Columbus, Ohio Employment At A Glance (Compare Unemploymet Bush v. B. Hussein Obama)

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[SoFloFreeper]

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Series Id:              LAUMT39181403
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Area:                   Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
Area Type:              Metropolitan areas
State/Region/Division:  Ohio

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Year	Period	labor force	employment	unemployment	unemployment rate
2000	Jan	870263	837936	32327	3.7
2000	Feb	873452	840243	33209	3.8
2000	Mar	874177	843669	30508	3.5
2000	Apr	875252	848980	26272	3.0
2000	May	874057	847447	26610	3.0
2000	Jun	887422	856027	31395	3.5
2000	Jul	893339	864664	28675	3.2
2000	Aug	889791	862298	27493	3.1
2000	Sep	876500	849370	27130	3.1
2000	Oct	886229	862030	24199	2.7
2000	Nov	889970	865536	24434	2.7
2000	Dec	892667	869676	22991	2.6
2000	Annual	881927	853990	27937	3.2
2001	Jan	890354	860111	30243	3.4
2001	Feb	888392	858933	29459	3.3
2001	Mar	888952	861427	27525	3.1
2001	Apr	889293	863152	26141	2.9
2001	May	889065	863813	25252	2.8
2001	Jun	899436	867313	32123	3.6
2001	Jul	906813	877210	29603	3.3
2001	Aug	897032	865648	31384	3.5
2001	Sep	889935	857256	32679	3.7
2001	Oct	899720	866092	33628	3.7
2001	Nov	903036	866377	36659	4.1
2001	Dec	901486	864985	36501	4.0
2001	Annual	895293	864360	30933	3.5
2002	Jan	893600	848043	45557	5.1
2002	Feb	897187	851000	46187	5.1
2002	Mar	897837	852331	45506	5.1
2002	Apr	897822	853427	44395	4.9
2002	May	899381	856819	42562	4.7
2002	Jun	908736	861086	47650	5.2
2002	Jul	912405	866497	45908	5.0
2002	Aug	908823	864235	44588	4.9
2002	Sep	901984	858704	43280	4.8
2002	Oct	907748	865096	42652	4.7
2002	Nov	905720	861133	44587	4.9
2002	Dec	903346	859471	43875	4.9
2002	Annual	902883	858154	44729	5.0
2003	Jan	902917	849982	52935	5.9
2003	Feb	905194	852390	52804	5.8
2003	Mar	905297	854187	51110	5.6
2003	Apr	904547	855901	48646	5.4
2003	May	903370	855707	47663	5.3
2003	Jun	916656	861777	54879	6.0
2003	Jul	916567	867844	48723	5.3
2003	Aug	912535	864984	47551	5.2
2003	Sep	901105	853972	47133	5.2
2003	Oct	909159	864969	44190	4.9
2003	Nov	912482	868244	44238	4.8
2003	Dec	908961	865901	43060	4.7
2003	Annual	908233	859655	48578	5.3
2004	Jan	902052	850178	51874	5.8
2004	Feb	902307	851705	50602	5.6
2004	Mar	905800	854780	51020	5.6
2004	Apr	904012	856199	47813	5.3
2004	May	907848	862011	45837	5.0
2004	Jun	920857	868119	52738	5.7
2004	Jul	924958	874511	50447	5.5
2004	Aug	923601	874822	48779	5.3
2004	Sep	909487	860839	48648	5.3
2004	Oct	922643	873378	49265	5.3
2004	Nov	925955	876920	49035	5.3
2004	Dec	920164	873454	46710	5.1
2004	Annual	914140	864743	49397	5.4
2005	Jan	907750	854929	52821	5.8
2005	Feb	908526	853420	55106	6.1
2005	Mar	908719	858313	50406	5.5
2005	Apr	910281	862032	48249	5.3
2005	May	915053	869171	45882	5.0
2005	Jun	927070	876822	50248	5.4
2005	Jul	931464	885070	46394	5.0
2005	Aug	933577	886992	46585	5.0
2005	Sep	922003	875343	46660	5.1
2005	Oct	933639	888619	45020	4.8
2005	Nov	932629	887145	45484	4.9
2005	Dec	932274	888848	43426	4.7
2005	Annual	921915	873892	48023	5.2
2006	Jan	917466	870920	46546	5.1
2006	Feb	921885	874405	47480	5.2
2006	Mar	923786	880366	43420	4.7
2006	Apr	927163	882779	44384	4.8
2006	May	929993	889833	40160	4.3
2006	Jun	941693	896313	45380	4.8
2006	Jul	949908	903484	46424	4.9
2006	Aug	949517	904768	44749	4.7
2006	Sep	938269	896375	41894	4.5
2006	Oct	951815	911738	40077	4.2
2006	Nov	955980	914280	41700	4.4
2006	Dec	954411	913224	41187	4.3
2006	Annual	938491	894874	43617	4.6
2007	Jan	941658	895277	46381	4.9
2007	Feb	940746	895724	45022	4.8
2007	Mar	943672	900532	43140	4.6
2007	Apr	947071	902766	44305	4.7
2007	May	950444	908218	42226	4.4
2007	Jun	962792	914230	48562	5.0
2007	Jul	967682	920746	46936	4.9
2007	Aug	961153	915156	45997	4.8
2007	Sep	955481	910145	45336	4.7
2007	Oct	963287	919903	43384	4.5
2007	Nov	965735	922753	42982	4.5
2007	Dec	962309	916898	45411	4.7
2007	Annual	955170	910196	44974	4.7
2008	Jan	951789(C)	902486(C)	49303(C)	5.2(C)
2008	Feb	947441(C)	900652(C)	46789(C)	4.9(C)
2008	Mar	954132(C)	906744(C)	47388(C)	5.0(C)
2008	Apr	956768(C)	912672(C)	44096(C)	4.6(C)
2008	May	962514(C)	913661(C)	48853(C)	5.1(C)
2008	Jun	975142(C)	918674(C)	56468(C)	5.8(C)
2008	Jul	983763(C)	925098(C)	58665(C)	6.0(C)
2008	Aug	977825(C)	919212(C)	58613(C)	6.0(C)
2008	Sep	965674(C)	909553(C)	56121(C)	5.8(C)
2008	Oct	977146(C)	919963(C)	57183(C)	5.9(C)
2008	Nov	972764(C)	914792(C)	57972(C)	6.0(C)
2008	Dec	971005(C)	908197(C)	62808(C)	6.5(C)
2008	Annual	966330(C)	912642(C)	53688(C)	5.6(C)
2009	Jan	962371	891993	70378	7.3
2009	Feb	963127	888042	75085	7.8
2009	Mar	966178	888980	77198	8.0
2009	Apr	970939	893578	77361	8.0
2009	May	973478	895196	78282	8.0
2009	Jun	988695	901309	87386	8.8
2009	Jul	994817	906370	88447	8.9
2009	Aug	987933	902628	85305	8.6
2009	Sep	965398	882124	83274	8.6
2009	Oct	972013	886378	85635	8.8
2009	Nov	972533	887926	84607	8.7
2009	Dec	961207	873873	87334	9.1
2009	Annual	973224	891533	81691	8.4
2010	Jan	950374	857420	92954	9.8
2010	Feb	954541	861582	92959	9.7
2010	Mar	957351	863593	93758	9.8
2010	Apr	970411	878977	91434	9.4
2010	May	974033	888960	85073	8.7
2010	Jun	976157	886644	89513	9.2
2010	Jul	980834	892546	88288	9.0
2010	Aug	974989	894117	80872	8.3
2010	Sep	962254	882874	79380	8.2
2010	Oct	967727(P)	886586(P)	81141(P)	8.4(P)
C : Corrected. P : Preliminary.

