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    Warren Harding and the Forgotten Depression of 1920 “…The economic situation in 1920 was grim. By that year unemployment had jumped from 4 percent to nearly 12 percent, and GNP declined 17 percent. No wonder, then, that Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover – falsely characterized as a supporter of laissez-faire economics – urged President Harding to consider an array of interventions to turn the economy around. Hoover was ignored. Instead of “fiscal stimulus,” Harding cut the government’s budget nearly in half between 1920 and 1922. The rest of Harding’s approach was equally laissez-faire. Tax rates were slashed for all income groups. The national debt was reduced by one-third. The Federal Reserve’s activity, moreover, was hardly noticeable. As one economic historian puts it, “Despite the severity of the contraction, the Fed did not move to use its powers to turn the money supply around and fight the contraction.” By the late summer of 1921, signs of recovery were already visible. The following year, unemployment was back down to 6.7 percent and was only 2.4 percent by 1923. It is instructive to compare the American response in this period to that of Japan. In 1920, the Japanese government introduced the fundamentals of a planned economy, with the aim of keeping prices artificially high. According to economist Benjamin Anderson, “The great banks, the concentrated industries, and the government got together, destroyed the freedom of the markets, arrested the decline in commodity prices, and held the Japanese price level high above the receding world level for seven years. During these years Japan endured chronic industrial stagnation and at the end, in 1927, she had a banking crisis of such severity that many great branch bank systems went down, as well as many industries. It was a stupid policy. In the effort to avert losses on inventory representing one year’s production, Japan lost seven years.” The U.S., by contrast, allowed its economy to readjust. “In 1920–21,” writes Anderson, “we took our losses, we readjusted our financial structure, we endured our depression, and in August 1921 we started up again. . . . The rally in business production and employment that started in August 1921 was soundly based on a drastic cleaning up of credit weakness, a drastic reduction in the costs of production, and on the free play of private enterprise. It was not based on governmental policy designed to make business good.” The federal government did not do what Keynesian economists ever since have urged it to do: run unbalanced budgets and prime the pump through increased expenditures. Rather, there prevailed the old-fashioned view that government should keep spending and taxation low and reduce the public debt. …” by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods125.html Veronique de Rugy, Fiscal Policy Analyst, Cato Institute--The tax increases of the 1930s coincided with large deficits and economic stagnation. While the monetary and trade policy mistakes of the 1930s are now widely understood, the tax policy mistakes are less appreciated. As Congress grapples with today’s budget deficit and mediocre economic growth, it should look to the tax cuts of the 1920s for inspiration rather than the failed “budget balancing with high taxes” approach of the 1930s.” http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0303-14.pdf

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    Warren Harding and the Forgotten Depression of 1920 “…The economic situation in 1920 was grim. By that year unemployment had jumped from 4 percent to nearly 12 percent, and GNP declined 17 percent. No wonder, then, that Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover – falsely characterized as a supporter of laissez-faire economics – urged President Harding to consider an array of interventions to turn the economy around. Hoover was ignored. Instead of “fiscal stimulus,” Harding cut the government’s budget nearly in half between 1920 and 1922. The rest of Harding’s approach was equally laissez-faire. Tax rates were slashed for all income groups. The national debt was reduced by one-third. The Federal Reserve’s activity, moreover, was hardly noticeable. As one economic historian puts it, “Despite the severity of the contraction, the Fed did not move to use its powers to turn the money supply around and fight the contraction.” By the late summer of 1921, signs of recovery were already visible. The following year, unemployment was back down to 6.7 percent and was only 2.4 percent by 1923. It is instructive to compare the American response in this period to that of Japan. In 1920, the Japanese government introduced the fundamentals of a planned economy, with the aim of keeping prices artificially high. According to economist Benjamin Anderson, “The great banks, the concentrated industries, and the government got together, destroyed the freedom of the markets, arrested the decline in commodity prices, and held the Japanese price level high above the receding world level for seven years. During these years Japan endured chronic industrial stagnation and at the end, in 1927, she had a banking crisis of such severity that many great branch bank systems went down, as well as many industries. It was a stupid policy. In the effort to avert losses on inventory representing one year’s production, Japan lost seven years.” The U.S., by contrast, allowed its economy to readjust. “In 1920–21,” writes Anderson, “we took our losses, we readjusted our financial structure, we endured our depression, and in August 1921 we started up again. . . . The rally in business production and employment that started in August 1921 was soundly based on a drastic cleaning up of credit weakness, a drastic reduction in the costs of production, and on the free play of private enterprise. It was not based on governmental policy designed to make business good.” The federal government did not do what Keynesian economists ever since have urged it to do: run unbalanced budgets and prime the pump through increased expenditures. Rather, there prevailed the old-fashioned view that government should keep spending and taxation low and reduce the public debt. …” by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods125.html Veronique de Rugy, Fiscal Policy Analyst, Cato Institute--The tax increases of the 1930s coincided with large deficits and economic stagnation. While the monetary and trade policy mistakes of the 1930s are now widely understood, the tax policy mistakes are less appreciated. As Congress grapples with today’s budget deficit and mediocre economic growth, it should look to the tax cuts of the 1920s for inspiration rather than the failed “budget balancing with high taxes” approach of the 1930s.” http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0303-14.pdf

