The 10 Worst States in Which to Lose Your Job

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.alternet.org/economy/150776/the_10_worst_states_in_which_to_lose_your_job/

The recession has hurt the whole country, but not equally. For example, the unemployment rate in North Dakota, a state with its own bank, which helped insulate it from the financial crash, stands at just 3.6 percent, while Nevada's rate last month was 13.2 percent.

Obviously, it's much harder to find a job in places where unemployment is high and there are lots of other people vying for open positions than it is in a tight job market. But looking at the top-line unemployment rate alone doesn't tell the full story of what it's like to be jobless in any given part of the country. While being unemployed sucks for everyone, the benefits available to keep the unemployed afloat vary significantly from state to state.

We decided to dig into state-level data and try to flesh out which are the very worst states in which to lose one's job. We looked at several factors.

It's not just the rate of unemployment that matters, but the length of time people are unemployed – long-term unemployment comes with unique problems that people who are jobless for a brief period don't experience.

More at the link --

[BlueIris]

1. Great list. Harsh numbers. nt

[kickysnana]

2. There is no safety net in ND. People just leave. n/t

[blondeatlast]

3. "We're number 2! We're number 2!"

:cry::cry::cry:

[JonLP24]

4. I knew Arizona had to be on there

It isn't easy finding work out here these days.

[4lbs]

5. Interesting how 6 of those 10 are red states, and 2 others are purple or just barely blue.

[Yo_Mama]

6. BS on ND - it's oil and gas that did the trick.

Not their bank, but their Bakken bank.
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/540177/Oil-field-driving-economy.html
http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/04/news/economy/oil_shale_bakken/index.htm

13,000 may not sound like many jobs, but the population of ND is about 650,000, and in general every oil job creates 2 more, so you are looking at about 30K more jobs. It's a huge swing.

[mountainlion55]

7. good story

but the reasoning for excluding california with our 12% unemployment and high cost of living is wrong!I work in construction and I'm experiencing all this bad stuff firsthand. The services they site are not available to a large portion of the unemployed!:smoke: