The Great Recession

America's financial crisis has left a devastating wake on our economy. From 2007 till now, Americans are suffering the highest | figures of unemployment since The Great Depression OON NOON NOON in the 1930s. Here is the lowdown on America's THE GREAT unemployment. RECESSION UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE NUMBERS: 300,000,000 CURRENT US POPULATION SURVIVAL OF THE THRIFTIEST 154,000,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY IN THE WORK FORCE 84,900,000 AMERICANS WHOVE HAD A CUT IN PAY OR IN HOURS 15,000,000 6,200,000 $293 1,400,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED FOR 27 WEEKS OR LONGER THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK IN THE US UNEMPLOYED FOR 99 WEEKS OR LONGER CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AMONG STATES AND THEIR HISTORICAL HIGHS & LOWS STATE AL AK AZ AR CA CO CN 8.9 7.8 RATE 9.7 7.7 12.4 8.2 9.1 JAN.1983 11.6 JAN. 1983 8.8 DEC. 1982 JUNE 1986 JULY 1983 MAR. 2010 12.6 JAN. 1976 HISTORICAL HIGH 14-3 11.5 10.1 9.4 DEC. 1982 APR. 2007 5-9 NOV. 2000 JAN. 2001 4-7 JULY 2007 JAN. 2001 OCT. 2000 HISTORICAL LOW 2.6 14.3 3-7 4.0 2.1 DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA 8.4 9.8 11.9 10.0 6.3 9.0 9.9 10.1 6.8 DEC. 1976 JAN. 1976 FEB. 1983 9.6 MAR. 2007 JAN. 2010 MAR. 2010 MAR. 2010 FEB. 1983 JAN. 1983 MAR. 1983 8.6 9.3 12.0 12.3 10.5 9.9 12.9 12.7 FEB. 1989 2.8 MAY 1989 4.8 MAY 2006 3-3 OCT. 1999 DEC. 2000 JAN. 2007 FEB. 1999 APR. 1999. 2.6 3-3 2.3 4-2 2.5 KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS 6.6 10.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 8.4 13.0 7.0 9.8 JAN. 1983 NOV. 1986 12.8 JAN. 1976 JAN. 1977 NOV. 1982 DEC. 1982 16.8 AUG. 2009 DEC. 1982 APR. 1983 7.2 12.7 9.0 8.4 11.1 9.1 13-5 APR. 1979 JUNE 2000 JULY 2006 3.6 JAN. 2001. FEB. 2000 3-4 OCT. 2000 2.6 MAR. 1999 MAR. 2000 APR. 2001. 3.0 4.1 3.1 3-3 2.5 4-9 MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC 9.3 7.4 4.6 14.4 5-5 9.4 8.2 8.3 9.6 FEB, 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.7 SEPT. 1992 7.6 MAR. 1983 NOV 1976 SEPT. 2010 DEC. 1976 FEB. 2010 10.6 8.8 14.4 10.7 10.0 10.3 11.2 FEB. 1998 APR .2000 3.8 JAN. 2000 MAR. 2007 MAY 1987 JULY 2000 AUG. 2007 APR. 1988 MAR. 1999 2,.8 3-2 2.2 2.1 3.6 3-4 4.0 3-1 ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN 3.7 10.0 6.9 10.6 9.0 11.5 11.0 4.4 9.4 FEB. 1983 6.8 JUNE 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.0 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1983 FEB. 2010 JAN. 2010 JAN. 1983 12.8 13.9 9.2 12.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 JAN. 2001 3.8 DEC. 2000 2.8 FEB. 1995 4-7 MAR. 2000 4.0- JULY 1988 MAR. 1998 ". 3.2 JULY e001 2.6 MAR. 2000 MAY 2000 2.9 2.5 3-9 TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY 8.1 7.5 5.8 6.8 9.0 9.2 7.8 6.8 NOV. 1986 MAR. 1983 JAN. 1976 8.8 JAN. 1983 7.8 MAR. 1983 NOV. 1982 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1987 9.1 9.3 10.0 12.2 18.1 11.5 JAN. 2001 APR. 2007 APR. 2000 DEC. 2000 MAY 2007 APR. 2008 FEB. 2000 APR. 1979 4:2 2.5 2.4 4-4 2.2 3-9 3.0 HIGHEST 14%+ 10-13.9% 8-9.9% 5-7.9% 3-4.9% 0-2.9% LOWEST IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS ALMOST 400,000 JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF JOB CREATION, THE UNITED STATES WOULD NEED NINE MORE YEARS TO RECOVER THE JOBS LOST. DURING THE RECESSION. THE 20 MOST UNEMPLOYED CITIES IN AMERICA 16.5% Muskegon, MI 15.8% Bend, OR 17.7% Redding, CA 16.3% Ocean City, NJ 17.9% Rockford, IL 16.3% Flint, MI 16% 21.7% Yuba, CA 18.4% Stockton, CA Monroe, MI 19.2% Modesto, CA 22.1% Merced, CA 18.7% 16.6% 16.8% Salinas, CA Fresno, CA Palm Coast, FL 18.3% 17.5% Madera, CA Bakersfield, CA 19.4% Visalia, CA 18.6% Hanford, CA 27% 19.9% Yuma, AZ El Centro, CA AS OF OCTOBER 2010, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EMERGENCY BENEFITS HAS RISEN TO 4.04 MILLION. THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT PER WEEK EACH STATE ALLOWS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: $601+ $551-600 $501-550 $451-500 $401-450 $351-400 $301-350 $251-300 $250- $482 $541 $545 $459 $475 $566 $534 $503 $494 S566 $584 $594 $942 $660 $516 OR WA HI NM CO MN IL Он NC PA NJ CN RI ME CHART 1: ABOVE THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $442 $450 S407 $444 $415 $406 $409 $423 $443 $431 $415 $424 $405 $425 $427 AK WY ND ок KS IA AR KY wV NY VT NH CHART 2: NEAR THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $393 $363 $240 $392 $308 $298 $320 $284 $363 $230 S320 $275 $390 $255 $275 $330 $378 $326 $359 $380 $330 NV ID AZ TX NE SD WI MS MI TN IN AL FL. GA VA DC MD DE CHART 3: BELOW THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT THE GREAT DIVIDE BETWEEN CLASSES HAS BECOME EVEN GREATER: IN 1980; C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED AN AVERAGE OF THE RICHEST 1% OF AMERICANS NOW TAKE HOME ALMOST 24% 42 TIMES AS MUCH OF THE NATION'S INCOME. AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. IN 2001, • C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED 531 TIMES MORE THAN AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. YET PERHAPS THE MOST ASTOUNDING STATISTIC IS THIS: FROM 1980 TO 2005, MORE THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL INCREASE IN AMERICAN INCOMES WENT TO THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT. Design by Sam Franada Linesandmoodswings.com Sources http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07kristof.html?_r=1&ref=unemployment http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/business/economy/27leonhardt.html?adxnnl=1&ref=unemployment&adxnnlx=1289160046-pM B6+JnBjHg/oigSKhCweQ http://www.businessinsider.com/tough-times-meet-americas-cities-with-the-highest-unemployment-rate-2010-5#modesto-california-1 92-unemployment-rate-15 http://community.cengage.com/GECResource/blogs/gec_blog/archive/2010/05/31/median-unemployment-duration-by-state.aspx http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/03/chart-day-long-term-unemployment http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/business/economy/22econ.html?ref=unemployment http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21621 http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/06/ui_extensions.html http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_employment/october_2010/76_know_someone_out_of_work_and _looking_for_a_job http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/09/16/why-are-a-record-number-of-americans-living-in-poverty/#ixzz14dk6EBHq http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/11/05/jobs-report-more-wall-streeters-hunting-for-work/?KEYWORDS=unemployment http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/11/05/broader-u-6-rate-at-17-the-long-term-unemployed-and-the-dark-side-of-jobs-report/?KE YWORDS=unemployment http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/jobs/15search.html?ref=unemployment http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/Learn'ToBudget/how-much-jobless-pay-would-you-get.aspx http://fileunemployment.org/unemployment-benefits-comparison-by-state America's financial crisis has left a devastating wake on our economy. From 2007 till now, Americans are suffering the highest | figures of unemployment since The Great Depression OON NOON NOON in the 1930s. Here is the lowdown on America's THE GREAT unemployment. RECESSION UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE NUMBERS: 300,000,000 CURRENT US POPULATION SURVIVAL OF THE THRIFTIEST 154,000,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY IN THE WORK FORCE 84,900,000 AMERICANS WHOVE HAD A CUT IN PAY OR IN HOURS 15,000,000 6,200,000 $293 1,400,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED FOR 27 WEEKS OR LONGER THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK IN THE US UNEMPLOYED FOR 99 WEEKS OR LONGER CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AMONG STATES AND THEIR HISTORICAL HIGHS & LOWS STATE AL AK AZ AR CA CO CN 8.9 7.8 RATE 9.7 7.7 12.4 8.2 9.1 JAN.1983 11.6 JAN. 1983 8.8 DEC. 1982 JUNE 1986 JULY 1983 MAR. 2010 12.6 JAN. 1976 HISTORICAL HIGH 14-3 11.5 10.1 9.4 DEC. 1982 APR. 2007 5-9 ОСТ. 2000 NOV. 2000 JAN. 2001 4-7 JULY 2007 JAN. 2001 HISTORICAL LOW 2.6 14.3 3-7 4.0 2.1 DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA 8.4 9.8 11.9 10.0 6.3 9.0 9.9 10.1 6.8 DEC. 1976 JAN. 1976 FEB. 1983 9.6 MAR. 2007 JAN. 2010 MAR. 2010 MAR. 2010 FEB. 1983 JAN. 1983 MAR. 1983 8.6 9.3 12.0 12.3 10.5 9.9 12.9 12.7 FEB. 1989 2.8 MAY 1989 4.8 MAY 2006 3-3 осТ. 1999 DEC. 2000 JAN. 2007 FEB. 1999 APR. 1999. 2.6 3-3 2.3 4-2 2.5 KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS 6.6 10.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 8.4 13.0 7.0 9.8 JAN. 1983 NOV. 1986 12.8 JAN. 1976 JAN. 1977 NOV. 1982 DEC. 1982 16.8 AUG. 2009 DEC. 1982 APR. 1983 7.2 12.7 9.0 8.4 11.1 9.1 13-5 ОСТ, 2000 2.6 MAR. 1999 APR. 1979 JUNE 2000 JAN. 2001. JULY 2006 3.6 FEB. 2000 3-4 MAR. 2000 APR. 2001. 