Comments on: Animated Unemployment Rates by County 2007 – Present

By: michaeld

michaeld — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:31:19 +0000

The only way to fix the situation with unemployment is vigorous economic growth. If other countries can grow at 10%, there is no reason why the US cannot do the same.

We need policies that re-enforce growth. Because fixing unemployment will also fix the real estate issues and the bank balance sheets.

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By: ZenRazor

ZenRazor — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:20:11 +0000

Clearly we need to get more people–preferably politicians, if you count them as people–to move into the Great Lakes.

By: kmckellop

kmckellop — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:55:43 +0000

Interesting that Nebraska remains unscathed.. .maybe is has to do with Warren (Uncle Sam) Buffett or the fact that Nebraska’s legislature is not allowed to take on debt any more than $100K.

By: Steve Barry

Steve Barry — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:15:52 +0000

Things are getting better and better…in Northern Alaska.

By: bsneath

bsneath — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:08:34 +0000

I thought I was watching a preview for The Andromeda Strain.

By: uno

uno — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:53:59 +0000

I’m using an organic, Big Blue-style, massively parallel supercomputer to try and figure out how rising unemployment lends itself to inflation instead of deflation…but I keep coming up with the same answer.

It doesn’t:

“The grocery consumer price index, which measures what shoppers pay at stores, has decreased 2.5 percent over the past year, “with the fruits and vegetables, dairy and meat groups all posting significant declines,” according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The food index has declined 0.2 percent since September 2008, the first 12-month decrease in more than 40 years. “

By: Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:39:46 +0000

Once again, Sublette County, WY, leads the nation in employment.

By: David Yaseen

David Yaseen — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:38:27 +0000

Watching the country turn black as 2009 progresses is indeed sobering. One question: any idea why it shows the unemployment rate as Sept. 09 as 8.5%? That doesn’t tally with any measure I’m familiar with.

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BR: My guess is because the average across counties is different from the national average . . .

There are vast stretches of land West of the Mississippi, from Texas up to Wyoming and Minnesota, where unemployment is far below the national average, but in Farming/Ranching states that are more sparsely populated. Hence, the average county unemployment is skewed relative tot he national measure.