Maybe this is what happens when the newspaper industry fires too many of its key IT people.
Here I’ve performed a humble public service by putting this information in a table for your edification and analysis. Enjoy, fellow armchair labor economists.
(DC-metro states are shown in medium blue; regional neighbors in pale blue.)
A: “rank of each state based on the January 2009 unemployment rate, with a lower number indicating a lower rate”
B: “state's unemployment rate for January 2009”
C: “[unemployment] rate for December 2008”
D: “[unemployment] rate for January 2008”
E: “the month and year unemployment peaked [from January 1976 onwards]”
F: “peak unemployment rate since January 1976”
| State | A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 31 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 3.9 | Dec. 1982 | 14.4 |
| Alaska | 34 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 6.4 | July 1986 | 11.5 |
| Arizona | 24 | 7 | 6.6 | 4.4 | Feb. 1983 | 11.5 |
| Arkansas | 17 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.8 | Mar. 1983 | 10.2 |
| California | 48 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 6.1 | Feb. 1983 | 11 |
| Colorado | 19 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 4.3 | Nov. 1982 | 9.1 |
| Connecticut | 27 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 5 | Jan. 1976 | 10 |
| Delaware | 21 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | Jan. 1977 | 8.2 |
| District of Columbia | 44 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 5.9 | Mar. 1983 | 11.4 |
| Florida | 37 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 5 | Mar. 1976 | 9.7 |
| Georgia | 37 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 5.2 | Jan. 2009 | 8.6 |
| Hawaii | 15 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3 | Mar. 1976 | 10.2 |
| Idaho | 19 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 3.7 | Feb. 1983 | 9.4 |
| Illinois | 34 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 5.8 | Feb. 1983 | 12.9 |
| Indiana | 43 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 4.8 | Nov. 1982 | 12.8 |
| Iowa | 6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | May 1983 | 8.5 |
| Kansas | 13 | 5.8 | 5 | 3.9 | Sept. 1982 | 7.4 |
| Kentucky | 40 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 5.5 | Dec. 1982 | 12.1 |
| Louisiana | 8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 3.8 | Sept. 1986 | 12.9 |
| Maine | 31 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 4.8 | Mar. 1977 | 9 |
| Maryland | 16 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 | Aug. 1982 | 8.3 |
| Massachusetts | 29 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 4.6 | Jan. 1976 | 10.9 |
| Michigan | 51 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 7.3 | Nov. 1982 | 16.9 |
| Minnesota | 30 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 4.8 | Nov. 1982 | 9 |
| Mississippi | 40 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 6 | May 1983 | 13.7 |
| Missouri | 36 | 8 | 7.1 | 5.5 | Apr. 1983 | 10.5 |
| Montana | 12 | 5.6 | 5 | 3.9 | May 1983 | 8.7 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3 | Feb. 1983 | 6.8 |
| Nevada | 45 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 5.3 | Dec. 1982 | 10.7 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | June 1992 | 7.7 |
| New Jersey | 27 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 4.6 | Feb. 1977 | 10.6 |
| New Mexico | 8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Apr. 1983 | 9.9 |
| New York | 24 | 7 | 6.6 | 4.7 | July 1976 | 10.5 |
| North Carolina | 46 | 9.7 | 8.1 | 5 | Feb. 1983 | 10.2 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3 | Mar. 1983 | 6.9 |
| Ohio | 42 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 5.7 | Jan. 1983 | 13.8 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Aug. 1986 | 9.4 |
| Oregon | 47 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 5.3 | Nov. 1982 | 12.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | 7 | 6.4 | 4.6 | Mar. 1983 | 12.9 |
| Rhode Island | 49 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 6.3 | Jan. 2009 | 10.3 |
| South Carolina | 50 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 5.7 | Jan. 1983 | 11.4 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Oct. 1982 | 5.9 |
| Tennessee | 37 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 5.3 | Dec. 1982 | 12.4 |
| Texas | 17 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 4.4 | Oct. 1986 | 9.3 |
| Utah | 5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Mar. 1983 | 9.7 |
| Vermont | 22 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.3 | June 1976 | 9 |
| Virginia | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3.4 | Jan. 1983 | 7.8 |
| Washington | 31 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 4.6 | Nov. 1982 | 12.2 |
| West Virginia | 11 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | Mar. 1983 | 18.2 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 4.4 | Jan. 1983 | 11.8 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | May 1983 | 10.1 |
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