Even though the American economy is humming again, several Democrat-run states and DC have amazingly been losing jobs of late, while states like Idaho, Utah, South Carolina, Florida, and Texas keep rocketing upward.
Between the biggest losers and winners, we had to extend the graph in both directions to fit the latest data, covering the month of June.
The five states that have seen job growth of at least 10% from pre-pandemic levels are all fire-engine red Republican, while all the states that are net job losers are blue.
The no-income-tax states continue to be disproportionately represented here, accounting for 5 of the top 15 states.