The Only 26 US Cities That Have Regained All Of The Jobs They Lost During The Recession

Business Insider ^ | 01/19/2012 | Mamta Badkar

[SeekAndFind]

There are a 154 million workers in the U.S., and the current 8.5%, unemployment rate means about 13.1 million Americans are still out of work.

A new report commissioned by the United States Council for Mayors and prepared by IHS Global Insight shows that only 26 of 363 metropolitan statistical areas have completely recovered the jobs they lost during the recession.

We drew on the report to show the number of jobs these metros lost during the recession, their pre-recession peak level, and the metro area's employment level as a share of overall state employment.

Note: The “pre-recession peak” date varies from metro area to metro area, but represents a quarter between Q1 2007 and Q2 2009, where the metro area reached its highest employment before suffering recession job losses.

[SeekAndFind]

Get a load of how many cities in TEXAS are on the list !!

[Bearshouse]

I counted 9 from Texas before I noticed your comment.

[Nevadan]

Also, the ratio of Red States to Blue States looks pretty good.

[Sioux-san]

Just dang - I live in the suicidal state of MIchigan - not even with a RINO gov are we going to recover any time soon.

[NativeNewYorker]

City of Evil ping.

[q_an_a]

Yes and the size of the cities is a little bigger in TX. I mean Achorage vs Houston, Madison vs Austin lets get real we are in a boom and they are crawling.

[Bellflower]

What has made the difference in Texas? Is it largely Perry or do other factors weigh in heavier?

[dfwgator]

Note how many of the cities are college towns?

[achilles2000]

Perry should get substantial credit, but, of course, he has needed others in the government to agree to try to maintain and improve Texas’ business climate.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Is it largely Perry or do other factors weigh in heavier?

To Perry’s credit, he got OUT of the way mostly.

Also, The Texas Legislature convenes in regular session at noon on the second Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year for no more than 140 days.

There provisions for special legislative sessions.

This means that they have less time to do mischief ( like play with the tax code or regulate businesses to death ).

Ronald Reaqan used to say that the times when Americans should be very concerned are the times when Congress is in session.

[achilles2000]

Perry should get substantial credit, but, of course, he has needed others in the government to agree to try to maintain and improve Texas’ business climate.

[Theophilus]

Notice the close correlation to military/government sector jobs.

[Ranald S. MacKenzie]

Cumberland, Maryland is a nice looking town.

[Pietro]

Cumberland is a nice town, had dinner & a couple beers there once.

[Vigilanteman]

Nine of the 26 are in Texas. That's pretty impressive.

But three of the 26 are in tiny North Dakota. That's way more impressive.

[central_va]

There are cities in North Dakota?

[al_c]

But three of the 26 are in tiny North Dakota. That's way more impressive.

No surprise. Big drilling boom going on up there.

[Vigilanteman]

The oil boom is in western North Dakota; two of these three cities are in eastern North Dakota. The third (Bismarck) is still significantly east of the oil boom. It probably supplies some support services, but that’s about it.

[Repeal The 17th]

A new report commissioned by the United States Council for Mayors and prepared by IHS Global Insight shows that only 26 of 363 metropolitan statistical areas have completely recovered the jobs they lost during the recession.
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Ithaca, New York
Bismarck, North Dakota
Fairbanks, Alaska
Cumberland, Maryland
Jonesboro, Arkansas
College Station-Bryan, Texas
Anchorage, Alaska
Grand Forks, North Dakota-Minnesota
Morgantown, West Virginia
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Fargo, North Dakota-Minnesota
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
Wheeling, West Virginia
Dubuque, Iowa
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
Columbia, Missouri
Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Lincoln, Nebraska
Corpus Christi, Texas
El Paso, Texas
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

[TXnMA]

"Get a load of how many cities in TEXAS are on the list !!"

35% is not too shabby for a single State...