3.0 4.1 3.1 3-3 2.5 4-9 MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC 9.3 7.4 4.6 14.4 5-5 9.4 8.2 8.3 9.6 FEB, 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.7 SEPT. 1992 7.6 MAR. 1983 NOV 1976 SEPT. 2010 DEC. 1976 FEB. 2010 10.6 8.8 14.4 10.7 10.0 10.3 11.2 FEB. 1998 APR .2000 3.8 JAN. 2000 MAR. 2007 MAY 1987 JULY 2000 AUG. 2007 APR. 1988 MAR. 1999 2,.8 3-2 2.2 2.1 3.6 3-4 4.0 3-1 ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN 3.7 10.0 6.9 10.6 9.0 11.5 11.0 4.4 9.4 FEB. 1983 6.8 JUNE 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.0 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1983 FEB. 2010 JAN. 2010 JAN. 1983 12.8 13.9 9.2 12.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 JAN. 2001 3.8 DEC. 2000 2.8 FEB. 1995 4-7 MAR. 2000 4.0- JULY 1988 MAR. 1998 ". 3.2 JULY e001 2.6 MAR. 2000 MAY 2000 2.9 2.5 3-9 TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY 8.1 7.5 5.8 6.8 9.0 9.2 7.8 6.8 NOV. 1986 MAR. 1983 JAN. 1976 8.8 JAN. 1983 7.8 MAR. 1983 NOV. 1982 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1987 9.1 9.3 10.0 12.2 18.1 11.5 JAN. 2001 APR. 2007 APR. 2000 DEC. 2000 MAY 2007 APR. 2008 FEB. 2000 APR. 1979 4:2 2.5 2.4 4-4 2.2 3-9 3.0 23 HIGHEST 14%+ 10-13.9% 8-9.9% 5-7.9% 3-4.9% 0-2.9% LOWEST IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS ALMOST 400,000 JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF JOB CREATION, THE UNITED STATES WOULD NEED NINE MORE YEARS TO RECOVER THE JOBS LOST. DURING THE RECESSION. THE 20 MOST UNEMPLOYED CITIES IN AMERICA 16.5% Muskegon, MI 15.8% Bend, OR 17.7% Redding, CA 16.3% Ocean City, NJ 17.9% Rockford, IL 16.3% Flint, MI 16% 21.7% Yuba, CA 18.4% Stockton, CA Monroe, MI 19.2% Modesto, CA 22.1% Merced, CA 18.7% 16.6% 16.8% Salinas, CA Fresno, CA Palm Coast, FL 18.3% 17.5% 19.4% Visalia, CA Madera, CA Bakersfield, CA 18.6% Hanford, CA 27% 19.9% Yuma, AZ El Centro, CA AS OF OCTOBER 2010, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EMERGENCY BENEFITS HAS RISEN TO 4.04 MILLION. THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT PER WEEK EACH STATE ALLOWS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: $601+ $551-600 $501-550 $451-500 $401-450 $351-400 $301-350 $251-300 $250- $482 $541 $545 $459 $475 $566 $534 $503 $494 S566 $584 $594 $942 $660 $516 OR WA HI NM CO MN IL OH NC РА NJ CN МА RI МЕ CHART 1: ABOVE THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $442 $450 S407 $444 $415 $406 $409 $423 $443 $431 $415 $424 $405 $425 $427 AK WY ND OK KS IA AR KY wV NY VT NH CHART 2: NEAR THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $393 $363 $240 $392 $308 $298 $320 $284 $363 $230 S320 $275 $390 $255 $275 $330 $378 $326 $359 $380 $330 NV ID AZ TX NE SD WI MS MI TN IN AL FL. GA VA DC MD DE CHART 3: BELOW THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT THE GREAT DIVIDE BETWEEN CLASSES HAS BECOME EVEN GREATER: IN 1980; C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED AN AVERAGE OF THE RICHEST 1% OF AMERICANS NOW TAKE HOME ALMOST 24% 42 TIMES AS MUCH OF THE NATION'S INCOME. AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. IN 2001, • C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED 531 ΤΙΜES MORE THAN AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. YET PERHAPS THE MOST ASTOUNDING STATISTIC IS THIS: FROM 1980 TO 2005, MORE THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL INCREASE IN AMERICAN INCOMES WENT TO THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT. Design by Sam Franada Linesandmoodswings.com Sources http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07kristof.html?_r=1&ref=unemployment http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/business/economy/27leonhardt.html?adxnnl=1&ref=unemployment&adxnnlx=1289160046-pM B6+JnBjHg/oigSKhCweQ http://www.businessinsider.com/tough-times-meet-americas-cities-with-the-highest-unemployment-rate-2010-5#modesto-california-1 92-unemployment-rate-15 http://community.cengage.com/GECResource/blogs/gec_blog/archive/2010/05/31/median-unemployment-duration-by-state.aspx http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/03/chart-day-long-term-unemployment http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/business/economy/22econ.html?ref=unemployment http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21621 