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NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED HAS RISEN IN 46 STATES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
STATE	# UNEMPLOYED 6/04	INCREASE IN # UNEMPLOYED SINCE 1/01
Alabama	114,879	8,685
Alaska	25,149	4,078
Arizona	128,536	33,067
Arkansas	75,192	16,408
California	1,099,883	305,930
Colorado	124,331	63,529
Connecticut	81,999	38,473
Delaware	16,312	--
DC	21,222	1,711
Florida	396,661	85,246
Georgia	176,224	22,358
Hawaii	19,337	--
Idaho	35,489	6,442
Illinois	374,826	56,422
Indiana	152,697	32,541
Iowa	70,249	22,496
Kansas	67,978	10,880
Kentucky	109,186	15,004
Louisiana	120,660	--
Maine	28,458	6,029
Maryland	116,043	9,821
Massachusetts	178,559	89,576
Michigan	327,666	87,924
Minnesota	129,608	36,322
Mississippi	70,027	7,188
Missouri	157,106	23,743
Montana	23,188	1,400
Nebraska	32,480	5,000
Nevada	50,010	1,801
New Hampshire	28,332	8,469
New Jersey	207,114	57,148
New Mexico	49,740	9,512
New York	575,051	190,996
North Carolina	231,147	46,184
North Dakota	10,926	1,469
Ohio	338,831	111,121
Oklahoma	82,616	31,738
Oregon	127,776	40,323
Pennsylvania	351,379	94,060
Rhode Island	33,178	10,054
South Carolina	136,595	52,700
South Dakota	14,481	3,056
Tennessee	129,952	17,884
Texas	623,717	201,975
Utah	56,298	16,594
Vermont	12,229	1,094
Virginia	132,886	43,317
Washington	196,834	28,350
West Virginia	42,541	546
Wisconsin	154,919	37,174
Wyoming	10,076	--

This table is provided by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's office with the following statement:

"These numbers are still a good example of how the middle class is being squeezed, with job creation low, and given that over 90 percent of the new jobs created since August of 2003 are service sector jobs that pay an average hourly wage that is less than the national average. About 1.4 million of the jobs created are service sector jobs with an average wage of $15.24 - 41 cents less than the national average - and 203,000 of these jobs are temporary jobs. Approximately 370,000 of these jobs were in low-paying domestic industries, such as wait staff in restaurants and bars and retail workers.

"In addition, wages are at record lows. Over the last year, average hourly wages have fallen when adjusted for inflation [BLS 6/04]. Wages are now at the lowest point in two years, and the typical American family is making nearly $1,500 less per year. [EPI, 6/28/04; Census 9/03] The portion of the national economy going to wages is lower than it has been since 1966. In contrast, after tax corporate profits are the highest since the government began keeping track in 1947. [Wall Street Journal, 7/1/04]"