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- offon, on 03/04/2009, -1/+32Very smart and informative graph.
- littlegraydude, on 03/05/2009, -0/+15sucks to be Michigan - I guess that can be attributed to the failing auto industry
- jamc100, on 03/05/2009, -0/+15Here in Michigan things really are that bad. I've been hearing this phrase a lot lately: "Last one out, don't forget to turn off the lights."
- inigomntoya, on 03/05/2009, -0/+10Nothing. Obviously.
- Trollemite, on 03/05/2009, -0/+7It's because their "industry" there is pretty much tourist traps like the Mackinaw bridge, Mackinaw Island, Fort Mackinac, Fort Michilimackinac and the all the fudge/souvenir shops. Because of the crap economy in the rest of the state less people are traveling that far. Their business there is also pretty seasonal since they get tons of snow and it gets pretty cold up there.
- gdo01, on 03/05/2009, -0/+7The Northeast and the South disagree with you.
- jonapete2001, on 03/05/2009, -1/+8Its really just sad, some places with 15%+. I thought it was bad where I live with ~7%.
- gobbleplex, on 03/05/2009, -0/+7Keep in mind a few things:
1. This map uses data from '08. It hasn't even factored in the last 60 days.
2. Real unemployment is always higher than the official numbers. - vital101, on 03/05/2009, -0/+6As a Michgan resident, I can tell you that area of the U.P. has been hit extremely hard. Pretty much the only jobs up there are from tourism, and when people couldn't afford gas for their cars, they stopped going there. After a year or two, it has just spiraled out of control.
- caeser5786, on 03/05/2009, -2/+8you failed english and history didn't you?
- Kardde, on 03/05/2009, -0/+5What the hell is going on in Mackinac County, Michigan where 1 out of 4 people aren't working?
- ALiberalMind, on 03/05/2009, -3/+8Arizona, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Alaska, Maine, and South Carolina are typical red states with high unemployment. Heck, even in California, there are some red counties that are getting hard hit. The reason the midwest is low is because it's compromised of farmland, so there's not a lot of people per square mile.
- tnvwboy, on 03/05/2009, -0/+4Glad I live in Nebraska.
- ChelseaBlacker, on 03/05/2009, -0/+4Great point, especially when you consider "under employment". Sure, many people still have jobs but they're not optimized for the skills they've learned.
Example: IT Programmer laid off from a company w/o enough work for him is now a part time computer teacher at a local school. - donnytomas, on 03/05/2009, -0/+4I love cartography.
- JoeF8577, on 03/04/2009, -1/+5I wish they had more info on some of the harder hit areas.
- buckrogers1965, on 03/05/2009, -0/+4They don't count people who are not looking for work.
- killdashnine, on 03/05/2009, -0/+4Dugg for putting ***** into perspective.
- nosenseofself, on 03/05/2009, -1/+5I agree. I mean have you seen California's governor? he's one of the most crazy liberal moonbats out there!
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Also, I thought the use of "moonbat" as an insult had died in the 50s until I began to hear it being used again by republicans and conservative pundits. Make of this comment what you will. - inactive, on 03/05/2009, -0/+4No, it's the Left Coast, just look at who's running all the state governments out here.
- woofers07, on 03/05/2009, -0/+4Living in Portland, I'm actually surprised how relatively low the unemployment rate is here compared to everywhere else. I go to work thankful I even have a job given the market around here.
- silverchrysalis, on 03/05/2009, -0/+3Michigan has relied not only on tourism for years, but the auto industry and all of its little offshoots. I live in Wexford County (up north), where the unp. rate is over 15%. Nearly all of the industry here is for the Big Three, and as those guys collapse, the work dries up. There's very little else in the state as high insurance and taxes and regulations have driven off most other businesses over the years... there also has not been the best education system, and just about all we have left is logging and welfare.
- nirav72, on 03/05/2009, -0/+3Nice try. Some of the counties in states that were red in the past election are also heavy on the unemployment percentage.
- pingpong23, on 03/05/2009, -0/+2It is a percentage smart guy.
- novenator, on 03/05/2009, -0/+2This is a dupe, please check the duplicate check a bit more carefully Bart. The original one from the exact same source is located at:
http://digg.com/business_finance/The_Geography_of_ ... - snotrokit, on 03/05/2009, -1/+3STFU
- ChelseaBlacker, on 03/05/2009, -0/+2This could be the result of cities in relatively rural areas.
