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Visualizing Unemployment in the USA

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March 08, 2010 – Comments (7) | RELATED TICKERS: MAP , JOB

 A visual depiction of unemployment, by County, for the entire United States, over the last 2.5 years.

Generally, I do not like to post about bad news or negative market influences, however, in this case I could not resist.  As a professional geographer involved in the creation and utilization of map-based data I felt that this particular multi-media map makes excellent use of government statistics while employing (pun intended) very effective use of color and cartographic (map-making) principles. You will have to draw your own conclusions, but I think you will agree that this is an effective tool for the use that it was intended for.  You can make statistics lie but they can also be used to analyze trends and for seeing patterns that might otherwise be obscured by the "facts".

Let's hope that the map gets lighter in the years ahead!

7 Comments – Post Your Own

#1) On March 08, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Option1307 (30.51) wrote:

Wow, that's actually a really cool graphic. Sad, but powerful to see.

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#2) On March 08, 2010 at 1:33 PM, binve (< 20) wrote:

I agree, very telling but very sad :(

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#3) On March 08, 2010 at 1:41 PM, lemoneater (87.47) wrote:

This is a very easy to interpret visual. Thanks for sharing!

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#4) On March 08, 2010 at 10:54 PM, imobillc (< 20) wrote:

very nice visual tool!!

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#5) On March 14, 2010 at 2:06 PM, 1weightlosscoach (< 20) wrote:

Interesting that the unemployment rate in most of California is now at or above 10-percent. As one of the most populous states with such a great climate. As the cost of real estate continues to decline due to the increasing rate of foreclosures of single family homes and condos the rate of affordability increases.

At some point in time there will be a shift, and that shift at the lower end will offer the smart home buyer to partner with some to find adequate housing and the investor will have an equity stake similar to owning stock in a company. The investor gets to buy at rock bottom prices and the home buyer gets great deal.

Brad

http://www.howtoburnfatquick.com

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#6) On January 02, 2011 at 4:36 AM, brokerbroke (< 20) wrote:

They should turn all the bank-owned 7 BR/7BA homes into group homes for people just out of jail or on "house arrest" and, send them outside during the day to farm any acreage, or make the livingroom into a "NOT made in China" toy assembly network.  Hey, it costs how much to sustain a jailbird? 

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