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    Warren Harding and the Forgotten Depression of 1920 “…The economic situation in 1920 was grim. By that year unemployment had jumped from 4 percent to nearly 12 percent, and GNP declined 17 percent. No wonder, then, that Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover – falsely characterized as a supporter of laissez-faire economics – urged President Harding to consider an array of interventions to turn the economy around. Hoover was ignored. Instead of “fiscal stimulus,” Harding cut the government’s budget nearly in half between 1920 and 1922. The rest of Harding’s approach was equally laissez-faire. Tax rates were slashed for all income groups. The national debt was reduced by one-third. The Federal Reserve’s activity, moreover, was hardly noticeable. As one economic historian puts it, “Despite the severity of the contraction, the Fed did not move to use its powers to turn the money supply around and fight the contraction.” By the late summer of 1921, signs of recovery were already visible. The following year, unemployment was back down to 6.7 percent and was only 2.4 percent by 1923. It is instructive to compare the American response in this period to that of Japan. In 1920, the Japanese government introduced the fundamentals of a planned economy, with the aim of keeping prices artificially high. According to economist Benjamin Anderson, “The great banks, the concentrated industries, and the government got together, destroyed the freedom of the markets, arrested the decline in commodity prices, and held the Japanese price level high above the receding world level for seven years. During these years Japan endured chronic industrial stagnation and at the end, in 1927, she had a banking crisis of such severity that many great branch bank systems went down, as well as many industries. It was a stupid policy. In the effort to avert losses on inventory representing one year’s production, Japan lost seven years.” The U.S., by contrast, allowed its economy to readjust. “In 1920–21,” writes Anderson, “we took our losses, we readjusted our financial structure, we endured our depression, and in August 1921 we started up again. . . . The rally in business production and employment that started in August 1921 was soundly based on a drastic cleaning up of credit weakness, a drastic reduction in the costs of production, and on the free play of private enterprise. It was not based on governmental policy designed to make business good.” The federal government did not do what Keynesian economists ever since have urged it to do: run unbalanced budgets and prime the pump through increased expenditures. Rather, there prevailed the old-fashioned view that government should keep spending and taxation low and reduce the public debt. …” by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods125.html Veronique de Rugy, Fiscal Policy Analyst, Cato Institute--The tax increases of the 1930s coincided with large deficits and economic stagnation. While the monetary and trade policy mistakes of the 1930s are now widely understood, the tax policy mistakes are less appreciated. As Congress grapples with today’s budget deficit and mediocre economic growth, it should look to the tax cuts of the 1920s for inspiration rather than the failed “budget balancing with high taxes” approach of the 1930s.” http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0303-14.pdf

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    ==

    ==
    Global Economic Crisis
    Highest Unemployment Rates In The US
    Posted by Stephen Cline on November 1st, 2010

    The Unemployment Insurance System is facing its toughest battle with bankruptcy ever
    recorded, and many states have already lost their individual wars. Take a look at the
    information, and learn how your state compares to the ten worst cities in the US. With 15.2%
    unemployment in one city, do you believe a recovery is near?
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    Having exhumed and drug the remains of John Maynard Keynes
    through the streets for the last couple of years … How’s
    Keynesian economic theory working out for
    you?

