UNBELIEVABLE! Unemployment Map Of U. S. From 07 to 09 By County

[tucsonlib]

http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

Words fail.....


:cry:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That is horrifying...

Really brings the whole thing home.

:(

[RevCheesehead]

2. Thank you for cross-posting this horrible mess.

I'm primarily a visual learner, and this map just made it all come together for me in a way that words couldn't.
K & R

[Zywiec]

3. Totally skewed

Notice how all the ranges are less than one percent, and THEN the last one is almost four percentage points?

Why no colors for 7%, 8%, 9%?

[ParkieDem]

4. This one is more accurate, IMHO

The one from the OP has the darkest "color" at 10%. This one has it at 13%, with more shading to show how different it is county to county.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/unemployment-by-county/

[Zywiec]

5. Thanks. I like that one better.

I can look directly at my county and the surrounding area.

[Taverner]

6. Thank you very much. I just shat my pants

[newtothegame]

7. What is it about Middle America that it was somewhat immune the whole time,

and still is?

[mimitabby]

8. because they're measuring unemployment

and you have to have a job to lose before you can get unemployment.

[Flaneur]

10. There's nobody there. All those low unemployment counties...

in the High Plains are also low population. People have been leaving those parts of the country for decades. I know I did.

[ibegurpard]

9. wow my county has weathered it pretty well so far

[nc4bo]

11. Good Gawd! nt

[WillyT]

12. Jesus... K & R !!!

And people wonder why everybody's angry.

:banghead:

[WillyT]

13. Kick !!!

:kick:

[Edweird]

14. Obviously what we need are more tax cuts and to reign in "entitlements"...

:sarcasm:

[WillyT]

15. LOL !!! - Yeah, That'll Fix It...

Every time a politician says that, we should have that graphic playing in the background.

:shrug:

:hi:

[Mithreal]

16. Thank you

[Prometheus Bound]

17. That middle strip is amazing. Same thing in Canada.