Foreclosures/Unemployment/Food Stamps - Kaiser State Health Facts

Measures of State Economic Distress: Housing Foreclosures and Changes in Unemployment and Food Stamp Participation

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	Foreclosure Rate November 2009 (1/every X housing unit)	Foreclosure Rank	Percentage Point Change in Monthly Unemployment Rate December 2008-2009	Unemployment Change Rank	Percent Change in Monthly Food Stamp Participation November 2008-2009	Food Stamp Change Rank	Rank across All Measures

United States	417	NA	2.6%1	NA	22.8%2	NA	NA

Alabama	996	32	4.5%	3	24.5%	32	20 (tie)
Alaska	1038	34	2.0%	37 (tie)	25.2%	30	36
Arizona	186	4	2.5%	29 (tie)	36.7%	9	6
Arkansas	819	27	2.0%	37 (tie)	17.2%	44	42 (tie)
California	180	3	3.7%	10	25.1%	31	7
Colorado	409	11	1.7%	44 (tie)	37.0%	8	18
Connecticut	680	19 (tie)	2.3%	33	30.8%	16	22
Delaware	877	30	3.3%	14 (tie)	26.4%	26	23
District of Columbia	785	25	3.9%	7 (tie)	14.3%	47	28
Florida	165	2	4.2%	6	40.9%	3	2
Georgia	410	12	2.8%	22 (tie)	29.1%	18	10 (tie)
Hawaii	581	15	1.8%	42 (tie)	31.2%	15	24 (tie)
Idaho	259	5	3.0%	19 (tie)	47.4%	2	3
Illinois	319	7	3.9%	7 (tie)	14.5%	46	16 (tie)
Indiana	659	17	2.1%	35 (tie)	18.4%	41	33
Iowa	2138	43	2.2%	34	17.3%	42 (tie)	47 (tie)
Kansas	1389	38	1.6%	46	27.3%	24	42 (tie)
Kentucky	1893	41	3.1%	17 (tie)	13.5%	48	40
Louisiana	1037	33	2.0%	37 (tie)	12.6%	49	47 (tie)
Maine	1909	42	1.8%	42 (tie)	19.0%	39	49
Maryland	364	9	2.1%	35 (tie)	28.0%	21	19
Massachusetts	680	19 (tie)	3.0%	19 (tie)	25.3%	29	20 (tie)
Michigan	283	6	4.4%	4	27.7%	23	4
Minnesota	671	18	0.8%	50 (tie)	32.0%	14	29
Mississippi	3768	47	2.8%	22 (tie)	18.5%	40	45
Missouri	823	28	2.5%	29 (tie)	-8.9%	51	42 (tie)
Montana	2828	44	1.7%	44 (tie)	28.7%	19 (tie)	41
Nebraska	3615	46	0.8%	50 (tie)	25.7%	28	50
Nevada	119	1	4.6%	1 (tie)	51.7%	1	1
New Hampshire	787	26	2.7%	25 (tie)	39.4%	4 (tie)	12
New Jersey	379	10	3.3%	14 (tie)	22.5%	35	15
New Mexico	1562	39	3.6%	11	27.8%	22	24 (tie)
New York	1804	40	2.4%	32	22.7%	33	38 (tie)
North Carolina	1260	37	3.1%	17 (tie)	22.6%	34	30 (tie)
North Dakota	6751	49	1.1%	47	17.3%	42 (tie)	51
Ohio	478	13	3.5%	12 (tie)	26.0%	27	10 (tie)
Oklahoma	1099	35	2.0%	37 (tie)	28.7%	19 (tie)	32
Oregon	564	14	2.7%	25 (tie)	30.3%	17	13
Pennsylvania	1103	36	2.5%	29 (tie)	19.6%	38	37
Rhode Island	687	21	3.5%	12 (tie)	38.8%	6	5
South Carolina	911	31	3.8%	9	19.9%	37	27
South Dakota	3308	45	1.0%	48 (tie)	35.3%	12 (tie)	38 (tie)
Tennessee	731	23	3.3%	14 (tie)	20.7%	36	26
Texas	780	24	2.7%	25 (tie)	7.8%	50	35
Utah	347	8	2.6%	28	36.6%	10	9
Vermont	19465	51	1.0%	48 (tie)	36.0%	11	46
Virginia	713	22	1.9%	41	26.9%	25	30 (tie)
Washington	835	29	3.0%	19 (tie)	35.3%	12 (tie)	16 (tie)
West Virginia	7743	50	4.6%	1 (tie)	15.5%	45	34
Wisconsin	596	16	2.8%	22 (tie)	37.8%	7	8
Wyoming	5508	48	4.3%	5	39.4%	4 (tie)	14

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Sources:

Foreclosure Activity Decreases 8 Percent in November, RealtyTrac. Available at http://www.realtytrac.com/contentmanagement/pressrelease.aspx?channelid=9&itemid=7856.

Unemployment Rates, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf and http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?bls.

Food Stamp State Level Participation, United States Department of Agriculture, available at http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/snapmain.htm.

Definitions:

Foreclosure Rate: Represents the number of foreclosures filed for every X housing units during the month of November 2009. A foreclosure is a legal procedure by which mortgaged property is sold, upon default, in order to satisfy a debt. Foreclosures generally are governed by state law, and rules may vary between states.
Foreclosure Rate Rank: 1=largest foreclosure rate
Data in table reflect foreclosure rates as reported by RealtyTrac as of November 2009. Comprehensive foreclosure data may not have been available for all geographic areas in all states at the time of analysis, but data represent the best available measure of foreclosure rates that is comparable across the states. For more information, contact RealtyTrac at http://www.realtytrac.com/ContentManagement/pressrelease.aspx?ChannelID=9&ItemID=5420&accnt=64847.

Change in Monthly Unemployment Rate: Represents the percentage point change in the monthly unemployment rate for December 2008 compared to December 2009. The latest monthly unemployment data are available on statehealthfacts.org at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=23&cat=1. Unemployment Change Rank: 1=largest increase in unemployment rate

Change in Monthly Food Stamp Participation: Represents the percent change in the monthly numbers of people participating in the food stamp program for November 2008 compared to November 2009. Data for November 2009 are preliminary. US total includes territories. The latest monthly food stamp program data are available on statehealthfacts.org at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=651&cat=1&sub=7&yr=1&typ=1&sort=1387&o=d

Food Stamp Change Rank: 1=largest increase in participation

Average Rank: Represents the rank of the average rank for each state across all three measures. 1=most distress across measures

Footnotes:

The latest monthly unemployment data are available on statehealthfacts.org. See Definitions.
The latest monthly food stamp program data are available on statehealthfacts.org. See Definitions.

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