    ==
    Unemployment rate hits 10-year peak in
    112 U.S. markets
    Birmingham Business Journal - by G. Scott Thomas , Buffalo Business First

    Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 10:15am CST

    Thirty percent of the nation’s 372 labor markets are currently saddled with their
    worst unemployment rates in a decade, according to a new study by Buffalo
    Business First.

    A total of 112 markets posted higher jobless rates in October 2010 – the latest
    month for which official figures are available – than in any October since the
    beginning of the 21st century.

    The Birmingham-Hoover metro area's October 2010 rate was 8.7 percent, which
    was high compared to its lowest rate of 3.5 in October 2005 but better than its
    worst rate of 10 percent set in October 2009.

    Click here for detailed breakdowns of the unemployment rates for all 372
    metropolitan areas.

    Two-thirds of the labor markets – 250 in all – recorded their worst


    unemployment rates of the decade in 2009, then improved slightly in 2010.

    The remaining 10 markets hit their unemployment peaks earlier in the 10-year
    period. Eight Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas metros suffered their worst
    Octobers in 2005, shortly after being devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
    And two markets in Washington state posted their highest jobless rates in
    October 2003.

    Buffalo Business First, a sister publication to the Birmingham Business Journal,


    analyzed unemployment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for every
    October from 2000 through 2010, determining the high and low points for all 372
    labor markets.

    The best year for a majority of those metro areas was the very first in the study
    period, 2000, when 248 markets registered their lowest unemployment rates of
    the decade.

    Read more: Unemployment rate hits 10-year peak in 112 U.S. markets |
    Birmingham Business Journal
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    Unemployment rates (October


    2000-2010)
    Business First

    Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 8:55am EST

    The following database contains unemployment data for 372 metropolitan areas
    as of October 2010, the latest month for which official figures are available.

    All rates were compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. They are not
    seasonally adjusted.
    The database can be searched by region, section and state. Or you can ignore the
    tabs, hit the Search button, and see the entire list at once.

    The main chart provides the latest unemployment rate for each market, as well
    as its highest and lowest rates of the decade. Click View

    ==

    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Bismarck, ND 2.7% 2.9% 2009 1.5% 2000 View Details
    Fargo, ND-MN 3.2% 3.7% 2009 1.6% 2000 View Details
    Grand Forks, 3.2% 3.6% 2009 2.1% 2000 View Details
    ND-MN
    Lincoln, NE 3.8% 4.0% 2009 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Rapid City, 4.2% 4.5% 2009 2.1% 2000 View Details
    SD
    Sioux Falls, 4.2% 4.5% 2009 1.9% 2000 View Details
    SD
    Ames, IA 4.4% 4.4% 2010 1.6% 2000 View Details
    Burlington- 4.4% 5.4% 2009 2.0% 2000 View Details
    South
    Burlington,
    VT
    Portsmouth, 4.4% 5.7% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    NH-ME
    Iowa City, IA 4.5% 4.5% 2010 1.7% 2000 View Details
    Manhattan, 4.8% 4.8% 2010 2.6% 2007 View Details
    KS
    Omaha- 4.9% 4.9% 2010 2.5% 2000 View Details
    Council
    Bluffs, NE-IA
    Manchester, 5.0% 6.7% 2009 2.1% 2000 View Details
    NH
    Rochester- 5.0% 6.3% 2009 2.4% 2000 View Details
    Dover, NH-ME
    Billings, MT 5.1% 5.1% 2010 2.2% 2006 View Details
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 1-15 of 372

    Lowest
    Highest rate in
    Jobless rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. Oct. (2000- (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Midland, TX 5.1% 6.1% 2009 2.7% 2007 View Details
    Madison, WI 5.2% 5.8% 2009 2.0% 2000 View Details
    Rochester, MN 5.3% 5.9% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Amarillo, TX 5.4% 5.5% 2009 3.2% 2007 View Details
    Charlottesville, 5.4% 5.5% 2009 2.0% 2000 View Details
    VA
    Logan, UT-ID 5.4% 5.4% 2010 1.9% 2006 View Details
    Mankato-North 5.4% 6.2% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Mankato, MN
    Honolulu, HI 5.5% 5.8% 2009 2.0% 2006 View Details
    Ithaca, NY 5.5% 5.6% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    La Crosse, WI- 5.5% 6.2% 2009 2.6% 2000 View Details
    MN
    Lawrence, KS 5.5% 5.5% 2010 2.9% 2000 View Details
    Portland-South 5.5% 6.6% 2009 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Portland-
    Biddeford, ME
    State College, 5.6% 5.6% 2010 3.1% 2000 View Details
    PA
    Great Falls, MT 5.7% 5.7% 2010 2.6% 2006 View Details
    Washington- 5.8% 6.3% 2009 2.5% 2000 View Details
    Arlington-
    Alexandria, DC-
    VA-MD-WV
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 16-30 of 372

