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Wall Street Journal: Some Hard-Hit States Get Less Stimulus

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124640397606976419.html

Some of the states worst hit by the recession are getting far less federal economic-stimulus money per person than states faring better.  Nevada, where unemployment stood at about 10% when the plan was passed, is getting $541 for each resident from the stimulus money allocated so far, a Wall Street Journal analysis found. Wyoming, where the 3.9% jobless rate was the lowest in the country in February, is getting $1,074 per person.  Job seekers fill out applications at a job fair in Las Vegas last week. Nevada has relatively high unemployment and low per-capita stimulus funding.  Florida, North Carolina and Oregon are among the other states with relatively low per-capita payouts, despite battling double-digit unemployment. North Dakota and South Dakota, meanwhile, are also receiving large quantities of stimulus money relative to their small populations -- even while unemployment remains about half the national average.


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