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 June 2010 (1/every X housing unit)	Foreclosure Rank	Percentage Point Change in Monthly Unemployment Rate June 2009-2010	Unemployment Change Rank	Percent Change in Monthly Food Stamp Participation April 2009-2010	Food Stamp Change Rank	Rank across All Measures

United States	411	NA	0.0%1	NA	19.8%2	NA	NA

Alabama	1179	38	0.0%	25 (tie)	18.0%	33 (tie)	37
Alaska	1265	39	-0.1%	29 (tie)	18.0%	33 (tie)	39
Arizona	189	3	0.3%	16 (tie)	25.6%	12	5
Arkansas	590	20	0.2%	20 (tie)	14.3%	42	29
California	194	4	0.7%	10	20.7%	25	7
Colorado	469	13	-0.3%	33 (tie)	26.0%	11	14
Connecticut	762	27	0.4%	12 (tie)	33.3%	7	8
Delaware	570	19	0.4%	12 (tie)	21.8%	24	12
District of Columbia	1102	34	-0.1%	29 (tie)	14.0%	43	41
Florida	171	2	0.9%	6 (tie)	34.0%	6	2 (tie)
Georgia	334	8	0.3%	16 (tie)	24.2%	14	6
Hawaii	513	15	-0.7%	40 (tie)	20.3%	26 (tie)	28
Idaho	285	7	0.9%	6 (tie)	42.5%	1	2 (tie)
Illinois	358	9	0.1%	22 (tie)	9.7%	49	27
Indiana	515	16	-0.5%	38 (tie)	15.9%	39	34 (tie)
Iowa	1787	41	0.8%	9	15.7%	40	32
Kansas	1174	37	-0.7%	40 (tie)	22.2%	22	38
Kentucky	1133	35	-0.8%	43 (tie)	10.7%	48	49
Louisiana	1156	36	-0.1%	29 (tie)	16.7%	37	40
Maine	2575	44	-0.2%	32	12.7%	47	48
Maryland	370	10	0.0%	25 (tie)	22.4%	21	13
Massachusetts	685	23	0.5%	11	19.3%	29 (tie)	17
Michigan	265	6	-0.7%	40 (tie)	23.9%	16	16
Minnesota	743	26	-1.6%	51	24.1%	15	33
Mississippi	3570	47	1.5%	2	13.8%	44	34 (tie)
Missouri	809	31	-0.4%	35 (tie)	-13.4%	51	47
Montana	1939	43	1.1%	3 (tie)	23.0%	20	19 (tie)
Nebraska	3120	45	0.0%	25 (tie)	23.4%	19	31
Nevada	88	1	2.3%	1	36.7%	3	1
New Hampshire	786	28	-0.5%	38 (tie)	34.1%	5	23
New Jersey	452	12	0.2%	20 (tie)	23.6%	18	10
New Mexico	668	22	1.1%	3 (tie)	20.2%	28	11
New York	1795	42	-0.4%	35 (tie)	18.7%	31 (tie)	42
North Carolina	948	32	-1.0%	46 (tie)	16.8%	36	45
North Dakota	6528	49	-0.8%	43 (tie)	13.3%	46	50
Ohio	477	14	0.0%	25 (tie)	17.9%	35	25
Oklahoma	792	30	0.1%	22 (tie)	25.4%	13	18
Oregon	424	11	-1.1%	48	19.3%	29 (tie)	30
Pennsylvania	1087	33	1.0%	5	18.7%	31 (tie)	21
Rhode Island	1382	40	0.9%	6 (tie)	39.1%	2	9
South Carolina	740	25	-1.2%	49 (tie)	16.4%	38	43 (tie)
South Dakota	3689	48	-0.4%	35 (tie)	29.0%	10	34 (tie)
Tennessee	693	24	-0.8%	43 (tie)	13.5%	45	43 (tie)
Texas	788	29	0.4%	12 (tie)	23.7%	17	15
Utah	263	5	0.4%	12 (tie)	34.7%	4	4
Vermont	26051	51	-1.2%	49 (tie)	14.8%	41	51
Virginia	565	18	0.1%	22 (tie)	20.3%	26 (tie)	19 (tie)
Washington	556	17	-0.3%	33 (tie)	22.0%	23	24
West Virginia	8058	50	0.3%	16 (tie)	9.1%	50	46
Wisconsin	595	21	-1.0%	46 (tie)	29.8%	9	26
Wyoming	3422	46	0.3%	16 (tie)	30.3%	8	22

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Sources:

Foreclosure Activity, RealtyTrac, Special Data Request.

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 June 2010. 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 June 2010. 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 June 2009 compared to June 2010. 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 April 2009 compared to April 2010. Data for April 2010 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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