US recovers from recession, GA and 32 other states lag (Atlanta: 2014, prices)

[netdragon]

According to Recovery Of Lost Jobs By States, At A Glance : NPR , the U.S. in aggregate has gained all lost jobs back, but GA is still down 1.6 percent from 4.17 million to 4.1 million. The dates for each measurement are December 2007 and May 2014.

North Dakota had a 27.6% gain, what the heck :-)

[Pemgin]

North Dakota has all of those energy jobs.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by netdragon

According to Recovery Of Lost Jobs By States, At A Glance : NPR , the U.S. in aggregate has gained all lost jobs back, but GA is still down 1.6 percent from 4.17 million to 4.1 million. The dates for each measurement are December 2007 and May 2014.

North Dakota had a 27.6% gain, what the heck :-)

From a political standpoint, almost all the swing states are down. Heavy blue and red states are the ones up. 6 of the top 8 are heavy energy states. Other 2 are Washington DC and Utah.

[netdragon]

Not sure about that... GA isn't a swing state, CT is heavy blue and Mississippi is heavy red.

[cwkimbro]

Don't get me wrong ... props to North Dakota

... but it is a big outlier, because it had such a small population/economy to start with that the rising fuel prices started a boom in a single industry extracting resources to make it grow.

Just to put this in perspective... Gwinnett County has a larger population and economy than the entire state of North Dakota.

So a boom in one industry creates huge percentage gains for a small state.

[Galounger]

Originally Posted by netdragon

According to Recovery Of Lost Jobs By States, At A Glance : NPR , the U.S. in aggregate has gained all lost jobs back, but GA is still down 1.6 percent from 4.17 million to 4.1 million. The dates for each measurement are December 2007 and May 2014.

North Dakota had a 27.6% gain, what the heck :-)

I've heard a lot of people gush over and express awe at North Dakota's incredible economic explosion and so on.

Not to hate on North Dakota but people seem to forget or don't realize that population wise North Dakota is smaller than Cobb County still even after all that growth. LOL

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by Galounger

I've heard a lot of people gush over and express awe at North Dakota's incredible economic explosion and so on.

Not to hate on North Dakota but people seem to forget or don't realize that population wise North Dakota is smaller than Cobb County still even after all that growth. LOL

Plus, ND is unlivable for almost 7 months out of the year.

[onemanarmy]

Originally Posted by bigstick

Plus, ND is unlivable for almost 7 months out of the year.

Make that 12 for me.

[testa50]

Metro Atlanta is arguably even with pre-recession job levels. 2.465 million jobs in May 2014 vs 2.455 million jobs in May 2007 (the highest May total previously). We haven't tipped the absolute high water mark of December 2007 (2.478 million), but we're very likely to do so as the year moves along, just due to seasonal hiring trends. Metro statistics aren't seasonally adjusted.

Can't speak for the whole state.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by netdragon

Not sure about that... GA isn't a swing state, CT is heavy blue and Mississippi is heavy red.

I didn't say ONLY swing states were down. I said almost all the swing states were down, not that they didn't have company.