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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Economic State Misery Snapshot
Rankings of Jobless Claims and and Home Foreclosures
Joblessness:
- the five states with the largest increases in initial jobless claims for the week ending Feb. 15 were: California, (+7,857), Kentucky (+4,166), Illinois (+1,955), Georgia (+1,009), and Massachusetts (+501)
- the five states wth the largest decreases were: Ohio (-2,752), Wisconsin (-2,232), North Carolina (-1,746), Pennsylvania (-1,608), and Florida (-1,410)
Homelessness:
- the five states with the highest per capita home foreclosure rates in 2007 were: Nevada (one in 278 households), Colorado (345), Florida (382), Georgia (424), and Michigan (455)
- the five states with the lowest per capita foreclosure rates were: Vermont (294,384), Maine (72,432), Wyoming (27,246), North Dakota (16,093), and West Virginia (15,195)
Georgia is the highest-ranking state on the combined misery index, ranking fourth worst by both measures.
Posted by Dana Chasin
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