The 11 States Where Unemployment Is Dropping The Fastest

[stageidea]

Oklahoma is number six:
http://www.businessinsider.com/10-states-where-employers-are-hiring-like-crazy-2011-5#6-oklahoma-6
The unemployment rate in Oklahoma has fallen 1.6% in the last year.

Why in all of the top ten polls (that we are featured in), we always seem to be represented by a picture of a road and no signs of life beyond that.  It would be nice if they at least tried to find a picture of a city at least. 

[Townsend]

Why in all of the top ten polls (that we are featured in), we always seem to be represented by a picture of a road and no signs of life beyond that.  It would be nice if they at least tried to find a picture of a city at least.  

I think they took the picture through a wind shield and there's some dead bug material on their.

I was watching national and they talked about rain in Dallas and coming into cities like KC, Topeka, and Little Rock but then just said "Oklahoma" like he couldn't remember there were any population centers here.

[we vs us]

An interesting graph. 

Just goes to show how well Oklahoma bore up during the late unpleasantness.

[Teatownclown]

Reasons:

1) The crash of 1984
2) oil and gas

we got out ahead of the stats....pity how little gets plowed back into education.

Real unemployment is around %18 nationally.

How to lie with statistics...

[nathanm]

Real unemployment is around %18 nationally.

Pls define "real unemployment."

[Teatownclown]

Nate, you know the answer. Those that are no longer considered eligible to count because they've been out of work too long. You know, the "ones" that don't want to work or are too depressed without medical insurance to get help getting off the floor.

[nathanm]

Those that are no longer considered eligible to count because they've been out of work too long.

That's not how the stats work. If they're looking for work and available to work, they're "unemployed". If they've quit looking but are available to work, they're "discouraged workers," which do not count, but are published separately.

There's also the labor participation rate which covers everybody who isn't working for any reason, including retirement.

Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving
unemployment insurance benefits?

No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households.
All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work
are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if
they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to
unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey.

Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped
looking for work?

Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who
want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs
are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor
underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and other groups not
officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment
Situation news release.

http://www.bls.gov/ces/

[sauerkraut]

Has anyone noticed that since Mary Fallin took control unemployment has been dropping at a steady rate, the Oklahoma economy is starting to take off. Gov. Henry had the economy stumbling along.

[sauerkraut]

Nebraska & Omaha also had low unemployment all thru this Obama recession. Nebraska has policys that are favorable to business. Anyone in Omaha who really wants to work can find a job there. I guess Nebraska is not listed on the chart because the rate there always has been low and can't fall much much faster.

[dbacks fan]

Nebraska & Omaha also had low unemployment all thru this Obama recession. Nebraska has policys that are favorable to business. Anyone in Omaha who really wants to work can find a job there. I guess Nebraska is not listed on the chart because the rate there always has been low and can't fall much much faster.

Usually in a call center for about $9.00 an hour.

[Townsend]

Has anyone noticed that since Mary Fallin took control unemployment has been dropping at a steady rate, the Oklahoma economy is starting to take off. Gov. Henry had the economy stumbling along.

Yup, you've proven it again.  Supervision is necessary for some people.  Where's your nurse?  If she's out back smoking again...

[Conan71]

Has anyone noticed that since Mary Fallin took control unemployment has been dropping at a steady rate, the Oklahoma economy is starting to take off. Gov. Henry had the economy stumbling along.

[dbacks fan]

Has anyone noticed that since Mary Fallin took control unemployment has been dropping at a steady rate, the Oklahoma economy is starting to take off. Gov. Henry had the economy stumbling along.

Yes, he does seem to have a firm grasp on the belief that the gov't creates jobs. 

[stageidea]

Reminds me of a recent episode of, This American Life
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/435/how-to-create-a-job

[Hoss]

I'm thinking dementia has caught hold.