I’m not the only nerd here in the room, right? Phew. Check out Remapping Debate’s new graph of Bureau of Labor Statistics data of unemployment and underemployment, by state, over time. Don’t miss the widget that lets you examine how the data differs by year.

In brief: It looks grim. Do use the data for good.

E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).