While Democrats promised their 2009 stimulus would create 3.7 million jobs, the reality is far different. To date, 2.6 million jobs - including 2.5 million private sector jobs - have been lost. The latest data from the Department of Labor shows a total of 48 out of 50 States have lost jobs. No wonder a Capitol Hill newspaper reported this week that such continued grim labor market data may be “the death knell for the White House’s ‘recovery summer’,” pointing to recent polling that "found that only 41 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of the economy, the lowest level of support yet recorded in the survey.”
State
Administration Projection of Change in Jobs Through December 2010
Actual Change in Jobs Through July 2010
Alabama
+52,000
-45,500
Alaska
+8,000
+4,700
Arizona
+70,000
-84,600
Arkansas
+31,000
-8,200
California
+396,000
-526,000
Colorado
+59,000
-84,300
Connecticut
+41,000
-35,500
Delaware
+11,000
-5,700
District of Columbia
+12,000
+26,100
Florida
+206,000
-145,900
Georgia
+106,000
-120,800
Hawaii
+15,000
-6,200
Idaho
+17,000
-13,600
Illinois
+148,000
-171,100
Indiana
+75,000
-24,200
Iowa
+37,000
-24,500
Kansas
+33,000
-33,300
Kentucky
+48,000
-13,900
Louisiana
+50,000
-16,700
Maine
+15,000
-8,500
Maryland
+66,000
-14,100
Massachusetts
+79,000
-21,200
Michigan
+109,000
-70,800
Minnesota
+66,000
-35,200
Mississippi
+30,000
-31,700
Missouri
+69,000
-56,700
Montana
+11,000
-5,400
Nebraska
+23,000
-7,100
Nevada
+34,000
-67,800
New Hampshire
+16,000
-5,400
New Jersey
+100,000
-93,200
New Mexico
+22,000
-25,000
New York
+215,000
-117,600
North Carolina
+105,000
-88,300
North Dakota
+8,000
+7,300
Ohio
+133,000
-133,600
Oklahoma
+40,000
-23,900
Oregon
+44,000
-46,600
Pennsylvania
+143,000
-82,700
Rhode Island
+12,000
-14,800
South Carolina
+50,000
-14,600
South Dakota
+10,000
-2,000
Tennessee
+70,000
-69,700
Texas
+269,000
-54,900
Utah
+32,000
-9,900
Vermont
+8,000
-8,400
Virginia
+93,000
-40,400
Washington
+75,000
-69,300
West Virginia
+20,000
-10,800
Wisconsin
+70,000
-75,500
Wyoming
+8,000
-9,300
Source: Administration February 2009 projection and Ways and Means Republican Staff calculations based on Department of Labor data.