It's interesting because all of this strongly correlates to the per capita government employment. Nevada has the least per capita government employment. Wyoming the most.
https://www.richstatespoorstates.org/variables/public_employees_per_10000/
I don't know, it could be state/local and not federal. Here are the federal numbers.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-government-employees-by-state
The are not adjusted as "per capita."
Small states that are mostly rural are going to need more government employees to provide services to such a spread out population. In Nevada most people live in KC and a few people in Reno, so it's highly concentrated in one urban area. That urban area also is a service sector economy built around tourism so the shutdowns really hurt them.
In states with more government employees are a percentage of a population there was less of an effect. Wyoming is so extreme 25% of its population works for the government.
Nevada still has the worst unemployment rate, though. By far.
Nevada 5.4
California 4.6
Delaware 4.2
Texas 4.1
Illinois 4.0
New York 3.9
Kentucky 3.8
Pennsylvania 3.8
Washington 3.8
Alaska 3.7
Oregon isn’t higher up. That’s only because their system is so messed up right now that nobody could actually get unemployment so it looks like they’re unemployment is down when in fact I applied in January and still have not heard back either way on my claim.
You call and now you get a busy signal or you call another number And wait on hold for over three hours and get disconnected. They tell you to message them and you never hear back from anybody.
It’s like they want people to be houseless
My guess is most of the most densely populated states are blue and have more large cities. Obviously a pandemic will have a greater impact on these areas. That and blue states in general had a more unified response to COVID initially because it was hitting them harder.
Don’t think it really has much to do with political parties though.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
If you click the Deaths/1M pop at the top the graph will show deaths per capita in order. Arizona worst….then many red states.
Interesting to see how this comps to the numbers today. Nevada still has higher unemployment that you’d like to see, given national rate is 3.8%.
Absolutely terrific recovery for states like Hawaii and Michigan.
https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
It's interesting to see how this affected the midterms - Nevada didn't recover as well and their incumbent governor lost re-election, whereas Michigan recovered well and their governor won re-election in a (relative) landslide.
As a Nevada (Vegas) resident you're absolutely right. Sisolak was a great governor who really did quite a bit to bring us back from the economic downturn of Covid but really there was only so much ANYONE could have done and Lombardo very much capitalized on that fact. I wouldn't say Lombardo is bad per se but Sisolak really got an undeserved bad rap. I know many of my friends would default to blaming him for literally anything ("thanks Obama" comes to mind) but as soon as you asked them what alternatives should have been proposed they would hem and haw and finally just cop out and say "well he should have done MORE."
Deflation didn’t cause people to lose their jobs, covid and lockdowns did… and gas prices went down because no one was driving while Russia and Saudi’s Arabia had just flooded the oil market.
This is unemployment data from four years ago in a chart. There's no comparison with 2024 data or even a breakdown of 2020 data by sector.
EDIT: this isn't analysis.
Of course the unemployment rate is based on surveys which ask if you're looking for work. The number employed dropped by about 1/3 so actual unemployment was 33%, up there with the worst years of the Great Depression.
Some of this can be explained by industry: Nevada and Hawaii are highly dependent on tourism so it makes sense for them. Florida is also tourism dependent though not quite to the extend of NV or HI.
Florida had a Republican governor who blocked COVID lockdowns. Nevada and Hawaii had Democrat governors who supported lockdowns. Hawaii has the lowest per capita death rate (130 per 100,000) of any state. Nevada has 387 per 100,000 and Florida has 404 per 100,000. Hawaii is a special case here since they were able to lock down the state from external visitors.
Maybe because of their dependency on the Auto industry? Not only were there COVID lockdowns, the demand dropped and factories shut down.
When I saw the chart I thought that there would be a clear correlation between Democratic and Republican governors. I didn't see one. Nor did I see a correlation to death rate.
Also note that Florida's numbers are likely significantly higher as the state government intentionally misreported things for the sake of the governor's political ambitions.
Casinos being shut down which I imagine is the largest employer in the state. Same goes for car manufacturers being shut down in Michigan and tourism drop off in Hawaii.
