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 April 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 February 2008-2009	Food Stamp Change Rank	Rank across All Measures

United States	374	NA	3.4%¹	NA	17.4%²	NA	NA

Alabama	926	30	4.7%	7 (tie)	16.1%	24 (tie)	22
Alaska	1196	33	2.0%	41 (tie)	9.4%	45	43
Arizona	164	4	3.1%	23 (tie)	27.4%	5 (tie)	5 (tie)
Arkansas	691	21	1.7%	46	7.0%	48	41
California	138	3	4.8%	5 (tie)	18.9%	15	3
Colorado	387	9	2.9%	31 (tie)	22.5%	13	14 (tie)
Connecticut	662	19	2.2%	38	11.0%	42	36 (tie)
Delaware	2089	40	3.6%	16 (tie)	18.6%	17	27
District of Columbia	714	23	3.6%	16 (tie)	15.1%	30	24 (tie)
Florida	135	2	4.3%	10	30.9%	4	2
Georgia	344	7	3.6%	16 (tie)	24.8%	9	5 (tie)
Hawaii	741	24	4.0%	12	17.0%	20	17
Idaho	255	5	2.9%	31 (tie)	34.6%	1	7
Illinois	384	8	3.1%	23 (tie)	11.4%	38 (tie)	24 (tie)
Indiana	554	15	4.7%	7 (tie)	11.7%	35	18 (tie)
Iowa	2107	41	1.3%	50	15.3%	27 (tie)	42
Kansas	1549	38	2.0%	41 (tie)	14.5%	31	40
Kentucky	2139	42	3.9%	13 (tie)	10.4%	43	35
Louisiana	1653	39	1.6%	47 (tie)	5.8%	51	49
Maine	2809	44	3.1%	23 (tie)	12.7%	32 (tie)	36 (tie)
Maryland	642	17	3.1%	23 (tie)	23.7%	10	11 (tie)
Massachusetts	518	13	3.1%	23 (tie)	23.1%	12	10
Michigan	418	11	5.0%	4	11.5%	37	13
Minnesota	650	18	3.1%	23 (tie)	12.2%	34	29
Mississippi	3746	45	3.3%	21	11.1%	41	39
Missouri	981	31	3.1%	23 (tie)	15.2%	29	31
Montana	7140	48	2.0%	41 (tie)	10.0%	44	48
Nebraska	6617	47	1.5%	49	7.1%	47	50
Nevada	68	1	4.8%	5 (tie)	31.4%	3	1
New Hampshire	574	16	2.5%	37	18.2%	18	26
New Jersey	695	22	3.5%	20	12.7%	32 (tie)	28
New Mexico	1209	34	2.0%	41 (tie)	18.0%	19	33 (tie)
New York	1420	37	3.0%	30	16.5%	21	32
North Carolina	1339	35	5.4%	3	18.8%	16	16
North Dakota	8393	49	1.2%	51	6.2%	50	51
Ohio	411	10	3.6%	16 (tie)	16.1%	24 (tie)	11 (tie)
Oklahoma	1379	36	2.6%	35	6.5%	49	44
Oregon	419	12	6.6%	1	23.4%	11	4
Pennsylvania	1085	32	2.9%	31 (tie)	11.6%	36	36 (tie)
Rhode Island	811	26	3.7%	15	15.3%	27 (tie)	23
South Carolina	876	29	5.5%	2	15.7%	26	18 (tie)
South Dakota	21014	50	2.1%	39 (tie)	11.4%	38 (tie)	46
Tennessee	785	25	3.9%	13 (tie)	16.4%	22 (tie)	21
Texas	834	28	2.1%	39 (tie)	20.6%	14	30
Utah	312	6	1.9%	45	32.8%	2	14 (tie)
Vermont	155717	51	2.6%	35	24.9%	8	33 (tie)
Virginia	524	14	3.2%	22	16.4%	22 (tie)	20
Washington	817	27	4.4%	9	27.4%	5 (tie)	9
West Virginia	6087	46	2.7%	34	9.2%	46	45
Wisconsin	663	20	4.1%	11	27.1%	7	8
Wyoming	2551	43	1.6%	47 (tie)	11.3%	40	47

Sources:

Foreclosure Activity Remain at Record Levels in April, RealtyTrac. Available at http://www.realtytrac.com//ContentManagement/PressRelease.aspx?channelid=9&ItemID=6379.

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 April 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 April 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 February 2008 compared to February 2009. Data for February 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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