    Highest Lowest
    Jobless rate in Oct. rate in
    rate (Oct. (2000- Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Waterloo- 5.8% 7.6% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Cedar Falls, IA
    College 5.9% 5.9% 2010 3.4% 2000 View Details
    Station-Bryan,
    TX
    Fayetteville- 5.9% 5.9% 2010 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Springdale-
    Rogers, AR-MO
    Kennewick- 5.9% 6.2% 2003 4.0% 2007 View Details
    Pasco-
    Richland, WA
    Lubbock, TX 5.9% 5.9% 2010 3.2% 2000 View Details
    Columbia, MO 6.0% 6.3% 2009 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Eau Claire, WI 6.0% 6.3% 2009 2.4% 2000 View Details
    Houma-Bayou 6.0% 9.6% 2005 2.2% 2007 View Details
    Cane-
    Thibodaux, LA
    Morgantown, 6.0% 6.0% 2010 2.6% 2006 View Details
    WV
    Cedar Rapids, 6.1% 6.1% 2010 2.0% 2000 View Details
    IA
    Dubuque, IA 6.1% 6.1% 2010 2.9% 2006 View Details
    Harrisonburg, 6.1% 6.1% 2010 1.6% 2000 View Details
    VA
    St. Cloud, MN 6.1% 6.8% 2009 2.5% 2000 View Details
    Boulder, CO 6.2% 6.2% 2010 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Des Moines- 6.2% 6.2% 2010 2.2% 2000 View Details
    West Des
    Moines, IA
    1234567891

    Highest Lowest
    Jobless rate in Oct. rate in
    rate (Oct. (2000- Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Abilene, TX 6.3% 6.3% 2010 3.4% 2007 View Details
    Oshkosh- 6.3% 7.2% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Neenah, WI
    San Angelo, TX 6.3% 6.7% 2009 3.6% 2007 View Details
    Wenatchee- 6.3% 6.3% 2010 3.4% 2006 View Details
    East
    Wenatchee,
    WA
    Appleton, WI 6.4% 7.5% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Bangor, ME 6.4% 6.9% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Oklahoma City, 6.4% 6.4% 2009 2.5% 2000 View Details
    OK
    Fort Collins- 6.5% 6.5% 2010 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Loveland, CO
    Little Rock- 6.5% 6.5% 2010 2.9% 2000 View Details
    North Little
    Rock-Conway,
    AR
    Minneapolis-St. 6.5% 7.3% 2009 2.5% 2000 View Details
    Paul-
    Bloomington,
    MN-WI
    Durham- 6.6% 7.8% 2009 2.9% 2000 View Details
    Chapel Hill, NC
    Fairbanks, AK 6.6% 7.1% 2009 4.6% 2006 View Details
    Lafayette, LA 6.6% 7.2% 2005 2.4% 2007 View Details
    Lawton, OK 6.6% 6.6% 2010 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Missoula, MT 6.6% 6.6% 2010 2.3% 2006 View Details
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 46-60 of 372
    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Topeka, KS 6.6% 6.6% 2010 4.0% 2007 View Details
    Albany- 6.7% 6.7% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    Schenectady-
    Troy, NY
    Casper, WY 6.7% 7.7% 2009 2.0% 2007 View Details
    Corvallis, OR 6.7% 7.3% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Fond du Lac, 6.7% 8.4% 2009 2.4% 2000 View Details
    WI
    Green Bay, WI 6.7% 7.4% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Jonesboro, AR 6.7% 6.7% 2010 3.5% 2000 View Details
    Austin-Round 6.8% 7.1% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Rock-San
    Marcos, TX
    Bremerton- 6.8% 7.1% 2009 4.0% 2006 View Details
    Silverdale, WA
    Jefferson City, 6.8% 7.1% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    MO
    Anchorage, AK 6.9% 7.3% 2009 4.6% 2000 View Details
    Bloomington, 6.9% 6.9% 2010 2.1% 2000 View Details
    IN
    Cheyenne, WY 6.9% 7.3% 2009 2.7% 2007 View Details
    Duluth, MN-WI 6.9% 7.7% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    Idaho Falls, ID 6.9% 6.9% 2010 1.6% 2006 View Details
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 61-75 of 372