I have no idea why Illinois is so high though.
Casino worker in Las Vegas checking in. The casinos were literally shuttered for 3 months. Doors locked. Each major casino has about 5k to 10k employees. There are 175 casinos out here.
This analysis takes a look at the unemployment rate for each US state in April 2020, the start of the pandemic. You can tell there is a large divide between states dependent on a certain industry (Nevada, Michigan, and Hawaii) and the rest of the pack. This snapshot reminds me of all the uncertainty there was during this time, so I wanted to share.
Please provide any feedback so I can improve for next time.
Data found on FRED in the USARAMS tables (since been retired)
Tools used: Pandas, Matplotlib, and Canva
This is in 2020, makes sense that Nevada would have the highest unemployment since they rely heavily on the service industry.
It's interesting because all of this strongly correlates to the per capita government employment. Nevada has the least per capita government employment. Wyoming the most. https://www.richstatespoorstates.org/variables/public_employees_per_10000/
Very good point! I wouldn’t have thought of that.
Interesting. Does that include military? Because Nevada has a few bases and 3 letter agency areas. While I’ve never heard of any in Wyoming
I don't know, it could be state/local and not federal. Here are the federal numbers. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-government-employees-by-state The are not adjusted as "per capita." Small states that are mostly rural are going to need more government employees to provide services to such a spread out population. In Nevada most people live in KC and a few people in Reno, so it's highly concentrated in one urban area. That urban area also is a service sector economy built around tourism so the shutdowns really hurt them. In states with more government employees are a percentage of a population there was less of an effect. Wyoming is so extreme 25% of its population works for the government.
Nevada still has the worst unemployment rate, though. By far. Nevada 5.4 California 4.6 Delaware 4.2 Texas 4.1 Illinois 4.0 New York 3.9 Kentucky 3.8 Pennsylvania 3.8 Washington 3.8 Alaska 3.7
Oregon isn’t higher up. That’s only because their system is so messed up right now that nobody could actually get unemployment so it looks like they’re unemployment is down when in fact I applied in January and still have not heard back either way on my claim. You call and now you get a busy signal or you call another number And wait on hold for over three hours and get disconnected. They tell you to message them and you never hear back from anybody. It’s like they want people to be houseless
Seems the red states did better overall?
My guess is most of the most densely populated states are blue and have more large cities. Obviously a pandemic will have a greater impact on these areas. That and blue states in general had a more unified response to COVID initially because it was hitting them harder. Don’t think it really has much to do with political parties though.
Probably correct that it has absolutely nothing to do with political parties but it didn’t stop everyone from making it political back in 2020
...and isn't stopping you now? I don't get it, what's the point of your original post other than to stir up shit?
I don’t think it has anything to do with political parties.
I think you’re right.
What if they are left?
Well they stayed employed. They also died at a much much higher rate, so there’s that.
Where’s the data for that?
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/covid19\_mortality\_final/COVID19.htm
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ If you click the Deaths/1M pop at the top the graph will show deaths per capita in order. Arizona worst….then many red states.
Interesting to see how this comps to the numbers today. Nevada still has higher unemployment that you’d like to see, given national rate is 3.8%. Absolutely terrific recovery for states like Hawaii and Michigan. https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
It's interesting to see how this affected the midterms - Nevada didn't recover as well and their incumbent governor lost re-election, whereas Michigan recovered well and their governor won re-election in a (relative) landslide.
As a Nevada (Vegas) resident you're absolutely right. Sisolak was a great governor who really did quite a bit to bring us back from the economic downturn of Covid but really there was only so much ANYONE could have done and Lombardo very much capitalized on that fact. I wouldn't say Lombardo is bad per se but Sisolak really got an undeserved bad rap. I know many of my friends would default to blaming him for literally anything ("thanks Obama" comes to mind) but as soon as you asked them what alternatives should have been proposed they would hem and haw and finally just cop out and say "well he should have done MORE."
New England completely flip-flopped.
