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Although we hear whispers every now and then that the job market is improving, the truth is that it’s still far from recovering. Here at applicant.com, our sole purpose is make your job hunt as straightforward as possible.
However, the state of the current job market can’t be ignored. To help you better understand the labor force in all of the 50 states, we’ve compiled an easy to scan breakdown of the 50 states that includes data on employment and unemployment. Why not check out the state of unemployment where you live?
Alabama
Labor Force : 2131491
Employment : 1939813
Unemployment : 191678
Unemployment Rate : 9%
Alaska
Labor Force : 359215
Employment : 330394
Unemployment : 28821
Unemployment Rate : 8%
Arizona
Labor Force : 3153857
Employment : 2912113
Unemployment : 241744
Unemployment Rate : 7.7%
Arkansas
Labor Force : 1359235
Employment : 1270302
Unemployment : 88933
Unemployment Rate : 6.5%
California
Labor Force : 18622006
Employment : 16565310
Unemployment : 2056696
Unemployment Rate : 11%
Colorado
Labor Force : 2736080
Employment : 2534821
Unemployment : 201259
Unemployment Rate : 7.4%
Connecticut
Labor Force : 1887835
Employment : 1738748
Unemployment : 149087
Unemployment Rate : 7.9%
Delaware
Labor Force : 438777
Employment : 405876
Unemployment : 32901
Unemployment Rate : 7.5%
Florida
Labor Force : 9238634
Employment : 8354104
Unemployment : 884530
Unemployment Rate : 9.6%
Georgia
Labor Force : 4791411
Employment : 4344851
Unemployment : 446560
Unemployment Rate : 9.3%
Hawaii
Labor Force : 646224
Employment : 601846
Unemployment : 44378
Unemployment Rate : 6.9%
Idaho
Labor Force : 750275
Employment : 697506
Unemployment : 52769
Unemployment Rate : 7%
Illinois
Labor Force : 6612400
Employment : 5992881
Unemployment : 619519
Unemployment Rate : 9.4%
Indiana
Labor Force : 3205263
Employment : 2886791
Unemployment : 318472
Unemployment Rate : 9.9%
Iowa
Labor Force : 1675414
Employment : 1589990
Unemployment : 85424
Unemployment Rate : 5.1%
Kansas
Labor Force : 1521508
Employment : 1423640
Unemployment : 97868
Unemployment Rate : 6.4%
Kentucky
Labor Force : 2075459
Employment : 1871433
Unemployment : 204026
Unemployment Rate : 9.8%
Louisiana
Labor Force : 2074611
Employment : 1946270
Unemployment : 128341
Unemployment Rate : 6.2%
Maine
Labor Force : 704079
Employment : 648431
Unemployment : 55648
Unemployment Rate : 7.9%
Maryland
Labor Force : 2968722
Employment : 2767500
Unemployment : 201222
Unemployment Rate : 6.8%
Massachusetts
Labor Force : 3434492
Employment : 3159644
Unemployment : 274848
Unemployment Rate : 8%
Michigan
Labor Force : 4847968
Employment : 4220860
Unemployment : 627108
Unemployment Rate : 12.9%
Minnesota
Labor Force : 2964292
Employment : 2725549
Unemployment : 238743
Unemployment Rate : 8.1%
Mississippi
Labor Force : 1311420
Employment : 1192567
Unemployment : 118853
Unemployment Rate : 9.1%
Missouri
Labor Force : 3008498
Employment : 2765611
Unemployment : 242887
Unemployment Rate : 8.1%
Montana
Labor Force : 502852
Employment : 472665
Unemployment : 30187
Unemployment Rate : 6%
Nebraska
Labor Force : 990439
Employment : 946370
Unemployment : 44069
Unemployment Rate : 4.4%
Nevada
Labor Force : 1400925
Employment : 1252414
Unemployment : 148511
Unemployment Rate : 10.6%
New Hampshire
Labor Force : 743621
Employment : 697016
Unemployment : 46605
Unemployment Rate : 6.3%
New Jersey
Labor Force : 4572109
Employment : 4188464
Unemployment : 383645
Unemployment Rate : 8.4%
New Mexico
Labor Force : 955589
Employment : 899977
Unemployment : 55612
Unemployment Rate : 5.8%
New York
Labor Force : 9772083
Employment : 9020269
Unemployment : 751814
Unemployment Rate : 7.7%
North Carolina
Labor Force : 4580513
Employment : 4087728
Unemployment : 492785
Unemployment Rate : 10.8%
North Dakota
Labor Force : 369317
Employment : 354725
Unemployment : 14592
Unemployment Rate : 4%
Ohio
Labor Force : 5967719
Employment : 5359326
Unemployment : 608393
Unemployment Rate : 10.2%
Oklahoma
Labor Force : 1770902
Employment : 1661452
Unemployment : 109450
Unemployment Rate : 6.2%
Oregon
Labor Force : 2007526
Employment : 1767309
Unemployment : 240217
Unemployment Rate : 12%
Pennsylvania
Labor Force : 6431083
Employment : 5931172
Unemployment : 499911
Unemployment Rate : 7.8%
Rhode Island
Labor Force : 563388
Employment : 500774
Unemployment : 62614
Unemployment Rate : 11.1%
South Carolina
Labor Force : 2201031
Employment : 1948149
Unemployment : 252882
Unemployment Rate : 11.5%
South Dakota
Labor Force : 446937
Employment : 425314
Unemployment : 21623
Unemployment Rate : 4.8%
Tennessee
Labor Force : 3040705
Employment : 2738861
