State-by-State Analysis: 2.8 Million Americans Would Lose Unemployment Benefits Under GOP Plan

February 1, 2012

WASHINGTON – House Republicans continue to push for a proposal that would slash unemployment insurance and result in 2.8 million Americans losing unemployment benefits compared to a continuation of current law, new Department of Labor data shows. Under the House Republican measure – which the House GOP passed in December before ultimately retreating and endorsing a short-term extension of existing law – federal unemployment insurance would decline by 40 weeks in States with high unemployment.

The following analysis (available here) shows how many Americans in each state are projected to lose benefits as a result of the Republican proposal compared to a continuation of current law:

ALASKA -- 17,048
ALABAMA -- 32,582
ARKANSAS -- 15,824
ARIZONA -- 69,656
CALIFORNIA -- 491,985
COLORADO -- 52,565
CONNECTICUT -- 39,063
DC -- 12,386
DELAWARE -- 8,670
FLORIDA -- 185,887
GEORGIA -- 99,784
HAWAII -- 3,840
IOWA -- 27,206
IDAHO -- 15,137
ILLINOIS -- 125,820
INDIANA -- 51,174
KANSAS -- 16,943
KENTUCKY -- 20,284
LOUISIANA -- 12,643
MASSACHUSETTS -- 46,740
MARYLAND -- 28,115
MAINE -- 6,292
MICHIGAN -- 79,443
MINNESOTA -- 35,728
MISSOURI -- 41,877
MISSISSIPPI -- 16,373
MONTANA -- 9,246
NORTH CAROLINA -- 157,171
NORTH DAKOTA -- 4,069
NEBRASKA -- 16,284
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- 9,197
NEW JERSEY -- 129,379
NEW MEXICO -- 15,264
NEVADA -- 50,579
NEW YORK -- 205,190
OHIO -- 64,517
OKLAHOMA -- 13,737
OREGON -- 39,606
PENNSYLVANIA -- 89,454
RHODE ISLAND -- 11,769
SOUTH CAROLINA -- 41,733
SOUTH DAKOTA -- 2,038
TENNESSEE -- 46,480
TEXAS -- 194,615
UTAH -- 11,874
VIRGINIA -- 29,114
VERMONT -- 653
WASHINGTON -- 52,628
WISCONSIN -- 28,671
WEST VIRGINIA -- 8,321
WYOMING -- 3,235

Total – 2.8 million

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