Unemployment rate in New York, Florida, Texas and California 2006-2010
The combined population of California, Texas, New York and Florida is about 100 million, or one-third of the population of the United States, so the unemployment rate in those states have a substantial impact on the national unemployment rate (currently 9.5%).
The table below shows the unemployment rate for those four states over the past few years (for June of each year, seasonally adjusted).
| Unemployment rate in California, Texas, New York and Florida 2006-2010 | ||||
| California | Texas | Florida | New York | |
| June 2006 | 4.9% | 5.0% | 3.4% | 4.7% |
| June 2007 | 5.3% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.5% |
| June 2008 | 7.0% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| June 2009 | 11.6% | 7.8% | 10.5% | 8.6% |
| June 2010 | 12.3% | 8.2% | 11.4% | 8.2% |
Texas’ performance is probably the most impressive given that it has had the fastet population and labor force growth of the four states over the past decade, while New York has had the by far slowest.