Unemployment : 301844
Unemployment Rate : 9.9%
Texas
Labor Force : 11924921
Employment : 11131753
Unemployment : 793168
Unemployment Rate : 6.7%
Utah
Labor Force : 1379206
Employment : 1308116
Unemployment : 71090
Unemployment Rate : 5.2%
Vermont
Labor Force : 360285
Employment : 334747
Unemployment : 25538
Unemployment Rate : 7.1%
Virginia
Labor Force : 4170292
Employment : 3886306
Unemployment : 283986
Unemployment Rate : 6.8%
Washington
Labor Force : 3543208
Employment : 3220989
Unemployment : 322219
Unemployment Rate : 9.1%
West Virginia
Labor Force : 793893
Employment : 734096
Unemployment : 59797
Unemployment Rate : 7.5%
Wisconsin
Labor Force : 3110460
Employment : 2842029
Unemployment : 268431
Unemployment Rate : 8.6%
Wyoming
Labor Force : 290954
Employment : 277755
Unemployment : 13199
Unemployment Rate : 4.5%
2008 -2009 Unemployment Comparison Table
Let us know what’s happening in your state. Is the declining job market affecting you in any way?
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And then suddenly, W. seemed, almost imperceptibly, just slightly less sucky….
No, Jeff. W still seems like a guy who slashed our civil rights, our safety net, ruined the economy, pandered the Creationist, gave the future away to his rich buddies, let corporations piss on conservationists, ruined our worldwide reputation, and bogged us down in a bullshit war that cost thousands of our soldiers their lives.
Jeff, are you serious?! W is somehow LESS sucky?
I wonder how many of the 400,000 people IN JUST OHIO ALONE who lost their jobs on W.’s watch voted for the chimp?
Obama could take a crap in their breakfast cereal every morning for a year and he still wouldn’t be a reviled.
These are some of the most intentionally misleading graphs. The Y data range has been shrunk to make the situation appear more dire than it actually is.
@stimms : Just to clarify that these graphs were taken from a government site and seriously doubt they would make it look worse than what really is. The source link can be found at the bottom of the post, right above the comments section.
@stims: If the y vales were not scaled and shifted you would only see a straight line on the employed graph, which is pretty uninformative. It’s hardly misleading: read the numbers and use your head.
Am I the only one who looked at these graphs, and wondered why it is that the traditionally conservative Republican stronghold states all show sustained, steady job growth over the past 8 years, whereas traditionally democratic leaning states show tapering off of job growth, even job loss in states like Michigan, starting as early as 1/2007?
Am I the only one who noticed that the “big spike” in all states starts about 1/09, after the so-called stimulus packages that were supposed to “save” our economy?
Call me an idiot, too, but sustained steady job growth over 8 years is a heck of a lot better than the current trend. Just saying.
While states like Maryland may look comparatively rosey with only 6.8% unemployment the fact is many areas of Maryland are in the double digits … the Eastern shore is especially hard hit with Dorchester County at 11.5% and Worcester County at 15.1%.
Good information to have. Thanks for putting all that together. I’m enjoying the information in your blog.
Mike, why yes, you are the only one who noticed such a trend. Perhaps if you look at the graphs again (for the first time apparently) you will notice that the trend you point out simply doesn’t exist. For the most part (exceptions of course) all states follow the same trend. Job losses or stagnant employment numbers followed by job growth through the middle of this decade followed by massive drops in employment at the end of last year when lots of companies laid of lots of people. Remember how it was all over the news last year?
Alabama, a traditional conservative/republican stronghold doesn’t exactly show “sustained, steady job growth over the past 8 years” and job lossed began in 2007.
Indiana, Ohio, West Virgina have a similar trend to Alabama. Not exactly Blue states…
And speaking of Blue states, most of them show similar employment curves to red states (with exceptions of course). Arkansas and Connecticut have awfully similar employment curves! Michigan hasn’t exactly been an economic powerhouse as of late (not for the last… 25 years?) so no wonder they have been losing jobs for the last decade. It follows the auto industry. Where as the nice looking graph for Texas showing employment growth probably follows the rise in oil prices over the last decade.
Quit trying to politicize employment.
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