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Old 03-27-2011, 04:16 PM
 
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Of the Top 25 MAJOR metro areas in the US (Tampa/St Pete/Clearwater is #19 overall) it ranks #2 (behind Sacramento) in terms of having the worst unemployment rate. This according to the last BLS report which was for January 2011.

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Actually January's numbers would place the Tampa metro ahead of the not-quite thriving small metros of Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Punta Gorda, Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Palm Coast, Port St Lucie and Ocala. That's hardly a coup.
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Old 03-28-2011, 03:38 AM
 
Location: Hernando County, FL
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Of the Top 25 MAJOR metro areas in the US (Tampa/St Pete/Clearwater is #19 overall) it ranks #2 (behind Sacramento) in terms of having the worst unemployment rate. This according to the last BLS report which was for January 2011.

Unemployment Rates for Metropolitan Areas
Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Actually January's numbers would place the Tampa metro ahead of the not-quite thriving small metros of Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Punta Gorda, Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Palm Coast, Port St Lucie and Ocala. That's hardly a coup.
And now as of February, Tampa unemployment rate is lower than Miami, even with Jacksonville and still lower than the other metros you mentioned.

I am still trying to understand why in a thread about Florida, in a Florida Forum you are comparing Tampa to cities outside the state when it is not relevant.
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Old 03-28-2011, 07:03 AM
 
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And now as of February, Tampa unemployment rate is lower than Miami, even with Jacksonville and still lower than the other metros you mentioned.

I am still trying to understand why in a thread about Florida, in a Florida Forum you are comparing Tampa to cities outside the state when it is not relevant.
I agree. I certainly would not consider Tampa the "hardest hit" in any way. My husband works every day in downtown Tampa, as he has for 11 years now, and it seems to be improving every year, in all ways. Not a bad city at all. Tampa is, and always has been a "working man's town." Lots of business and industry, and not so much vacation oriented. There are lots of cities in Florida where the whole industry is centered around retirement and vacation, many of those would be "harder hit" in my opinion than a working city like Tampa. I agree with those who posted that perhaps Ft. Myers and that area might be among those hardest hit.

Of course, the OP did not really elaborate on what he/she was looking for in terms of "hardest hit" or why.
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