Posted on 03/04/2010 1:57:31 PM PST by Spktyr
Maricopa County lost the second highest number of jobs among U.S. counties between second quarter 2008 and 2Q 2009, according to federal labor data released Tuesday.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday Maricopa County lost 149,900 jobs between 2Q 2008 and 2Q 2009. Only Los Angeles County lost more jobs during the same time period — 256,700 jobs.
The Phoenix metro area lost more jobs than Cook County in the Chicago area as well as New York City.
The Phoenix area has been hit hard by the pullback in consumer spending, tourism, housing prices and the construction sector. County job losses June 2008 to June 2009
* Los Angeles: 256,700 * Maricopa County/Phoenix: 149,900 * Cook County/Chicago: 137,700 * Orange County, Calif.: 119,700 * New York City: 113,200
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Phoenix is a there in the middle of nowhere.
Population (2008 annual average) 1,976,000
Population (2009 annual average) 2,001,000
Civilian labor force (2008 annual average) 1,347,000
Civilian labor force (2009 annual average) 1,370,000
Employed (2008 annual average) 1,257,000
Employed (2009 annual average) 1,209,000
Unemployed (2008 annual average) 90,000
Unemployed (2009 annual average) 161,000
Unemployment rate (2008 annual average) 6.7%
Unemployment rate (2009 annual average) 11.8%
We're #2....We're #2.....THANKS OBAMA!!!! ;)
This would be VERY interesting, if evey county in the country had the same number of people, or jobs...
What, nobody can afford their maids and lawn service any more? Sucks.
True but what’s interesting is that LA County has over twice the amount of people as Maricopa does. So yeah this sucks as they are simply not hiring anywhere in Phoenix.
The really strange thing is that in the midst of all this my business is picking up!
...and taking all the cute chicks with them. LOL
Sounds like Sheriff Joe needs more help.
Yeah, it’s sad. The tab for health care for illegal aliens is $1 billion annually in L.A. alone. Maybe those Ent chicks work in health care and are tired of Medicaid cutting their prices by 40%. A nurse or doctor in California is practically a state employee.
I’ll bet Ca leads the nation in gov’t jobs not lost.
Government jobs added, you probably mean.
(Oh, and dragnet2? Yeah, this is a BTTT with content. You should try it sometime.)
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