Suppose in the past 2 years the numbers have moved much for these unemployed?

[HereSince1628]

A sure sign of being on the road of recovery from mental illness is a job. Sixty percent of people receiving public assistance for mental healthcare want a job. Less than 2% are given opportunities via programs that involve employment subsidies.

The following may be the most overlooked unemployment statistics in the United States:

2012 figures on unemployment among the working aged mentally ill by state.


Maine…92.60%
West Virginia…91.90%
Hawaii…91.40%
Pennsylvania…90.60%
California…90.00%
Alabama…89.10%
Massachusetts…89.10%
Missouri…89.10%
Louisiana…88.30%
Michigan…88.10%
Oregon…87.70%
South Carolina…87.60%
Georgia…87.10%
Washington…86.90%
Mississippi…86.20%
Minnesota…86.10%
Montana…86.10%
Texas…85.60%
North Carolina…85.20%
Florida…84.70%
Maryland…84.10%
New York…84.00%
Ohio…84.00%
Kentucky…83.90%
Nevada…83.80%
Illinois…83.20%
Arizona…82.90%
Rhode Island…82.60%
Idaho…81.30%
Utah…80.70%
Indiana…80.50%
Virginia…80.30%
Tennessee…79.80%
Connecticut…79.70%
Oklahoma…79.30%
Arkansas…78.80%
Colorado…77.80%
Wisconsin…77.20%
Delaware…76.90%
New Mexico…76.10%
Vermont…74.70%
South Dakota…72.00%
Alaska…71.40%
New Jersey…71.10%
Nebraska…70.80%
Kansas…70.20%
Iowa…68.40%
New Hampshire…67.30%
North Dakota…62.90%
Wyoming…56.10%

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[Liberal_in_LA]

1. omg

[HereSince1628]

2. Really. There is very little awareness of this problem.

Little doubt about why so many homeless are mentally ill.

Did you notice that it's agricultural states, often characterized as having little public safety net that do the best in this regard? I suspect there is an interesting story hiding in that.