january 2009 recession map (unemployment rate, live in, relocating)

[adirondackguy123]

The Geography of a Recession - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com


It's looking pretty bad everywhere and when it's updated for february it'll be worse. hope every one is doing okay.

[()_T]

Top 10 counties with the highest unemployement rates. (From the map)

1.Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon area, Alaska 28.3%

2.Mackinac County, Michigan & Colusa County, California 27.6%

3.Perry County, Tennesse 27.3%

4.Imperial County, California 24.2%

5. Bargara County, Michigan & Allendale County, South Carolina 23.4%

6.Presque County, Michigan 23.3%

Wade Hampton area, Alaska 22.8%

8. Oscoda County, Michigan 22.5%

9.Marion County, South Carolina 22.4%

10.Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan area, Alaska 22.3%

[Brave Stranger]

Wow......Michigan is a mess

[miamiman]

Originally Posted by Brave Stranger

Wow......Michigan is a mess

When hasn't Michigan been a mess?

I am surprised to see that West Virignia and the vast majority of Texas has seen a relatively small rise in uneployment overall.

No surprise about the Great Plains. There are some counties there that have actually seen a decrease in unemployment. Maybe people from Alpena and Marquette should think about relocating.

[adirondackguy123]

Originally Posted by miamiman

When hasn't Michigan been a mess?

I am surprised to see that West Virignia and the vast majority of Texas has seen a relatively small rise in uneployment overall.

No surprise about the Great Plains. There are some counties there that have actually seen a decrease in unemployment. Maybe people from Alpena and Marquette should think about relocating.

I'm waiting to see the map when they put the march data in.

[Waterlily]

The new data for March is going to be ugly if where I live is any indication. Unemployment rates rates just keep going up. More parts of Oregon are going to be showing up in the red. The county I live in has 12.7 unemployment for Feb. They expect it'll be even higher soon. To make it worse the counties around us have even higher rates of unemployment. Still there are small signs they things will pick up after a while.

[Raphael07]

We're still hovering at 5%, yay! Plus some companies are hiring.