    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Roanoke, VA 6.9% 7.2% 2009 1.9% 2000 View Details
    Waco, TX 6.9% 6.9% 2010 3.9% 2000 View Details
    Yakima, WA 6.9% 6.9% 2003 4.2% 2007 View Details
    Boston- 7.0% 8.1% 2009 2.1% 2000 View Details
    Cambridge-
    Quincy, MA-
    NH
    Danbury, CT 7.0% 7.4% 2009 1.1% 2000 View Details
    Glens Falls, 7.0% 7.1% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    NY
    Lewiston- 7.0% 7.9% 2009 2.9% 2000 View Details
    Auburn, ME
    Santa Fe, NM 7.0% 7.0% 2010 2.5% 2007 View Details
    Virginia 7.0% 7.0% 2010 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Beach-
    Norfolk-
    Newport
    News, VA-NC
    Winchester, 7.0% 7.2% 2009 1.8% 2000 View Details
    VA-WV
    Lebanon, PA 7.1% 7.1% 2010 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Lewiston, ID- 7.1% 7.1% 2010 2.8% 2006 View Details
    WA
    Longview, TX 7.1% 7.8% 2009 3.6% 2007 View Details
    Olympia, WA 7.1% 7.1% 2009 3.9% 2006 View Details
    Sioux City, IA- 7.1% 7.1% 2010 2.5% 2000 View Details
    NE-SD
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 76-90 of 372

    Lowest
    Highest rate in
    Jobless rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. Oct. (2000- (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Texarkana, TX- 7.1% 7.1% 2010 4.1% 2000 View Details
    Texarkana, AR
    Utica-Rome, NY 7.1% 7.1% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    Altoona, PA 7.2% 7.2% 2010 3.6% 2006 View Details
    Blacksburg- 7.2% 7.7% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Christiansburg-
    Radford, VA
    Huntsville, AL 7.2% 7.9% 2009 2.5% 2006 View Details
    Lancaster, PA 7.2% 7.5% 2009 2.6% 2000 View Details
    Sheboygan, WI 7.2% 8.5% 2009 2.1% 2000 View Details
    Wausau, WI 7.2% 8.4% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Wichita Falls, TX 7.2% 7.8% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    Athens-Clarke 7.3% 7.5% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    County, GA
    Bellingham, WA 7.3% 7.6% 2009 3.6% 2007 View Details
    Bloomington- 7.3% 7.9% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    Normal, IL
    Hot Springs, AR 7.3% 7.3% 2010 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Jacksonville, NC 7.3% 8.0% 2009 4.0% 2006 View Details
    Knoxville, TN 7.3% 8.5% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 91-105 of 372

    Jobless Highest Lowest


    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. rate in Oct.
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year (2000-2010) Year
    Provo-Orem, 7.3% 7.3% 2010 2.3% 2006 View Details
    UT
    Rochester, 7.3% 7.7% 2009 3.1% 2000 View Details
    NY
    Salt Lake 7.3% 7.3% 2010 2.4% 2006 View Details
    City, UT
    San Antonio- 7.3% 7.3% 2010 3.7% 2000 View Details
    New
    Braunfels,
    TX
    Victoria, TX 7.3% 7.7% 2009 3.5% 2007 View Details
    Asheville, NC 7.4% 8.7% 2009 3.1% 2000 View Details
    Baltimore- 7.4% 7.7% 2009 3.6% 2000 View Details
    Towson, MD
    Flagstaff, AZ 7.4% 7.9% 2009 3.5% 2007 View Details
    Kingston, NY 7.4% 7.6% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    Lynchburg, 7.4% 7.4% 2010 2.2% 2000 View Details
    VA
    Odessa, TX 7.4% 9.1% 2009 3.2% 2007 View Details
    Ogden- 7.4% 7.4% 2010 2.7% 2006 View Details
    Clearfield,
    UT
    Richmond, 7.4% 7.5% 2009 1.8% 2000 View Details
    VA
    Trenton- 7.4% 7.8% 2009 2.9% 2000 View Details
    Ewing, NJ
    Warner 7.4% 7.4% 2010 3.0% 2000 View Details
    Robins, GA
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 106-120 of 372