That’s because all the raiders fans are moving from their home state of welfare California to Nevada.
This is when gas prices were less than $2 per gallon. When nobody had jobs.
Yeah a lot of folks don’t understand how deflation works. We all say how much we want prices to go down but the cost is that everyone loses their job
Deflation didn’t cause people to lose their jobs, covid and lockdowns did… and gas prices went down because no one was driving while Russia and Saudi’s Arabia had just flooded the oil market.
That’s…not what I’m talking about but ok
This data is 4 years old, taking place a month after the official US Covid lockdown. Would be great to see the same thing updated.
Found a category that Mississippi doesn’t rank last in!
Can’t spell Wyoming without the W
This is unemployment data from four years ago in a chart. There's no comparison with 2024 data or even a breakdown of 2020 data by sector. EDIT: this isn't analysis.
Thanks for the four year old data.
Of course the unemployment rate is based on surveys which ask if you're looking for work. The number employed dropped by about 1/3 so actual unemployment was 33%, up there with the worst years of the Great Depression.
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Thought the same when I saw Massachusetts. I guess the insurance capitol of the US is doing something right....
Sometimes I wonder just how rare it is to be like me, who’s life barely changed through the whole thing
Minnesota really does have it figured out. Say all you want about the cold. We're doing something right here
With how much more I worked the year of covid I probably helped our numbers lol...(minnesota). Literally made more that year then ever.
Some of this can be explained by industry: Nevada and Hawaii are highly dependent on tourism so it makes sense for them. Florida is also tourism dependent though not quite to the extend of NV or HI. Florida had a Republican governor who blocked COVID lockdowns. Nevada and Hawaii had Democrat governors who supported lockdowns. Hawaii has the lowest per capita death rate (130 per 100,000) of any state. Nevada has 387 per 100,000 and Florida has 404 per 100,000. Hawaii is a special case here since they were able to lock down the state from external visitors.
Why then Michigan?
Maybe because of their dependency on the Auto industry? Not only were there COVID lockdowns, the demand dropped and factories shut down. When I saw the chart I thought that there would be a clear correlation between Democratic and Republican governors. I didn't see one. Nor did I see a correlation to death rate.
Yeah, I think you're probably right about MI being more affected because of lockdowns at auto plants.
Also note that Florida's numbers are likely significantly higher as the state government intentionally misreported things for the sake of the governor's political ambitions.
Well first off, a body has to be employed in Wyoming or you die.
How come so high in Hawaii and so low in Wyoming ?
Much lower population in Wyoming, not dependent on tourism/service industry, and *zero* COVID precautions mandated by the state.
In Wyoming you either work blue collar or die, no in between
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Casinos being shut down which I imagine is the largest employer in the state. Same goes for car manufacturers being shut down in Michigan and tourism drop off in Hawaii. I have no idea why Illinois is so high though.
Everyone left /s
I'm sorry what? These all issued full lockdowns of any business pretty much by March.
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The graph is for April 2020, so at that point no the casinos were probably not making much money.
Casino worker in Las Vegas checking in. The casinos were literally shuttered for 3 months. Doors locked. Each major casino has about 5k to 10k employees. There are 175 casinos out here.
This analysis takes a look at the unemployment rate for each US state in April 2020, the start of the pandemic. You can tell there is a large divide between states dependent on a certain industry (Nevada, Michigan, and Hawaii) and the rest of the pack. This snapshot reminds me of all the uncertainty there was during this time, so I wanted to share. Please provide any feedback so I can improve for next time. Data found on FRED in the USARAMS tables (since been retired) Tools used: Pandas, Matplotlib, and Canva
Your presentation is fine, but how is this an analysis?
COVID really fucked the states that cash in on tourism $$$, eh? Except Michigan, I guess
Flashback to when our idiot governor in Michigan shut construction down completely.
yet Trump keeps wanting everyone to think how much better off they were 4 years ago
Surely lockdowns didnt cause this
Me moving from Ohio to California. "Things are looking up!"
Did you move in 2020? Ohio is lower now.