Recession and Job-Less Recovery Period
state	feb-01 to jun-03	rank01-03	jun-90 to feb-92	rank90-92
United States	-1.96%	NA	-1.44%	NA
Massachusetts	-4.39%	51	-6.90%	50
Illinois	-3.55%	50	-1.68%	31
Ohio	-3.51%	49	-1.71%	33
Indiana	-3.45%	48	0.19%	27
South Carolina	-3.41%	47	-2.06%	37
New York	-3.33%	46	-5.97%	48
Michigan	-3.32%	45	-2.41%	40
Oregon	-3.18%	44	0.11%	28
Colorado	-2.96%	43	3.00%	6
Kentucky	-2.89%	42	2.09%	13
Delaware	-2.75%	41	-2.30%	39
Alabama	-2.57%	40	1.03%	24
New Hampshire	-2.45%	39	-5.13%	45
North Carolina	-2.35%	38	-0.90%	30
Missouri	-2.31%	37	-1.70%	32
Minnesota	-2.27%	36	1.59%	16
Washington	-2.26%	35	2.84%	8
Connecticut	-2.00%	34	-6.34%	49
Iowa	-1.95%	33	2.30%	11
Oklahoma	-1.83%	32	0.92%	25
California	-1.81%	31	-2.74%	42
Utah	-1.58%	30	4.77%	3
Tennessee	-1.58%	29	0.40%	26
Georgia	-1.57%	28	-1.87%	34
Louisiana	-1.56%	27	1.65%	15
Wisconsin	-1.49%	26	1.51%	17
Mississippi	-1.43%	25	1.35%	19
Texas	-1.19%	24	1.39%	18
Pennsylvania	-1.18%	23	-2.18%	38
Kansas	-0.84%	22	1.33%	21
Arkansas	-0.84%	21	2.73%	9
Nebraska	-0.78%	20	1.83%	14
West Virginia	-0.69%	19	0.02%	29
Maine	-0.67%	18	-5.90%	47
Virginia	-0.43%	17	-2.44%	41
Rhode Island	-0.37%	16	-7.03%	51
Idaho	-0.21%	15	6.56%	1
Arizona	0.48%	14	1.06%	23
South Dakota	0.58%	13	5.65%	2
New Jersey	0.71%	12	-5.34%	46
North Dakota	0.73%	11	2.88%	7
Vermont	0.76%	10	-3.81%	43
Maryland	1.17%	9	-4.61%	44
Hawaii	1.22%	8	2.46%	10
Nevada	1.42%	7	1.34%	20
District of Columbia	1.49%	6	-1.93%	35
Florida	1.62%	5	-2.01%	36
Montana	2.27%	4	4.59%	4
Wyoming	2.47%	3	3.07%	5
New Mexico	2.95%	2	1.21%	22
Alaska	3.79%	1	2.11%	12