Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin Among the Midwest States Recovering Poorly from Pandemic Unemployment: Report
June 20, 2022 | Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
While the entire nation was devastated by mass unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic, most states are well on the way to a full recovery.
Except in the Midwest.
According to a WalletHub report issued Thursday, nearly every state in the nation has made employment gains since March 2020. Exceptions include Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.
North Dakota, Georgia, California, Colorado, and Utah also fared poorly according to research by WalletHub, a personal finance website approaching a decade in business.
WalletHub ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia from one for quickest employment recovery to 51 for the slowest. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Indiana ranks 51st, Ohio 49th, Michigan 46th, Illinois 41st, and Minnesota 37th.
Wisconsin fared somewhat better, ranking 23rd for the slowest recovery since the beginning of the pandemic. Iowa ranked third in the nation for slowest recovery since the beginning of the pandemic….(Excerpt from The Wisconsin Daily Star)
