Where does your state rank on the pain scale?

[alfredo]

http://money.cnn.com/news/storysupplement/economy/gapmap/index.htm

mouse over your state to get the numbers. There are three tabs: unemployment, budget deficit, and foreclosures.

[LakeSamish706]

1. I'm surprised that CA is not higher on foreclosures... FL sucks on foreclosures. n/t

[AlCzervik]

2. yes but we make up for it with the budget deficit.

[LakeSamish706]

3. Yeah, I just went back and looked at that... Yikes, that really sucks... n/t

[karynnj]

9. The problem with budget deficit is that unlike the others it is not normalized in some way

Say budget deficit/budget or budget deficit/population. (the first would be better because it implicitly pulls in some information on the state's ability to raise money. The same number could be mean their projected liabilities are 1% more than their projected revenues or it could be say, 10%. That makes a huge difference.

[catnhatnh]

12. Bingo

That would have produced a much more informative graph.

[supernova]

4. NC - High Unemp; low on foreclosures

Unemployment 7.9%

foreclosures - less than 2% (pretty good for now, but what about the future if unemployment continues scary?)

Budget deficit - 800 million (lighter side of bad)

[alfredo]

6. My state has 7% unemployment. the other stats are in the medium range.

I live in Kentucky and will vote for Mongiardo for Senate.

[supernova]

5. Dupe

[Idealism]

7. We Floridians are used to being towards the bottom on rankings

but not in Foreclosures, budget deficits, and unemployment!

Not on Charlie Christ's watch!

[alfredo]

25. But your college football and basketball teams are good.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Alaska's in pretty good shape except for unemployment.

Unemployment 7.3%
No budget deficit
.88% foreclosure rate

The legislature was prudent enough to sock away a wad of money last year when oil prices were high.

[Idealism]

13. The NBC Nightly News yesterday said even Alaska was facing a shortfall now

Lester Holt said it was a relatively small deficit compared to other states (they highlighted California and Florida), but- as they put it - "even the oil-rich state of Alaska faces a deficit."
Then they cut away to a video clip of Palin addressing the State Congress :puke:

[Blue_In_AK]

15. Her state of the state address was pathetic.

She sounded like a completely different person than she did last year -- I guess she had somebody write it for her in 2008. Mudflats has a funny post about the speech. "State of the State: A Blizzard of Words." http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/23/state-of-the-state-a-blizzard-of-words/ Embedded within is a link to Andrew Halcro's blog which compares the two speeches. The difference is glaring.

[Idealism]

16. LOL

"Blizzard of Words" indeed

[blue_onyx]

10. The data doesn't have the newest numbers yet

because I know Michigan's unemployment is 10.6 now, not 9.6. MI has a high unemployment rate and also a pretty high foreclosure rate. We have a low budget deficit compared to many states though.

[TWiley]

11. Looks like mine is the worst in the nation with 9.6%

[mnhtnbb]

14. Interesting for comparisons. Thanks for posting.

[alfredo]

17. It gives an idea who is in need of the most help. I'd like to see that map

six months from now, and six months after.

[NoPasaran]

18. Texas---Not bad, all things considered

But we did have to take W back, which should count for something!

And the reason we don't have a budget deficit is by law it isn't allowed. But the latest forecast from the Comptroller's office is a big drop in revenue, which I'm sure we'll budget for with more belt-tightening for the poor.

[alfredo]

19. good luck down there. Help your state economy by partying in Austin.

[Canuckistanian]

20. Wyoming has the lowest?

I wonder why that is?

[alfredo]

21. I bet they have few jobs in manufacturing, and a large number of

jobs in agriculture. They could have slow population growth, which takes pressure off employment.

[Canuckistanian]

23. That makes sense

Agriculture has less dramatic rises and falls in unemployment, that's true.

[alfredo]

24. Lot of seasonal work.

[bridgit]

22. Hm, says here 8.4%