New State-by-State Analysis: 3.3 Million Americans Would Lose Unemployment Benefits Under GOP Bill
December 13, 2011
WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor late this afternoon released a state-by-state analysis showing that 3.3 million Americans would lose unemployment benefits as a result of the GOP bill compared to a continuation of current law. Republicans have proposed cutting federal unemployment insurance to a maximum of 33 weeks, on top of the 26 weeks that most states offer.
The following analysis (available here) shows how many Americans in each state would lose benefits as a result of the Republican proposal compared to a continuation of current law :
TOTAL 3,347,942
ALASKA 20,159 ALABAMA 37,416 ARKANSAS 19,537 ARIZONA 80,777 CALIFORNIA 584,006 COLORADO 61,810 CONNECTICUT 45,779 DC 14,476 DELAWARE 10,387 FLORIDA 226,575 GEORGIA 114,863 HAWAII 5,040 IOWA 32,246 IDAHO 18,578 ILLINOIS 148,673 INDIANA 60,292 KANSAS 20,632 KENTUCKY 23,683 LOUISIANA 15,463 MASSACHUSETTS 57,797 MARYLAND 34,278 MAINE 7,913 MICHIGAN 93,135 MINNESOTA 43,538 MISSOURI 49,523 MISSISSIPPI 19,184 MONTANA 11,591 NORTH CAROLINA 180,505 NORTH DAKOTA 5,093 NEBRASKA 19,220 NEW HAMPSHIRE 10,745 NEW JERSEY 153,463 NEW MEXICO 18,638 NEVADA 58,762 NEW YORK 237,936 OHIO 74,335 OKLAHOMA 16,827 OREGON 46,721 PENNSYLVANIA 108,436 PUERTO RICO 48,891 RHODE ISLAND 14,102 SOUTH CAROLINA 48,888 SOUTH DAKOTA 2,380 TENNESSEE 54,653 TEXAS 227,381 UTAH 14,677 VIRGINIA 35,200 VIRGIN ISLANDS 1,515 VERMONT 1,049 WASHINGTON 62,253 WISCONSIN 35,205 WEST VIRGINIA 9,699 WYOMING 4,017 TOTAL 3,347,942 |
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