    Lowest
    Highest rate in
    Jobless rate in Oct. Oct.
    rate (Oct. (2000- (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Barnstable 7.5% 7.9% 2009 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Town, MA
    Buffalo-Niagara 7.5% 7.9% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Falls, NY
    Lake Charles, 7.5% 15.2% 2005 3.1% 2007 View Details
    LA
    Pittsfield, MA 7.5% 8.1% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Poughkeepsie- 7.5% 7.8% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    Newburgh-
    Middletown, NY
    Auburn-Opelika, 7.6% 8.9% 2009 2.8% 2006 View Details
    AL
    Binghamton, NY 7.6% 8.1% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    Killeen-Temple- 7.6% 7.6% 2010 4.1% 2000 View Details
    Fort Hood, TX
    Lexington- 7.6% 8.1% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    Fayette, KY
    Pittsburgh, PA 7.6% 7.6% 2010 3.8% 2006 View Details
    Raleigh-Cary, 7.6% 8.8% 2009 2.5% 2000 View Details
    NC
    Springfield, IL 7.6% 8.1% 2009 3.1% 2000 View Details
    St. Joseph, MO- 7.6% 8.5% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    KS
    Syracuse, NY 7.6% 7.8% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    Tyler, TX 7.6% 7.9% 2009 4.0% 2007 View Details
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 121-135 of 372

    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Alexandria, 7.7% 7.7% 2010 3.1% 2007 View Details
    LA
    Cape 7.7% 7.9% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    Girardeau-
    Jackson, MO-
    IL
    Elmira, NY 7.7% 8.5% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    Harrisburg- 7.7% 7.7% 2010 3.1% 2000 View Details
    Carlisle, PA
    Milwaukee- 7.7% 8.4% 2009 3.1% 2000 View Details
    Waukesha-
    West Allis, WI
    Shreveport- 7.7% 7.7% 2010 3.8% 2007 View Details
    Bossier City,
    LA
    Tulsa, OK 7.7% 7.7% 2010 2.6% 2000 View Details
    Ann Arbor, MI 7.8% 8.6% 2009 2.1% 2000 View Details
    Crestview- 7.8% 7.8% 2010 2.3% 2006 View Details
    Fort Walton
    Beach-Destin,
    FL
    Fort Smith, 7.8% 8.0% 2009 3.1% 2000 View Details
    AR-OK
    Gainesville, 7.8% 7.8% 2009 2.5% 2006 View Details
    FL
    Las Cruces, 7.8% 7.8% 2010 3.3% 2007 View Details
    NM
    Wichita, KS 7.8% 8.1% 2009 3.5% 2007 View Details
    Charleston, 7.9% 7.9% 2010 3.2% 2008 View Details
    WV
    Corpus 7.9% 7.9% 2010 4.1% 2007 View Details
    Christi, TX
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Records 136-150 of 372

