{"id":1003272,"date":"2019-01-04T12:16:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003272"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:11:45","slug":"icymi-yahoo-finance-the-government-shutdown-is-hitting-these-u-s-states-the-hardest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-yahoo-finance-the-government-shutdown-is-hitting-these-u-s-states-the-hardest\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Yahoo Finance: The government shutdown is hitting these U.S. states the hardest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">\nBy Adriana Belmonte<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/qk-CymKLDI84gNIYuT0ghX01VuU_o6Of27ihNvYkTJeM8a6Wpwkkz6UD7E5mSSRZ4mxcA2MpbYoeFRgyhnOA9JZe28XJzjLtDQCFoa75ozV47JcBtfEY7PWXTCGZT22y1yzzYM9m\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While it might seem surprising for states like Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, and New Mexico to be impacted so harshly by the shutdown, this is due to a number of reasons, according to WalletHub Analyst Jill Gonzalez. Alaska and Hawaii both have large military and federal contracts, while Arizona is most affected by \u201creal estate and mortgage processing.\u201d Hawaii has the largest share of federal jobs at 5.1%, while Alaska and New Mexico have 4.68% and 3.61%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mix of states most affected might surprise people,\u201d Gonzalez said about the variations of government shutdown impact. \u201cThe longer the shutdown lasts, the more people will be affected by it. Households with federal employees, as well as those who receive benefits from the federal government, will be affected on financial and interpersonal levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi, eighth overall on the list, has the second-highest percentage of families receiving SNAP benefits, followed by New Mexico, Oregon, and Louisiana. In terms of highest real estate as a percentage of gross state product, Hawaii was at the top, with Maryland, Florida, New Jersey, California, and Colorado not far behind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/government-shutdown-hitting-u-s-states-hardest-124420047.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/government-shutdown-hitting-u-s-states-hardest-124420047.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547762112780000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHoNiE2GxHGuntRI1uKopkjXtdT7A\">MORE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adriana Belmonte &nbsp; &nbsp; While it might seem surprising for states like Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, and New Mexico to be impacted so harshly by the shutdown, this is due to a number of reasons, according to WalletHub Analyst Jill Gonzalez. Alaska and Hawaii both have large military and federal contracts, while Arizona is most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: Yahoo Finance: The government shutdown is hitting these U.S. states the hardest - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-yahoo-finance-the-government-shutdown-is-hitting-these-u-s-states-the-hardest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-04T16:16:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:11:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/qk-CymKLDI84gNIYuT0ghX01VuU_o6Of27ihNvYkTJeM8a6Wpwkkz6UD7E5mSSRZ4mxcA2MpbYoeFRgyhnOA9JZe28XJzjLtDQCFoa75ozV47JcBtfEY7PWXTCGZT22y1yzzYM9m\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-yahoo-finance-the-government-shutdown-is-hitting-these-u-s-states-the-hardest\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-yahoo-finance-the-government-shutdown-is-hitting-these-u-s-states-the-hardest\/\",\"name\":\"ICYMI: Yahoo Finance: The government shutdown is hitting these U.S. states the hardest - 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