http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/06/ui_extensions.html http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_employment/october_2010/76_know_someone_out_of_work_and _looking_for_a_job http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/09/16/why-are-a-record-number-of-americans-living-in-poverty/#ixzz14dk6EBHq http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/11/05/jobs-report-more-wall-streeters-hunting-for-work/?KEYWORDS=unemployment http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/11/05/broader-u-6-rate-at-17-the-long-term-unemployed-and-the-dark-side-of-jobs-report/?KE YWORDS=unemployment http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/jobs/15search.html?ref=unemployment http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/Learn'ToBudget/how-much-jobless-pay-would-you-get.aspx http://fileunemployment.org/unemployment-benefits-comparison-by-state America's financial crisis has left a devastating wake on our economy. From 2007 till now, Americans are suffering the highest | figures of unemployment since The Great Depression OON NOON NOON in the 1930s. Here is the lowdown on America's THE GREAT unemployment. RECESSION UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE NUMBERS: 300,000,000 CURRENT US POPULATION SURVIVAL OF THE THRIFTIEST 154,000,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY IN THE WORK FORCE 84,900,000 AMERICANS WHOVE HAD A CUT IN PAY OR IN HOURS 15,000,000 6,200,000 $293 1,400,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED FOR 27 WEEKS OR LONGER THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK IN THE US UNEMPLOYED FOR 99 WEEKS OR LONGER CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AMONG STATES AND THEIR HISTORICAL HIGHS & LOWS STATE AL AK AZ AR CA CO CN 8.9 7.8 RATE 9.7 7.7 12.4 8.2 9.1 JAN.1983 11.6 JAN. 1983 8.8 DEC. 1982 JUNE 1986 JULY 1983 MAR. 2010 12.6 JAN. 1976 HISTORICAL HIGH 14-3 11.5 10.1 9.4 DEC. 1982 APR. 2007 5-9 ОСТ. 2000 NOV. 2000 JAN. 2001 4-7 JULY 2007 JAN. 2001 HISTORICAL LOW 2.6 14.3 3-7 4.0 2.1 DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA 8.4 9.8 11.9 10.0 6.3 9.0 9.9 10.1 6.8 DEC. 1976 JAN. 1976 FEB. 1983 9.6 MAR. 2007 JAN. 2010 MAR. 2010 MAR. 2010 FEB. 1983 JAN. 1983 MAR. 1983 8.6 9.3 12.0 12.3 10.5 9.9 12.9 12.7 FEB. 1989 2.8 MAY 1989 4.8 MAY 2006 3-3 осТ. 1999 DEC. 2000 JAN. 2007 FEB. 1999 APR. 1999. 2.6 3-3 2.3 4-2 2.5 KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS 6.6 10.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 8.4 13.0 7.0 9.8 JAN. 1983 NOV. 1986 12.8 JAN. 1976 JAN. 1977 NOV. 1982 DEC. 1982 16.8 AUG. 2009 DEC. 1982 APR. 1983 7.2 12.7 9.0 8.4 11.1 9.1 13-5 ОСТ, 2000 2.6 MAR. 1999 APR. 1979 JUNE 2000 JAN. 2001. JULY 2006 3.6 FEB. 2000 3-4 MAR. 2000 APR. 2001. 3.0 4.1 3.1 3-3 2.5 4-9 MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC 9.3 7.4 4.6 14.4 5-5 9.4 8.2 8.3 9.6 FEB, 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.7 SEPT. 1992 7.6 MAR. 1983 NOV 1976 SEPT. 2010 DEC. 1976 FEB. 2010 10.6 8.8 14.4 10.7 10.0 10.3 11.2 FEB. 1998 APR .2000 3.8 JAN. 2000 MAR. 2007 MAY 1987 JULY 2000 AUG. 2007 APR. 1988 MAR. 1999 2,.8 3-2 2.2 2.1 3.6 3-4 4.0 3-1 ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN 3.7 10.0 6.9 10.6 9.0 11.5 11.0 4.4 9.4 FEB. 1983 6.8 JUNE 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.0 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1983 FEB. 2010 JAN. 2010 JAN. 1983 12.8 13.9 9.2 12.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 JAN. 2001 3.8 DEC. 2000 2.8 FEB. 1995 4-7 MAR. 2000 4.0- JULY 1988 MAR. 1998 ". 3.2 JULY e001 2.6 MAR. 2000 MAY 2000 2.9 2.5 3-9 TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY 8.1 7.5 5.8 6.8 9.0 9.2 7.8 6.8 NOV. 1986 MAR. 1983 JAN. 1976 8.8 JAN. 1983 7.8 MAR. 1983 NOV. 1982 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1987 9.1 9.3 10.0 12.2 18.1 11.5 JAN. 2001 APR. 2007 APR. 2000 DEC. 2000 MAY 2007 APR. 2008 FEB. 2000 APR. 1979 4:2 2.5 2.4 4-4 2.2 3-9 3.0 23 HIGHEST 14%+ 10-13.9% 8-9.9% 5-7.9% 3-4.9% 0-2.9% LOWEST IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS ALMOST 400,000 JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF JOB CREATION, THE UNITED STATES WOULD NEED NINE MORE YEARS TO RECOVER THE JOBS LOST. DURING THE RECESSION. THE 20 MOST UNEMPLOYED CITIES IN AMERICA 16.5% Muskegon, MI 15.8% Bend, OR 17.7% Redding, CA 16.3% Ocean City, NJ 17.9% Rockford, IL 16.3% Flint, MI 16% 21.7% Yuba, CA 