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 March 2009 (1/every X housing unit)	Foreclosure Rank	Percentage Point Change in Monthly Unemployment Rate March 2008-2009	Unemployment Change Rank	Percent Change in Monthly Food Stamp Participation January 2008-2009	Food Stamp Change Rank	Rank across All Measures

United States	375	NA	3.4% 1	NA	16.0% 2	NA	NA

Alabama	946	30	4.7%	7 (tie)	14.8%	23 (tie)	20 (tie)
Alaska	1,260	34	2.0%	41 (tie)	9.2%	42	43 (tie)
Arizona	141	3	3.1%	23 (tie)	25.7%	5	6
Arkansas	669	18	1.7%	46	5.3%	51	42
California	123	2	4.8%	5 (tie)	17.8%	16 (tie)	3
Colorado	381	10	2.9%	31 (tie)	19.4%	12	11 (tie)
Connecticut	499	13	2.2%	38	10.2%	39 (tie)	32
Delaware	902	29	3.6%	16 (tie)	17.8%	16 (tie)	22 (tie)
District of Columbia	867	27	3.6%	16 (tie)	13.4%	31	26
Florida	185	4	4.3%	10	29.1%	3 (tie)	2
Georgia	296	5	3.6%	16 (tie)	23.0%	8	5
Hawaii	700	21	4.0%	12	16.3%	20	11 (tie)
Idaho	329	7	2.9%	31 (tie)	32.3%	1	8
Illinois	341	8	3.1%	23 (tie)	10.3%	37 (tie)	25
Indiana	542	14	4.7%	7 (tie)	11.1%	35	17
Iowa	2,736	41	1.3%	50	14.5%	27 (tie)	45
Kansas	1,445	35	2.0%	41 (tie)	12.5%	34	40
Kentucky	3,021	43	3.9%	13 (tie)	8.5%	44	37 (tie)
Louisiana	1,963	38	1.6%	47 (tie)	6.4%	47	47
Maine	2,798	42	3.1%	23 (tie)	13.7%	29 (tie)	34 (tie)
Maryland	695	20	3.1%	23 (tie)	22.5%	9	10
Massachusetts	1,019	32	3.1%	23 (tie)	21.5%	11	24
Michigan	365	9	5.0%	4	10.1%	41	15 (tie)
Minnesota	749	24	3.1%	23 (tie)	10.2%	39 (tie)	31
Mississippi	5,678	47	3.3%	21	10.3%	37 (tie)	39
Missouri	975	31	3.1%	23 (tie)	13.7%	29 (tie)	30
Montana	7,025	49	2.0%	41 (tie)	8.6%	43	48
Nebraska	4,267	45	1.5%	49	5.7%	49 (tie)	50
Nevada	56	1	4.8%	5 (tie)	29.1%	3 (tie)	1
New Hampshire	721	23	2.5%	37	17.8%	16 (tie)	27
New Jersey	766	25	3.5%	20	13.0%	32 (tie)	28 (tie)
New Mexico	2,492	40	2.0%	41 (tie)	18.7%	14	36
New York	1,761	37	3.0%	30	14.5%	27 (tie)	34 (tie)
North Carolina	2,087	39	5.4%	3	17.4%	19	22 (tie)
North Dakota	5,859	48	1.2%	51	6.1%	48	51
Ohio	402	11	3.6%	16 (tie)	13.0%	32 (tie)	19
Oklahoma	1,450	36	2.6%	35	6.6%	46	43 (tie)
Oregon	475	12	6.6%	1	18.9%	13	4
Pennsylvania	1,108	33	2.9%	31 (tie)	10.7%	36	37 (tie)
Rhode Island	712	22	3.7%	15	15.8%	21	18
South Carolina	855	26	5.5%	2	14.7%	25 (tie)	11 (tie)
South Dakota	14,290	50	2.1%	39 (tie)	15.7%	22	41
Tennessee	616	16	3.9%	13 (tie)	14.7%	25 (tie)	15 (tie)
Texas	889	28	2.1%	39 (tie)	21.7%	10	28 (tie)
Utah	300	6	1.9%	45	29.8%	2	11 (tie)
Vermont	77,859	51	2.6%	35	23.1%	7	33
Virginia	569	15	3.2%	22	14.8%	23 (tie)	20 (tie)
Washington	648	17	4.4%	9	18.3%	15	9
West Virginia	5,449	46	2.7%	34	5.7%	49 (tie)	46
Wisconsin	672	19	4.1%	11	25.3%	6	7
Wyoming	3,029	44	1.6%	47 (tie)	8.3%	45	49

Sources:

Foreclosure Rates, RealtyTrac, Special Data Request, April 2009.

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 March 2009. 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 March 2009. 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 March 2008 compared to March 2009. 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 January 2008 compared to January 2009. Data for January 2009 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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