Percent Of Labor Force On Extended Unemployment Benefits By State: Chart

From The Wall Street Journal, Real Time Economics, "Without Unemployment Extension, Which States Would Be Hit Hardest?" by Jeffrey Sparshott:

State	People on extended benefits	Labor Force	Percent of Labor Force on Extended Benefits
Alabama	12,325	2,131,015	0.58%
Alaska	5,424	365,014	1.49%
Arizona	14,775	2,996,083	0.49%
Arkansas	9,138	1,321,491	0.69%
California	253,465	18,605,923	1.36%
Colorado	17,907	2,747,235	0.65%
Connecticut	25,175	1,853,755	1.36%
Delaware	3,773	439,375	0.86%
Dist Columbia	4,588	362,532	1.27%
Florida	36,372	9,395,625	0.39%
Georgia	66,729	4,761,141	1.40%
Hawaii	2,044	648,307	0.32%
Idaho	2,591	772,553	0.34%
Illinois	79,201	6,519,135	1.21%
Indiana	19,334	3,157,064	0.61%
Iowa	4,902	1,659,180	0.30%
Kansas	4,647	1,487,990	0.31%
Kentucky	18,600	2,063,809	0.90%
Louisiana	6,837	2,085,288	0.33%
Maine	3,334	709,874	0.47%
Maryland	28,881	3,113,857	0.93%
Massachusetts	55,048	3,487,578	1.58%
Michigan	47,013	4,724,597	1.00%
Minnesota	11,314	2,964,572	0.38%
Mississippi	12,005	1,283,201	0.94%
Missouri	25,105	3,012,543	0.83%
Montana	1,981	508,310	0.39%
Nebraska	2,026	1,027,092	0.20%
Nevada	16,746	1,362,268	1.23%
New Hampshire	1,316	741,735	0.18%
New Jersey	84,048	4,562,290	1.84%
New Mexico	6,011	920,734	0.65%
New York	128,543	9,655,028	1.33%
North Carolina	0	4,665,909	0.00%
North Dakota	628	401,108	0.16%
Ohio	38,348	5,727,339	0.67%
Oklahoma	4,497	1,812,689	0.25%
Oregon	20,896	1,918,736	1.09%
Pennsylvania	86,434	6,471,380	1.34%
Rhode Island	4,907	550,711	0.89%
South Carolina	14,916	2,156,962	0.69%
South Dakota	302	449,448	0.07%
Tennessee	18,405	3,076,053	0.60%
Texas	70,176	12,787,775	0.55%
Utah	2,931	1,408,453	0.21%
Vermont	706	351,626	0.20%
Virginia	10,074	4,222,048	0.24%
Washington	23,101	3,470,611	0.67%
West Virginia	6,622	795,424	0.83%
Wisconsin	25,327	3,064,739	0.83%
Wyoming	841	306,640	0.27%

Source: Labor Department

Source: The Wall Street Journal