- milkmit, on 03/05/2009, -0/+2NYT has some of the illest interactive infographics.
- BadAshe86, on 03/05/2009, -0/+2I would be curious about the tax rates, particularly the corporate tax rates as compared to the unemployment statistics.
Let's face it companies need to be profitable to stay alive. If you overtax them, it's only logical that they let people go or relocated to regions where they can be more profitable with either lower taxes or lower wages. - h3lx, on 03/05/2009, -0/+2The total population is 11 and after 2 of them sent home and the whole area gets painted dark red...
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The picture in Dallas, Texas isn't as accurate as they''d like you believe. We've dropped 16 folks in the last 2 weeks and we're a hundred fewer from this time last year. Current staff at 20 or so not counting office employees. - Gooseisland10, on 03/05/2009, -0/+2You're confused. If no one lived there the unemployment rate would be 0%. It isn't and has to do with the people who actually live there. Thus, if 2 people lived in a county and one was unemployed the rate would be 50%. It really isn't that difficult to figure out.
- inactive, on 03/05/2009, -3/+4Tough times for the Left Coast.
- flyingsquirle, on 03/05/2009, -0/+1Wow this really puts it all into perspective how large this thing really is
- s4forum18, on 03/05/2009, -0/+1I have the smallest rate in california! go San Mateo!!!
- Gooseisland10, on 03/05/2009, -4/+5People per square mile has nothing to do with it. If there were two people in a county and one got laid off it would be 50% unemployment. The 5 states with the highest unemployment rates are: Michigan, Rhode Island, South Carolina, California and Oregon. Only red state out of that is South Carolina. The top ten lowest unemployment rates are currently red states minus New Hampshire. It seems there is a strong correlation from the numbers given that unemployment= voting blue.
- jjamminjon, on 03/05/2009, -2/+3This is neat!
- Homerr, on 03/04/2009, -2/+3Nice, you can zoom in and pan.
- snotrokit, on 03/05/2009, -0/+1There are many counties that have a much higher rate than their surrounding counties, I wonder what industry was there, or what led to the big difference in the numbers.
- thefox84, on 03/05/2009, -0/+1Yikes...
- gamers403, on 03/04/2009, -1/+2indeed it is, good stuff
- inactive, on 03/06/2009, -0/+1@ ALiberalMind (cough)... look again at that map, and compare left-voting COUNTIES with unemployment. You'll notice that the left-voting counties in Arizona, for instance, are the hardest hit. Now there are some red states that are hit pretty bad (e.g. Alaska) but by and large the red "heartland" has been unaffected. Union/minority counties are the hardest hit, as well as metropolitan areas that tend to vote left. Take from that what you will but do realize that viewing this with "a liberal mind" will probably lead you to a biased conclusion.
- ChelseaBlacker, on 03/05/2009, -1/+2Good stuff, except that it was ALREADY SUBMITTED 4 hours before you found it.
http://digg.com/business_finance/The_Geography_of_ ...
I guess the early bird gets worms, the bird with a lot of friends gets the front page! - brandita, on 03/06/2009, -0/+1The NYT owns at graphically displaying data in useful and attractive graphics.
- herriojr, on 03/05/2009, -0/+1I'd like to see this overlaid with how much the state governments spend on "social" projects. I always feel the states who have more "social" projects end up getting hit the hardest. I could be wrong, hence the reason I'd like to see the data :)
- dmelo, on 03/05/2009, -0/+1This was from back in December. When things were relatively together. We don't want to see this when January and February are included.
- elnerdo, on 03/05/2009, -0/+1If no one lived there, the unemployment rate would be indeterminate. It wouldn't be 0%, nor would it be any other number.
- inactive, on 03/06/2009, -0/+1Don't say that on digg Gooseisland10, or you'll get dugg down.
- drgmdp, on 03/06/2009, -0/+1yeah, like alaska
- anotherjack, on 03/07/2009, -0/+1Depends. San Francsico is doing ok, despite having a rather extravagant bubble. In the city proper, houses are being bought almost as fast as they are sold. Houses in my area are going through high foreclosure rates not because of lost jobs, but because of predatory loans. When the immigrant families who pooled their monies to buy these homes are thrown out of the home, the natives snap the houses up.
- grandmaz, on 03/05/2009, -1/+2i make maps like this all the time for school, GO GEOGRAPHY!!! (GIS/webmapping, the mapping of the future o.O)
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