Yeah compared to many of the big blue states, yes. Remember averages?
Nobody mentioned averages until you did in this post.
What averages?
Nothing in this list has to do with averages between states.
MORE GOP-LEAD STATES HAVE RECOVERED MORE JOBS LOST TO COVID THAN DEM-LEAD STATES. It's so simple.
Did you even read that article? I bet not.
Pre-covid jobs lost vs. jobs recovered through September. How the hell is a "Before and After" comparison in any way tied to population, average "something something" or any other statistics catch phrase you can remember?
Before pandemic - jobs lost = one number.
After pandemic - jobs recovered = another number
Before # minus After # = Recovered #.
After # divided by Recovered # = percentage of jobs lost in pandemic that have recovered.
Utah and Idaho lead all states, having created more jobs now than before COVID.
Arizona and Texas: 93.7% and 92.2% respectively.
North Carolina is in the leader of the Blue States, having recovered 81.9% of lost jobs since COVID. That puts them in 15th place out of all 50.
If you're still confused, find a 5th grader to read and explain this to you. It's not rocket science. Hell, it's not even math. All the math was done for you. All you have to do is take 1 minute to read it.