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

United States	372	NA	3.6%1	NA	23.9%2	NA	NA

Alabama	886	31 (tie)	5.2%	3	24.8%	25	15
Alaska	1254	39	2.1%	42 (tie)	17.1%	41	47
Arizona	179	4	3.1%	25 (tie)	36.1%	9	7
Arkansas	764	28	2.2%	41	14.7%	47	45
California	154	2	4.5%	4	24.3%	26	4
Colorado	342	9	1.6%	47 (tie)	35.0%	10	18
Connecticut	674	24	2.7%	34	24.0%	27 (tie)	30 (tie)
Delaware	1824	44	3.2%	24	28.7%	17	30 (tie)
District of Columbia	677	25	4.2%	8 (tie)	16.7%	42	23
Florida	158	3	4.3%	5 (tie)	41.3%	5	2
Georgia	265	7	3.3%	23	30.9%	15	11
Hawaii	523	15	2.6%	35 (tie)	23.0%	30 (tie)	29
Idaho	250	5	3.4%	19 (tie)	44.3%	4	3
Illinois	411	11	4.2%	8 (tie)	14.1%	49	21
Indiana	624	20	3.4%	19 (tie)	14.3%	48	32
Iowa	1718	43	2.4%	39	15.6%	45	48 (tie)
Kansas	959	34	2.1%	42 (tie)	27.6%	20	34 (tie)
Kentucky	1476	41	4.3%	5 (tie)	14.0%	50	34 (tie)
Louisiana	1127	38	1.9%	45	15.7%	44	48 (tie)
Maine	1707	42	2.5%	37 (tie)	20.9%	34	44
Maryland	343	10	2.5%	37 (tie)	32.0%	11	14
Massachusetts	590	18	3.1%	25 (tie)	27.8%	18 (tie)	16
Michigan	270	8	6.0%	1	23.0%	30 (tie)	8
Minnesota	659	23	2.0%	44	26.5%	22	33
Mississippi	886	31 (tie)	2.6%	35 (tie)	17.9%	38 (tie)	40 (tie)
Missouri	839	30	2.8%	32 (tie)	19.4%	37	37
Montana	3996	49	1.6%	47 (tie)	25.5%	24	46
Nebraska	2199	45	1.3%	50	20.3%	35	50
Nevada	59	1	5.3%	2	53.1%	1	1
New Hampshire	761	27	2.8%	32 (tie)	36.5%	8	19 (tie)
New Jersey	652	22	3.7%	15	17.5%	40	25 (tie)
New Mexico	1080	36	3.4%	19 (tie)	27.8%	18 (tie)	22
New York	1395	40	3.1%	25 (tie)	22.3%	32 (tie)	36
North Carolina	1105	37	4.0%	14	24.0%	27 (tie)	27 (tie)
North Dakota	9134	50	1.0%	51	16.0%	43	51
Ohio	463	14	3.6%	16 (tie)	25.7%	23	12
Oklahoma	539	16	2.9%	31	23.5%	29	24
Oregon	462	13	4.1%	12 (tie)	30.6%	16	9
Pennsylvania	997	35	3.0%	28 (tie)	17.9%	38 (tie)	38 (tie)
Rhode Island	460	12	4.1%	12 (tie)	31.5%	12	5
South Carolina	626	21	4.3%	5 (tie)	20.0%	36	17
South Dakota	2813	48	1.8%	46	31.4%	13 (tie)	43
Tennessee	772	29	3.6%	16 (tie)	22.3%	32 (tie)	25 (tie)
Texas	714	26	3.0%	28 (tie)	13.2%	51	42
Utah	251	6	3.0%	28 (tie)	47.3%	3	6
Vermont	9732	51	1.6%	47 (tie)	39.0%	6	40 (tie)
Virginia	569	17	2.3%	40	26.7%	21	27 (tie)
Washington	898	33	3.4%	19 (tie)	47.9%	2	13
West Virginia	2741	47	4.2%	8 (tie)	15.1%	46	38 (tie)
Wisconsin	616	19	3.5%	18	37.1%	7	10
Wyoming	2473	46	4.2%	8 (tie)	31.4%	13 (tie)	19 (tie)

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Sources:

RealtyTrac, US Foreclosure Market Data by State, Special Data Request, October 2009.

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 September 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 September 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 October 2008 compared to October 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 August 2008 compared to August 2009. Data for August 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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