18.4% Stockton, CA Monroe, MI 19.2% Modesto, CA 22.1% Merced, CA 18.7% 16.6% 16.8% Salinas, CA Fresno, CA Palm Coast, FL 18.3% 17.5% 19.4% Visalia, CA Madera, CA Bakersfield, CA 18.6% Hanford, CA 27% 19.9% Yuma, AZ El Centro, CA AS OF OCTOBER 2010, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EMERGENCY BENEFITS HAS RISEN TO 4.04 MILLION. THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT PER WEEK EACH STATE ALLOWS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: $601+ $551-600 $501-550 $451-500 $401-450 $351-400 $301-350 $251-300 $250- $482 $541 $545 $459 $475 $566 $534 $503 $494 S566 $584 $594 $942 $660 $516 OR WA HI NM CO MN IL OH NC РА NJ CN МА RI МЕ CHART 1: ABOVE THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $442 $450 S407 $444 $415 $406 $409 $423 $443 $431 $415 $424 $405 $425 $427 AK WY ND OK KS IA AR KY wV NY VT NH CHART 2: NEAR THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $393 $363 $240 $392 $308 $298 $320 $284 $363 $230 S320 $275 $390 $255 $275 $330 $378 $326 $359 $380 $330 NV ID AZ TX NE SD WI MS MI TN IN AL FL. GA VA DC MD DE CHART 3: BELOW THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT THE GREAT DIVIDE BETWEEN CLASSES HAS BECOME EVEN GREATER: IN 1980; C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED AN AVERAGE OF THE RICHEST 1% OF AMERICANS NOW TAKE HOME ALMOST 24% 42 TIMES AS MUCH OF THE NATION'S INCOME. AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. IN 2001, • C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED 531 ΤΙΜES MORE THAN AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. YET PERHAPS THE MOST ASTOUNDING STATISTIC IS THIS: FROM 1980 TO 2005, MORE THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL INCREASE IN AMERICAN INCOMES WENT TO THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT. 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From 2007 till now, Americans are suffering the highest | figures of unemployment since The Great Depression OON NOON NOON in the 1930s. Here is the lowdown on America's THE GREAT unemployment. RECESSION UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE NUMBERS: 300,000,000 CURRENT US POPULATION SURVIVAL OF THE THRIFTIEST 154,000,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY IN THE WORK FORCE 84,900,000 AMERICANS WHOVE HAD A CUT IN PAY OR IN HOURS 15,000,000 6,200,000 $293 1,400,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED FOR 27 WEEKS OR LONGER THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK IN THE US UNEMPLOYED FOR 99 WEEKS OR LONGER CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AMONG STATES AND THEIR HISTORICAL HIGHS & LOWS STATE AL AK AZ AR CA CO CN 8.9 7.8 RATE 9.7 7.7 12.4 8.2 9.1 JAN.1983 11.6 JAN. 1983 8.8 DEC. 1982 JUNE 1986 JULY 1983 MAR. 2010 12.6 JAN. 1976 HISTORICAL HIGH 14-3 11.5 10.1 9.4 DEC. 1982 APR. 2007 5-9 ОСТ. 2000 NOV. 2000 JAN. 2001 4-7 JULY 2007 JAN. 2001 HISTORICAL LOW 2.6 14.3 3-7 4.0 2.1 DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA 8.4 9.8 11.9 10.0 6.3 9.0 9.9 10.1 6.8 DEC. 1976 JAN. 1976 FEB. 1983 9.6 MAR. 2007 JAN. 2010 MAR. 2010 MAR. 2010 FEB. 1983 JAN. 1983 MAR. 1983 8.6 9.3 12.0 12.3 10.5 9.9 12.9 12.7 FEB. 1989 2.8 MAY 1989 4.8 MAY 2006 3-3 осТ. 1999 DEC. 2000 JAN. 2007 FEB. 1999 APR. 1999. 2.6 3-3 2.3 4-2 2.5 KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS 6.6 10.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 8.4 13.0 7.0 9.8 JAN. 1983 NOV. 1986 12.8 JAN. 1976 JAN. 1977 NOV. 1982 DEC. 1982 16.8 AUG. 2009 DEC. 1982 APR. 1983 7.2 12.7 9.0 8.4 11.1 9.1 13-5 ОСТ, 2000 2.6 MAR. 1999 APR. 1979 JUNE 2000 JAN. 2001. JULY 2006 3.6 FEB. 2000 3-4 MAR. 2000 APR. 2001. 3.0 4.1 3.1 3-3 2.5 4-9 MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC 9.3 7.4 4.6 14.4 5-5 9.4 8.2 8.3 9.6 FEB, 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.7 SEPT. 1992 7.6 MAR. 1983 NOV 1976 SEPT. 2010 DEC. 1976 FEB. 2010 10.6 8.8 14.4 10.7 10.0 10.3 11.2 FEB. 1998 APR .2000 3.8 JAN. 2000 MAR. 2007 MAY 1987 JULY 2000 AUG. 2007 APR. 1988 MAR. 1999 2,.8 3-2 2.2 2.1 3.6 3-4 4.0 3-1 ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN 3.7 10.0 6.9 10.6 9.0 11.5 11.0 4.4 9.4 FEB. 1983 6.8 JUNE 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.0 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1983 FEB. 2010 JAN. 2010 JAN. 1983 12.8 13.9 9.2 12.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 JAN. 2001 3.8 DEC. 2000 2.8 FEB. 1995 4-7 MAR. 2000 4.0- JULY 1988 MAR. 1998 ". 