[SoFloFreeper]

Anyone notice something? The STEEP rise in unemployment in the bellwether state of Ohio rose dramatically under BHO.

No doubt the Obama loving media will treat 8.4% unemployment under Obama as a VICTORY, but the BIG drop came when people LEFT THE WORK FORCE...not because they necessarily GOT JOBS. Look from July 2010 to August 2010...thousands in Columbus left the civilian work force.

My suggestion: wherever Obama goes, we find on bls.gov the employment stats for the area. His propaganda ought not trump THE TRUTH that his administration is killing jobs and prosperity.

Where does Obama go today? D.C. only? Well, that area probably has seen an INCREASE in employment...government.

[SeekAndFind]

The Democrats’ explanation will be that even had Bush or McCain been in office, the unemployment would be same in 2008 and upwards. After all, the financial crisis that caused the meltdown in the economy started under Bush... Obama just inherited it.

I’ve heard their explanation too many times.

[NC28203]

So when Bush took over unemployment was at 3.4%. When he left office it was 7.3%. It is now 8.4% and down from earlier highs. The steep rise you note appeared to begin in Oct-07 during the Bush administration. Not sure your stats make the strongest argument against Obama as opposed to Bush.

[ken21]

ohio voted for obama

and unemployment went up!

so-o-o-o sorry!

[Terry Mross]

Don’t you know that it’ll take the messiah at least 8 years to correct Bush’s mistakes. (sarc)

[Michael.SF.]

I will second your assessment and also add another comment:

A President's impact extends beyond the date he leaves office, or to put it another way; The incoming President's changes in policies have little impact for some period of time (usually 6 to 12 months).

[piytar]

“So when Bush took over unemployment was at 3.4%. When he left office it was 7.3%. It is now 8.4% and down from earlier highs. The steep rise you note appeared to begin in Oct-07 during the Bush administration. Not sure your stats make the strongest argument against Obama as opposed to Bush.”

It doesn’t. That is the wrong argument. The correct one is look at who ran the House and Senate. Dems took over both in 2006. Policy takes a while — here almost two years — to effect the economy. That’s what happened: The donks and their corruption when they took over Congress killed the economy. Obama just made it worse...

[FromLori]

Look Nation Wide this is even more disturbing...

It is surprising that over the past several years very little has been said in the popular media about the fact that America is slowly (but surely) transforming from a full-time to part-time employed society. And while much has been said about the temporary and now past impact of census hiring, and government jobs on the workforce, there are still few mentions in mainstream media that since the depression started in December 2007, America has lost 10.5 million full time jobs, offset by a 2.8 million increase in part time jobs.

Continue http://www.zerohedge.com/article/charting-americas-transformation-part-time-worker-society-following-6-straight-months-full-t

[Whenifhow]

Ohio Ping

[buccaneer81]

The STEEP rise in unemployment in the bellwether state of Ohio

I live in Columbus. It's far worse than those stats imply. Also, for those who aren't aware, Columbus is the "healthiest" area of the state as far as the economy goes. There are dozens of counties in Ohio with real jobless rates of at least 20%.

[SoFloFreeper]

So, as a true Ohioan, you can testify that things have gotten WORSE under Obama?

[buccaneer81]

Much worse under Obama.