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U.S. economy turns an uneven corner

US jobs growth is steady, but the difference between States remains stark.

Image: — © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File JOE RAEDLE
Image: — © GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File JOE RAEDLE

The U.S. economy continues to pick up. However, the pattern of economic success is not evenly distributed through the different states that make up the country. Overall signs are good under the Biden Administration, with the U.S. gaining 428,000 jobs in April 2022. This was the same level as per the previous month.

This leaves the national unemployment rate at 3.6 percent, a figure that is also the same as with the previous month.

To look into the patterns more closely, WalletHub has released updated rankings for the ‘States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most’. This seeks to illustrate which areas of the country have had the best recovery so far.

In order to identify the states whose unemployment rates are bouncing back most, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on six key metrics that compare unemployment rate statistics from the latest month for which data is available (April 2022) to key dates in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

The outcome is that the following States have bounced back the most strongly:

1. Utah

2. Nebraska

3. Indiana

4. Montana

5. Minnesota

6. New Hampshire

7. Kansas

8. South Dakota

9. Vermont

10. Oklahoma

In contrast, at the other end of the scale, the following ten States have shown the most sluggish levels of recovery:

42. Illinois

43. Pennsylvania

44. Nevada

45. Texas

46. Alaska

47. Connecticut

48. Hawaii

49. Delaware

50. New Mexico

51. District of Columbia

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.5 percent), adult women (3.2 percent), teenagers (10.2 percent), Whites (3.2 percent), Blacks (5.9 percent), Asians (3.1 percent), and Hispanics (4.1 percent) showed little or no change over the month.

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Dr. Tim Sandle is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for science news. Tim specializes in science, technology, environmental, business, and health journalism. He is additionally a practising microbiologist; and an author. He is also interested in history, politics and current affairs.

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