3.2 JULY e001 2.6 MAR. 2000 MAY 2000 2.9 2.5 3-9 TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY 8.1 7.5 5.8 6.8 9.0 9.2 7.8 6.8 NOV. 1986 MAR. 1983 JAN. 1976 8.8 JAN. 1983 7.8 MAR. 1983 NOV. 1982 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1987 9.1 9.3 10.0 12.2 18.1 11.5 JAN. 2001 APR. 2007 APR. 2000 DEC. 2000 MAY 2007 APR. 2008 FEB. 2000 APR. 1979 4:2 2.5 2.4 4-4 2.2 3-9 3.0 23 HIGHEST 14%+ 10-13.9% 8-9.9% 5-7.9% 3-4.9% 0-2.9% LOWEST IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS ALMOST 400,000 JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF JOB CREATION, THE UNITED STATES WOULD NEED NINE MORE YEARS TO RECOVER THE JOBS LOST. DURING THE RECESSION. THE 20 MOST UNEMPLOYED CITIES IN AMERICA 16.5% Muskegon, MI 15.8% Bend, OR 17.7% Redding, CA 16.3% Ocean City, NJ 17.9% Rockford, IL 16.3% Flint, MI 16% 21.7% Yuba, CA 18.4% Stockton, CA Monroe, MI 19.2% Modesto, CA 22.1% Merced, CA 18.7% 16.6% 16.8% Salinas, CA Fresno, CA Palm Coast, FL 18.3% 17.5% 19.4% Visalia, CA Madera, CA Bakersfield, CA 18.6% Hanford, CA 27% 19.9% Yuma, AZ El Centro, CA AS OF OCTOBER 2010, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EMERGENCY BENEFITS HAS RISEN TO 4.04 MILLION. THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT PER WEEK EACH STATE ALLOWS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: $601+ $551-600 $501-550 $451-500 $401-450 $351-400 $301-350 $251-300 $250- $482 $541 $545 $459 $475 $566 $534 $503 $494 S566 $584 $594 $942 $660 $516 OR WA HI NM CO MN IL OH NC РА NJ CN МА RI МЕ CHART 1: ABOVE THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $442 $450 S407 $444 $415 $406 $409 $423 $443 $431 $415 $424 $405 $425 $427 AK WY ND OK KS IA AR KY wV NY VT NH CHART 2: NEAR THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $393 $363 $240 $392 $308 $298 $320 $284 $363 $230 S320 $275 $390 $255 $275 $330 $378 $326 $359 $380 $330 NV ID AZ TX NE SD WI MS MI TN IN AL FL. GA VA DC MD DE CHART 3: BELOW THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT THE GREAT DIVIDE BETWEEN CLASSES HAS BECOME EVEN GREATER: IN 1980; C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED AN AVERAGE OF THE RICHEST 1% OF AMERICANS NOW TAKE HOME ALMOST 24% 42 TIMES AS MUCH OF THE NATION'S INCOME. AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. IN 2001, • C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED 531 ΤΙΜES MORE THAN AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. YET PERHAPS THE MOST ASTOUNDING STATISTIC IS THIS: FROM 1980 TO 2005, MORE THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL INCREASE IN AMERICAN INCOMES WENT TO THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT. 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From 2007 till now, Americans are suffering the highest | figures of unemployment since The Great Depression OON NOON NOON in the 1930s. Here is the lowdown on America's THE GREAT unemployment. RECESSION UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE NUMBERS: 300,000,000 CURRENT US POPULATION SURVIVAL OF THE THRIFTIEST 154,000,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY IN THE WORK FORCE 84,900,000 AMERICANS WHOVE HAD A CUT IN PAY OR IN HOURS 15,000,000 6,200,000 $293 1,400,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED FOR 27 WEEKS OR LONGER THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK IN THE US UNEMPLOYED FOR 99 WEEKS OR LONGER CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AMONG STATES AND THEIR HISTORICAL HIGHS & LOWS STATE AL AK AZ AR CA CO CN 8.9 7.8 RATE 9.7 7.7 12.4 8.2 9.1 JAN.1983 11.6 JAN. 1983 8.8 DEC. 1982 JUNE 1986 JULY 1983 MAR. 2010 12.6 JAN. 1976 HISTORICAL HIGH 14-3 11.5 10.1 9.4 DEC. 1982 APR. 2007 5-9 ОСТ. 2000 NOV. 2000 JAN. 2001 4-7 JULY 2007 JAN. 2001 HISTORICAL LOW 2.6 14.3 3-7 4.0 2.1 DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA 8.4 9.8 11.9 10.0 6.3 9.0 9.9 10.1 6.8 DEC. 1976 JAN. 1976 FEB. 1983 9.6 MAR. 2007 JAN. 2010 MAR. 2010 MAR. 2010 FEB. 1983 JAN. 1983 MAR. 1983 8.6 9.3 12.0 12.3 10.5 9.9 12.9 12.7 FEB. 1989 2.8 MAY 1989 4.8 MAY 2006 3-3 осТ. 1999 DEC. 2000 JAN. 2007 FEB. 1999 APR. 1999. 2.6 3-3 2.3 4-2 2.5 KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS 6.6 10.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 8.4 13.0 7.0 9.8 JAN. 1983 NOV. 1986 12.8 JAN. 1976 JAN. 1977 NOV. 1982 DEC. 1982 16.8 AUG. 2009 DEC. 1982 APR. 1983 7.2 12.7 9.0 8.4 11.1 9.1 13-5 ОСТ, 2000 2.6 MAR. 1999 APR. 1979 JUNE 2000 JAN. 2001. JULY 2006 3.6 FEB. 2000 3-4 MAR. 2000 APR. 2001. 