Jobs Crisis Fact Sheet By Anna Turner, Economic Policy Institute, December 4, 2009

• “Number unemployed: 15.4 million (up from 7.5 million in December 2007)
• Portion of unemployed who have been jobless more than six months: 38.3%
• Total jobs lost during the recession: 8.0 million
• Jobs lost in November, 2009: 11,000
• Jobs needed to return to pre-recession unemployment rate: 10.9 million
• Number of jobseekers per job opening: 6.1
• Unemployment rate: 10.0%
• States with double-digit unemployment in October, 2009: 15
• Americans with no health insurance in 2008: 46.3 million