The Bureau of Economic Analysis released state-level GDP data for the first quarter of 2016 on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.
The JEC Democratic staff analyzed the data and created a map showing real GDP growth by state over the past year (Q1 2015 to Q1 2016).
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the employment situation for June 2016 on Friday, July 8, 2016. The economy added 265,000 private-sector jobs in June and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.9% due to more people looking for work. See our press release for additional information.
Gross domestic product (GDP) data for the first quarter of 2016 (third estimate) were released on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 1.1 percent (revised up from 0.8 percent in the second estimate).
State unemployment rates for May were released on Friday, June 17, 2016. In May, there were 16 states with unemployment rates significantly lower than the national rate of 4.7 percent. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia had rates significantly higher than the national rate, and 19 states had rates that were not statistically different from the national rate.
Today's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) shows that there were 1.4 unemployed workers per job openings in April. This brings the ratio back down to where it was shortly before the Great Recession. As recently as July of 2009 there were 6.6 unemployed workers per opening.
Gross domestic product (GDP) data for the first quarter of 2016 (second estimate) were released on Friday, May 27, 2016. Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 0.8 percent (revised up from 0.5 percent in the first estimate).
State unemployment rates for April were released on Friday, May 20, 2016. In total, 19 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 5.0 percent, 10 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 21 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
For more, see the State-by-State Snapshot.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the employment situation for April 2016 on Friday, May 6, 2016. The economy added 171,000 private-sector jobs in April and the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.0 percent. See the press release for additional information.