3.0 4.1 3.1 3-3 2.5 4-9 MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC 9.3 7.4 4.6 14.4 5-5 9.4 8.2 8.3 9.6 FEB, 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.7 SEPT. 1992 7.6 MAR. 1983 NOV 1976 SEPT. 2010 DEC. 1976 FEB. 2010 10.6 8.8 14.4 10.7 10.0 10.3 11.2 FEB. 1998 APR .2000 3.8 JAN. 2000 MAR. 2007 MAY 1987 JULY 2000 AUG. 2007 APR. 1988 MAR. 1999 2,.8 3-2 2.2 2.1 3.6 3-4 4.0 3-1 ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN 3.7 10.0 6.9 10.6 9.0 11.5 11.0 4.4 9.4 FEB. 1983 6.8 JUNE 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.0 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1983 FEB. 2010 JAN. 2010 JAN. 1983 12.8 13.9 9.2 12.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 JAN. 2001 3.8 DEC. 2000 2.8 FEB. 1995 4-7 MAR. 2000 4.0- JULY 1988 MAR. 1998 ". 3.2 JULY e001 2.6 MAR. 2000 MAY 2000 2.9 2.5 3-9 TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY 8.1 7.5 5.8 6.8 9.0 9.2 7.8 6.8 NOV. 1986 MAR. 1983 JAN. 1976 8.8 JAN. 1983 7.8 MAR. 1983 NOV. 1982 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1987 9.1 9.3 10.0 12.2 18.1 11.5 JAN. 2001 APR. 2007 APR. 2000 DEC. 2000 MAY 2007 APR. 2008 FEB. 2000 APR. 1979 4:2 2.5 2.4 4-4 2.2 3-9 3.0 23 HIGHEST 14%+ 10-13.9% 8-9.9% 5-7.9% 3-4.9% 0-2.9% LOWEST IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS ALMOST 400,000 JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF JOB CREATION, THE UNITED STATES WOULD NEED NINE MORE YEARS TO RECOVER THE JOBS LOST. DURING THE RECESSION. THE 20 MOST UNEMPLOYED CITIES IN AMERICA 16.5% Muskegon, MI 15.8% Bend, OR 17.7% Redding, CA 16.3% Ocean City, NJ 17.9% Rockford, IL 16.3% Flint, MI 16% 21.7% Yuba, CA 18.4% Stockton, CA Monroe, MI 19.2% Modesto, CA 22.1% Merced, CA 18.7% 16.6% 16.8% Salinas, CA Fresno, CA Palm Coast, FL 18.3% 17.5% 19.4% Visalia, CA Madera, CA Bakersfield, CA 18.6% Hanford, CA 27% 19.9% Yuma, AZ El Centro, CA AS OF OCTOBER 2010, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EMERGENCY BENEFITS HAS RISEN TO 4.04 MILLION. THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT PER WEEK EACH STATE ALLOWS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: $601+ $551-600 $501-550 $451-500 $401-450 $351-400 $301-350 $251-300 $250- $482 $541 $545 $459 $475 $566 $534 $503 $494 S566 $584 $594 $942 $660 $516 OR WA HI NM CO MN IL OH NC РА NJ CN МА RI МЕ CHART 1: ABOVE THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $442 $450 S407 $444 $415 $406 $409 $423 $443 $431 $415 $424 $405 $425 $427 AK WY ND OK KS IA AR KY wV NY VT NH CHART 2: NEAR THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $393 $363 $240 $392 $308 $298 $320 $284 $363 $230 S320 $275 $390 $255 $275 $330 $378 $326 $359 $380 $330 NV ID AZ TX NE SD WI MS MI TN IN AL FL. GA VA DC MD DE CHART 3: BELOW THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT THE GREAT DIVIDE BETWEEN CLASSES HAS BECOME EVEN GREATER: IN 1980; C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED AN AVERAGE OF THE RICHEST 1% OF AMERICANS NOW TAKE HOME ALMOST 24% 42 TIMES AS MUCH OF THE NATION'S INCOME. AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. IN 2001, • C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED 531 ΤΙΜES MORE THAN AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. YET PERHAPS THE MOST ASTOUNDING STATISTIC IS THIS: FROM 1980 TO 2005, MORE THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL INCREASE IN AMERICAN INCOMES WENT TO THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT. 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From 2007 till now, Americans are suffering the highest | figures of unemployment since The Great Depression OON NOON NOON in the 1930s. Here is the lowdown on America's THE GREAT unemployment. RECESSION UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE NUMBERS: 300,000,000 CURRENT US POPULATION SURVIVAL OF THE THRIFTIEST 154,000,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY IN THE WORK FORCE 84,900,000 AMERICANS WHOVE HAD A CUT IN PAY OR IN HOURS 15,000,000 6,200,000 $293 1,400,000 AMERICANS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED FOR 27 WEEKS OR LONGER THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK IN THE US UNEMPLOYED FOR 99 WEEKS OR LONGER CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AMONG STATES AND THEIR HISTORICAL HIGHS & LOWS STATE AL AK AZ AR CA CO CN 8.9 7.8 RATE 9.7 7.7 12.4 8.2 9.1 JAN.1983 11.6 JAN. 1983 8.8 DEC. 1982 JUNE 1986 JULY 1983 MAR. 2010 12.6 JAN. 1976 HISTORICAL HIGH 14-3 11.5 10.1 9.4 DEC. 1982 APR. 2007 5-9 ОСТ. 2000 NOV. 2000 JAN. 2001 4-7 JULY 2007 JAN. 2001 HISTORICAL LOW 2.6 14.3 3-7 4.0 2.1 DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA 8.4 9.8 11.9 10.0 6.3 9.0 9.9 10.1 6.8 DEC. 1976 JAN. 1976 FEB. 1983 9.6 MAR. 2007 JAN. 2010 MAR. 2010 MAR. 2010 FEB. 1983 JAN. 1983 MAR. 1983 8.6 9.3 12.0 12.3 10.5 9.9 12.9 12.7 FEB. 1989 2.8 MAY 1989 4.8 MAY 2006 3-3 осТ. 1999 DEC. 2000 JAN. 2007 FEB. 1999 APR. 1999. 