Posted on 10/08/2018 5:53:47 AM PDT by Renkluaf
The conventional wisdom is that the jobs boom has been better for coastal areas than in Midwestern and farm states.
But a closer look at the data shows that's not the case at all.
Of the 20 metro areas with the tightest job markets — where unemployment rates are roughly half the national average or less — only five are in coastal states, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The lowest rate in the country, at just 1.7 percent, was in Ames, Iowa. Four other metros on the list are in Iowa, and three are in Idaho.
On the other hand, eight of the metro areas on the list of the 20 highest jobless rates are in California, where the overall jobless rate is 4.2 percent, a bit higher than the national rate. Yuma, Arizona, has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 22 percent. The economic strength in the Midwest shows up in low jobless rates in dozens of other metro areas. That strength could be at risk, though, if Trump administration tariffs begin to weigh on exports, especially farm products.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
I am not into the metro (another way to say city with a Subway system)
Would rather take less pay and live in the “sticks”
It should be noted that the #1 city for unemployment, Yuma, AZ, is right on the border with CA, with government entities for almost all major employers, excepting only a date (the fruit) packing plant. From Wikipedia: # Employer # of employees
01 Marine Corps Air Station Yuma 6,825
02 Yuma Proving Ground 2,093
03 Yuma Regional Medical Center 1,991
04 Datepac 1,500
05 Yuma Elementary School Dist. 1,400
06 Yuma County 1,366
07 TRAX International 1,262
08 City of Yuma 1,200
09 United States Border Patrol 1,000
10 Yuma Union High School Dist. 1,000
Amen. I’m retired so ‘less pay’ doesn’t apply. But I do enjoy living in the sticks.
In California, the coastal elites are shaded “green”, while the unemployed are tones of “brown.” The lightly populated fly-over country has a default color.
My goodness, does the cartographer have a message for the masses?
Other matters to glean from the data set include demographics, indian tribe, citizenship, easy-peasy voter registration, etc.
Not taking anything away from the Trump economy, but I am always amazed at stats like Yuma's that illustrate how entwined the government's spending is with the total economy.
LOL
Check out Alaska. over 50% of the people that do work, work for a tax supported organization.
We also have one “non-profit” for ever760 residents.
We have the hugest unemployment in the US.
Where the heck is Raleigh NC?-) We’ve got people flocking here daily. My house is worth almost twice what I paid for. Sub-divisions are going up in every piece of unoccupied land. Traffic is becoming Atlanta!
3.4% according to map at the website.
Here is a better website with Raleigh numbers over time
https://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/north-carolina/raleigh/
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