Half of U.S. counties have not recovered from recession (2014, unemployment rate)

[ckhthankgod]

Here's some interesting information in regards to the economic recovery of counties in relation to the latest recession: Half of U.S. Counties Haven’t Recovered From Recession - Real Time Economics - WSJ

[dalparadise]

I'm more of a "half the counties in the U.S. have recovered" kind of guy.

[Serious Conversation]

The areas that are recovering are primarily very large metros. Rural America is worse off than it's been at any time in the past fifty years or so.

[LordHomunculus]

Not all major metros. According to the map, the counties in metro Detroit, Chicago, and every metro in Florida are red.

[iNviNciBL3]

Weren't these counties pretty crappy before the recession ?

[Huckleberry3911948]

there is no recession and recovery. all lies. its a contraction. those jobs are gone
why do you think some states now have 9 years of unemployment?
btw unemployment was supposed to be a short state program- in between jobs
the feds turned it into welfare.

[flyingcat2k]

??? Rural america, depending on what state it is in, is doing fine. Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, parts of the South are all back or never in recession. Colorado and Idaho suffer from the cities getting bigger with influxes of people who don't like natural resource development and think cattle ranches are mean. Nevada and Arizona were booms that should have never been. New Mexico is a conundrum.

I find it interesting how California is an either "have it" or "have not" state considering how populist/socialist it is.

I thought the economy in Tulsa County was doing well but it is still below the recession levels. I guess we have room to grow.

[rnc2mbfl]

Stating the number of counties that have or have not recovered doesn't tell the real story. What should be reported is the percentage of people who live in counties that have recovered against those which have not. I suspect that the total population of the counties that have not recovered is far less than the population in those that have.

[CravingMountains]

This is just measuring GDP as compared to prior to the recession. I find it impossible to say that metro Atlanta for instance has recovered from the recession when the metro still has an unemployment rate above 7%.

[Craziaskowboi]

Look at all the counties around Washington DC that were never in recession.