2.6 3-3 2.3 4-2 2.5 KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS 6.6 10.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 8.4 13.0 7.0 9.8 JAN. 1983 NOV. 1986 12.8 JAN. 1976 JAN. 1977 NOV. 1982 DEC. 1982 16.8 AUG. 2009 DEC. 1982 APR. 1983 7.2 12.7 9.0 8.4 11.1 9.1 13-5 ОСТ, 2000 2.6 MAR. 1999 APR. 1979 JUNE 2000 JAN. 2001. JULY 2006 3.6 FEB. 2000 3-4 MAR. 2000 APR. 2001. 3.0 4.1 3.1 3-3 2.5 4-9 MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC 9.3 7.4 4.6 14.4 5-5 9.4 8.2 8.3 9.6 FEB, 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.7 SEPT. 1992 7.6 MAR. 1983 NOV 1976 SEPT. 2010 DEC. 1976 FEB. 2010 10.6 8.8 14.4 10.7 10.0 10.3 11.2 FEB. 1998 APR .2000 3.8 JAN. 2000 MAR. 2007 MAY 1987 JULY 2000 AUG. 2007 APR. 1988 MAR. 1999 2,.8 3-2 2.2 2.1 3.6 3-4 4.0 3-1 ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN 3.7 10.0 6.9 10.6 9.0 11.5 11.0 4.4 9.4 FEB. 1983 6.8 JUNE 1983 MAR. 1983 FEB. 1983 6.0 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1983 FEB. 2010 JAN. 2010 JAN. 1983 12.8 13.9 9.2 12.1 12.9 12.7 12.5 JAN. 2001 3.8 DEC. 2000 2.8 FEB. 1995 4-7 MAR. 2000 4.0- JULY 1988 MAR. 1998 ". 3.2 JULY e001 2.6 MAR. 2000 MAY 2000 2.9 2.5 3-9 TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY 8.1 7.5 5.8 6.8 9.0 9.2 7.8 6.8 NOV. 1986 MAR. 1983 JAN. 1976 8.8 JAN. 1983 7.8 MAR. 1983 NOV. 1982 JAN. 1983 JAN. 1987 9.1 9.3 10.0 12.2 18.1 11.5 JAN. 2001 APR. 2007 APR. 2000 DEC. 2000 MAY 2007 APR. 2008 FEB. 2000 APR. 1979 4:2 2.5 2.4 4-4 2.2 3-9 3.0 23 HIGHEST 14%+ 10-13.9% 8-9.9% 5-7.9% 3-4.9% 0-2.9% LOWEST IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS ALMOST 400,000 JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF JOB CREATION, THE UNITED STATES WOULD NEED NINE MORE YEARS TO RECOVER THE JOBS LOST. DURING THE RECESSION. THE 20 MOST UNEMPLOYED CITIES IN AMERICA 16.5% Muskegon, MI 15.8% Bend, OR 17.7% Redding, CA 16.3% Ocean City, NJ 17.9% Rockford, IL 16.3% Flint, MI 16% 21.7% Yuba, CA 18.4% Stockton, CA Monroe, MI 19.2% Modesto, CA 22.1% Merced, CA 18.7% 16.6% 16.8% Salinas, CA Fresno, CA Palm Coast, FL 18.3% 17.5% 19.4% Visalia, CA Madera, CA Bakersfield, CA 18.6% Hanford, CA 27% 19.9% Yuma, AZ El Centro, CA AS OF OCTOBER 2010, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EMERGENCY BENEFITS HAS RISEN TO 4.04 MILLION. THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT PER WEEK EACH STATE ALLOWS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: $601+ $551-600 $501-550 $451-500 $401-450 $351-400 $301-350 $251-300 $250- $482 $541 $545 $459 $475 $566 $534 $503 $494 S566 $584 $594 $942 $660 $516 OR WA HI NM CO MN IL OH NC РА NJ CN МА RI МЕ CHART 1: ABOVE THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $442 $450 S407 $444 $415 $406 $409 $423 $443 $431 $415 $424 $405 $425 $427 AK WY ND OK KS IA AR KY wV NY VT NH CHART 2: NEAR THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT $393 $363 $240 $392 $308 $298 $320 $284 $363 $230 S320 $275 $390 $255 $275 $330 $378 $326 $359 $380 $330 NV ID AZ TX NE SD WI MS MI TN IN AL FL. GA VA DC MD DE CHART 3: BELOW THE AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT THE GREAT DIVIDE BETWEEN CLASSES HAS BECOME EVEN GREATER: IN 1980; C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED AN AVERAGE OF THE RICHEST 1% OF AMERICANS NOW TAKE HOME ALMOST 24% 42 TIMES AS MUCH OF THE NATION'S INCOME. AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. IN 2001, • C.E.O.'S OF THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMPANIES EARNED 531 ΤΙΜES MORE THAN AS THE AVERAGE WORKER. YET PERHAPS THE MOST ASTOUNDING STATISTIC IS THIS: FROM 1980 TO 2005, MORE THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL INCREASE IN AMERICAN INCOMES WENT TO THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT. 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