Foreclosures/Unemployment/Food Stamps - Kaiser State Health Facts

Measures of State Economic Distress: Housing Foreclosures and Changes in Unemployment and Food Stamp Participation

	Foreclosure Rate November 2008 (1/every X housing unit)	Foreclosure Rank	Percentage Point Change in Monthly Unemployment Rate November 2007-2008	Unemployment Change Rank	Percent Change in Monthly Food Stamp Participation September 2007-2008	Food Stamp Change Rank	Rank across All Measures
	Foreclosure Rate November 2008 (1/every X housing unit)	Foreclosure Rank	Percentage Point Change in Monthly Unemployment Rate November 2007-2008	Unemployment Change Rank	Percent Change in Monthly Food Stamp Participation September 2007-2008	Food Stamp Change Rank	Rank across All Measures

United States	488	NA	2.0% 1	NA	17.3% 2	NA	NA

Alabama	3,442	41	2.4%	10	9.2%	30	28 (tie)
Alaska	1,545	33	1.0%	37 (tie)	-1.6%	51	44
Arizona	198	3	2.2%	13	19.2%	7	5
Arkansas	826	21	0.2%	49 (tie)	0.7%	48	43
California	218	4	2.7%	7	13.5%	13	6
Colorado	393	8	1.8%	24	8.7%	32	16 (tie)
Connecticut	653	16	1.7%	25 (tie)	7.1%	34	26
Delaware	1,622	35	2.1%	15	12.3%	18	22
District of Columbia	822	20	2.3%	12	0.1%	50	31(tie)
Florida	173	2	2.9%	6	23.9%	3	2
Georgia	387	6	3.0%	3 (tie)	15.7%	11	4
Hawaii	1,272	29	2.0%	16 (tie)	12.2%	19	16 (tie)
Idaho	479	10	3.0%	3 (tie)	24.0%	2	3
Illinois	657	17	2.0%	16 (tie)	4.1%	43	27
Indiana	615	14	2.6%	9	13.0%	15	9
Iowa	2,529	39	0.5%	44 (tie)	13.1%	14	37 (tie)
Kansas	1,706	36	0.9%	41	5.1%	39	41
Kentucky	4,422	44	1.9%	18	7.0%	35	37 (tie)
Louisiana	3,631	42	1.6%	31 (tie)	234.0%	1	24 (tie)
Maine	2,304	37	1.4%	36	10.3%	26 (tie)	39
Maryland	663	18	1.7%	27 (tie)	16.4%	9	10
Massachusetts	1,193	28	1.6%	29	15.8%	10	20 (tie)
Michigan	309	5	2.2%	14	3.3%	45	16 (tie)
Minnesota	1,044	26	1.9%	19 (tie)	6.0%	36	28 (tie)
Mississippi	9,265	48	1.0%	37 (tie)	5.7%	38	45
Missouri	909	23	1.4%	35	10.4%	24 (tie)	31 (tie)
Montana	7,449	46	1.7%	25 (tie)	2.1%	46 (tie)	42
Nebraska	21,523	50	0.4%	46 (tie)	0.4%	49	50
Nevada	76	1	2.9%	5	21.9%	4	1
New Hampshire	879	22	0.9%	42	10.4%	24 (tie)	34
New Jersey	622	15	1.9%	22	7.5%	33	23
New Mexico	3,864	43	1.0%	37 (tie)	10.3%	26 (tie)	40
New York	3,040	40	1.5%	33 (tie)	13.9%	12	33
North Carolina	1,443	32	3.2%	2	11.4%	22	12 (tie)
North Dakota	5,596	45	0.3%	48	4.2%	42	49
Ohio	392	7	1.6%	31 (tie)	11.2%	23	14
Oklahoma	1,577	34	0.4%	46 (tie)	2.1%	46 (tie)	46
Oregon	535	12	2.7%	8	12.4%	17	8
Pennsylvania	1,372	31	1.7%	27 (tie)	5.9%	37	35
Rhode Island	502	11	4.1%	1	11.5%	21	7
South Carolina	978	25	2.3%	11	11.6%	20	12 (tie)
South Dakota	7,840	47	0.5%	44 (tie)	4.6%	40	48
Tennessee	773	19	1.9%	19 (tie)	9.8%	29	20 (tie)
Texas	1,176	27	1.5%	33 (tie)	20.4%	5	19
Utah	450	9	0.9%	40	19.6%	6	11
Vermont	14,071	49	1.9%	19 (tie)	10.2%	28	36
Virginia	567	13	1.6%	30	9.0%	31	24 (tie)
Washington	948	24	1.8%	23	12.6%	16	15
West Virginia	25,817	51	0.0%	51	4.0%	44	51
Wisconsin	1,288	30	0.8%	43	16.7%	8	28 (tie)
Wyoming	2,392	38	0.2%	49 (tie)	4.3%	41	47

Sources:

Foreclosure Activity Decreases Seven Percent in November, RealtyTrac. Available at http://www.realtytrac.com/ContentManagement/pressrelease.aspx?ChannelID=9&ItemID=5543&accnt=64847

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 November 2008. 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 November 2008. 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 November 2007 compared to November 2008. The latest monthly unemployment data are available on statehealthfacts.org at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=23&cat=1&sub=6&yr=83&typ=2&sort=1369&o=d. 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 September 2007 compared to September 2008. Data for September 2008 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

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Footnotes:

1. The latest monthly unemployment data are available on statehealthfacts.org. See Definitions.

2. The latest monthly food stamp program data are available on statehealthfacts.org. See Definitions.