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Unemployment In America, Mapped Over Time: 1990 To 2016
FYI: We often hear about shifting unemployment rate at the national scale. It went up. It went down. It changes month-to-month. But unemployment is very regional, more common in some areas of the country than others. In many areas, unemployment rates remain relatively high despite the decreases in the national average. Regards, Ted http://flowingdata.com/2016/10/17/animated-map-of-unemployment/
I found this graphic which is fairly up to date. Notice how UE rates jump once outside the Seattle-King county area. This is why I refer to this economy as a polka dot economy. Perhaps most states, especially in the west with one major metro area exhibit the same pattern? Oregon must be similar?
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