15.1 million Americans unemployed.
The entire state of Ohio has a population under 12 million people. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is at around 12.5 million people. Illinois is around 13 million. In fact, every state except California, Florida, New York and Texas, has a population lower than the 15.1 million who are unemployed going into the Christmas season.
If the 15.1 million were a state, they would have 21 members of Congress, with 23 votes in the Electoral College in 2012.
When these 15.1 million are combined with those who are underemployed the total number of people who either don’t have work or are working at jobs well below their expertise and training reaches 26.1 million Americans — more than the population of any state except California.
Yet, to hear US Department of Labor spokesperson Carl Fillichio tell it, they are doing “great work.”
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