | 8.30 | | Connecticut | 8.20 | | Delaware | 8.20 | | Idaho | 8.10 | | West Virginia | 8.10 | | Maine | 7.80 | | Alaska | 7.70 | | Wisconsin | 7.70 | | Hawaii | 7.50 | | Louisiana | 7.40 | | New Mexico | 7.40 | | Maryland | 7.10 | | Minnesota | 7.10 | | New Hampshire | 7.00 | | Kansas | 6.90 | | Arkansas | 6.70 | | Colorado | 6.70 | | Virginia | 6.60 | | Oklahoma | 6.50 | | Vermont | 6.40 | | Iowa | 6.30 | | Wyoming | 6.20 | | Utah | 6.00 | | Montana | 5.90 | | Nebraska | 4.60 | | South Dakota | 4.40 | | North Dakota | 3.40 | Metropolitan Areas with Largest Unemployment The recession has particularly hit communities in California, Michigan, and Puerto Rico the hardest. | Metropolitan Area | Sep 2009 | | Yuma , Arizona | 24.20 | | El Centro , California | 30.10 | | Merced , California | 15.70 | | Modesto , California | 15.30 | | Stockton , California | 15.50 | | Yuba City , California | 16.20 | | Palm Coast , Florida | 16.20 | | Sebastian, Vero Beach , Florida | 15.20 | | Rockford , Illinois | 15.20 | | Detroit, Warren, Livonia , Michigan | 17.30 | | Flint , Michigan | 15.80 | | Muskegon, Norton Shores , Michigan | 16.00 | | Aguadilla, Isabela, San Sebastian , Puerto Rico | 18.10 | | Fajardo , Puerto Rico | 18.30 | | Guayama , Puerto Rico | 22.50 | | Mayaguez , Puerto Rico | 17.60 | | Ponce , Puerto Rico | 16.80 | | San German, Cabo Rojo , Puerto Rico | 16.50 | | San Juan, Caguas, Guaynabo , Puerto Rico | 15.30 | | Yauco , Puerto Rico | 18.90 | Metropolitan Areas with the Largest Increase in Unemployment Alabama, California, and Michigan each have had the largest number of metropolitan areas with a large increase in unemployment. | Metropolitan Area | Sep 2008 | Sep 2009 | | Anniston, Oxford , Alabama | 5.40 | 10.80 | | Birmingham, Hoover , Alabama | 4.80 | 10.20 | | Decatur , Alabama | 5.10 | 11.10 | | Florence, Muscle Shoals , Alabama | 5.40 | 10.90 | | Mobile , Alabama | 5.50 | 11.10 | | Redding , California | 9.60 | 14.70 | | Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario , California | 9.10 | 14.20 | | San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara , California | 6.40 | 11.80 | | Stockton , California | 10.10 | 15.50 | | Yuba City , California | 10.80 | 16.20 | | Palm Coast , Florida | 10.50 | 16.20 | | Sebastian, Vero Beach , Florida | 10.00 | 15.20 | | Decatur , Illinois | 7.30 | 12.40 | | Peoria , Illinois | 5.60 | 11.10 | | Rockford , Illinois | 8.90 | 15.20 | | Elkhart, Goshen , Indiana | 9.70 | 15.00 | | Michigan City, La Porte , Indiana | 5.60 | 10.70 | | Detroit, Warren, Livonia , Michigan | 8.90 | 17.30 | | Flint , Michigan | 10.50 | 15.80 | | Holland, Grand Haven , Michigan | 7.20 | 12.80 | | Jackson , Michigan | 9.10 | 14.90 | | Muskegon, Norton Shores , Michigan | 9.20 | 16.00 | | Niles, Benton Harbor , Michigan | 8.40 | 13.50 | | Carson City , Nevada | 7.60 | 12.80 | | Las Vegas, Paradise , Nevada | 7.70 | 13.90 | | Reno, Sparks , Nevada | 7.30 | 13.10 | | Atlantic City, Hammonton , New Jersey | 6.90 | 12.20 | | Hickory, Lenoir, Morganton , North Carolina | 7.90 | 14.10 | | Weirton, Steubenville , Ohio | 5.80 | 12.20 | | Youngstown, Warren, Boardman , Ohio | 7.20 | 12.40 | | Bend , Oregon | 7.60 | 13.50 | | Portland, Vancouver, Beaverton , Oregon | 5.70 | 10.90 | | Anderson , South Carolina | 7.20 | 12.50 | | Morristown , Tennessee | 7.10 | 12.40 | | Odessa , Texas | 3.50 | 9.20 | | Aguadilla, Isabela, San Sebastian , Puerto Rico | 12.80 | 18.10 | | Guayama , Puerto Rico | 15.40 | 22.50 | Specific plant closings around the country can easily impact the very communities dependent on those jobs -- specifically the small ones. In Odessa, Texas the unemployment rate soared from 3.5% to 9.2% in large part due to the Flint Hills Resources company closing its Odessa plant. When so many families lose their jobs, they spend less money which force the closure of other businesses. This snowball effect has been happening in the United States since the end of 2007. National Unemployment Rate | Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | 2007 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | | 2008 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.2 | | 2009 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.8 | | | |
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