Here are the top and bottom ten states for change in unemployment over the past year:
The worst performers are mostly blue states. The best performers are mostly red states. Make of that what you will.
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They're catching up with the last wave.
Yeah, if you already have a good number, it gets harder and harder to 'change more' for the better.
divide number unemployed by state population.
Um, that's what "unemployment rate" means. A one percent rise means the same change relative to the overall state population, big or small.
Actually, its relative to the 'labor force', not the overall population.
Given the low labor force participation in some states, its possible that this would dramatically alter the perspective of this statistic.
Let me know which person would prefer the economic reality of Mississippi over Oregon.
Meooooow. no NY ? Kitties know.
no new york
Wouldn’t expect a no wave reference on this blog but here we are
To render the subtext as text: So why are red states complaining about Bidenomics?
Good point.
biden won't enforce the runaway slave act
This information is incomplete; it ought to include the unemployment rate at the beginning of the year.
If the rate in Rhode Island were 10% and 5% in Mississippi then Mississippi is still in a better situation though both would have moved towards the middle. If it were the other way around the opposite is true.
So the Fed is going to lower interest rates now?
/s
Workers still getting raises, still acting all uppity with their work from home demands, rates will stay high for now. Theres a bigger picture to consider.
Do that, but for total non-farm employed persons in each state, assigning an index of 100 for one year ago. It's an entirely different take.
Aren't Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and Wisconsin swing states, not red?