    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Goldsboro, 7.9% 8.8% 2009 3.9% 2000 View Details
    NC
    Jackson, MS 7.9% 8.0% 2009 4.5% 2000 View Details
    Spokane, WA 7.9% 8.1% 2009 4.0% 2006 View Details
    Bridgeport- 8.0% 8.0% 2009 1.4% 2000 View Details
    Stamford-
    Norwalk, CT
    Dallas-Fort 8.0% 8.2% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Worth-
    Arlington, TX
    Dothan, AL 8.0% 9.4% 2009 2.8% 2006 View Details
    Lafayette, IN 8.0% 8.5% 2009 1.8% 2000 View Details
    Owensboro, 8.0% 8.9% 2009 3.9% 2000 View Details
    KY
    Pocatello, ID 8.0% 8.0% 2010 2.3% 2006 View Details
    Springfield, 8.0% 8.6% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    MO
    Valdosta, GA 8.0% 8.6% 2009 3.1% 2003 View Details
    Baton Rouge, 8.1% 9.3% 2005 3.2% 2007 View Details
    LA
    Evansville, 8.1% 8.1% 2010 2.6% 2000 View Details
    IN-KY
    Hattiesburg, 8.1% 8.2% 2009 4.5% 2000 View Details
    MS
    Hinesville- 8.1% 8.1% 2010 4.1% 2003 View Details
    Fort Stewart,
    GA
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    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Joplin, MO 8.1% 8.4% 2009 3.6% 2000 View Details
    Kingsport- 8.1% 9.4% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    Bristol-Bristol,
    TN-VA
    Laredo, TX 8.1% 8.8% 2009 4.3% 2007 View Details
    New Orleans- 8.1% 15.5% 2005 3.0% 2007 View Details
    Metairie-
    Kenner, LA
    Sherman- 8.1% 8.3% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    Denison, TX
    Tallahassee, 8.1% 8.1% 2010 2.6% 2006 View Details
    FL
    Tuscaloosa, 8.1% 9.5% 2009 2.7% 2006 View Details
    AL
    Chattanooga, 8.2% 9.4% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    TN-GA
    Davenport- 8.2% 9.1% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    Moline-Rock
    Island, IA-IL
    Denver- 8.2% 8.2% 2010 2.4% 2000 View Details
    Aurora-
    Broomfield,
    CO
    Houston- 8.2% 8.2% 2010 3.9% 2000 View Details
    Sugar Land-
    Baytown, TX
    Salisbury, MD 8.2% 8.5% 2009 4.0% 2000 View Details
    Cumberland, 8.3% 8.3% 2010 4.2% 2007 View Details
    MD-WV
    Dover, DE 8.3% 8.3% 2010 2.8% 2006 View Details
    Florence- 8.3% 10.7% 2009 3.2% 2006 View Details
    Muscle
    Shoals, AL
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    Lowest
    Highest rate in
    Jobless rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. Oct. (2000- (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Huntington- 8.3% 8.3% 2010 3.9% 2007 View Details
    Ashland, WV-
    KY-OH
    Johnson City, 8.3% 9.3% 2009 3.9% 2000 View Details
    TN
    Nashville- 8.3% 9.3% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    Davidson-
    Murfreesboro-
    Franklin, TN
    Norwich-New 8.3% 8.3% 2010 1.6% 2000 View Details
    London, CT-RI
    Savannah, GA 8.3% 8.5% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    Williamsport, PA 8.3% 8.9% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    Worcester, MA- 8.3% 9.3% 2009 2.2% 2000 View Details
    CT
    Champaign- 8.4% 8.9% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Urbana, IL
    Columbus, IN 8.4% 9.2% 2009 1.7% 2000 View Details
    Columbus, OH 8.4% 8.8% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    Elizabethtown, 8.4% 10.4% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    KY
    New York- 8.4% 9.3% 2009 3.9% 2006 View Details
    Northern New
    Jersey-Long
    Island, NY-NJ-
    PA
    Parkersburg- 8.4% 9.1% 2009 3.9% 2007 View Details
    Marietta-Vienna,
    WV-OH
    Tucson, AZ 8.4% 8.6% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Hartford-West 8.5% 8.5% 2010 1.6% 2000 View Details
    Hartford-East
    Hartford, CT
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    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Indianapolis- 8.5% 8.5% 2010 1.8% 2000 View Details
    Carmel, IN
    Kansas City, 8.5% 8.5% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    MO-KS
    Monroe, LA 8.5% 8.5% 2010 3.8% 2006 View Details
    Phoenix-Mesa- 8.5% 8.9% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Glendale, AZ
    Racine, WI 8.5% 9.4% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    Augusta- 8.6% 9.6% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Richmond
    County, GA-
    SC
    Cleveland- 8.6% 8.8% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Elyria-Mentor,
    OH
    Fayetteville, 8.6% 9.0% 2009 4.6% 2000 View Details
    NC
    Gulfport- 8.6% 21.8% 2005 4.5% 2000 View Details
    Biloxi, MS
    Springfield, 8.6% 9.2% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    MA-CT
    Birmingham- 8.7% 10.0% 2009 2.9% 2006 View Details
    Hoover, AL
    Columbia, SC 8.7% 10.1% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Erie, PA 8.7% 9.2% 2009 4.0% 2000 View Details
    Santa Barbara- 8.7% 8.8% 2009 3.6% 2006 View Details
    Santa Maria-
    Goleta, CA
    Winston- 8.7% 9.9% 2009 3.6% 2000 View Details
    Salem, NC
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    Highest Lowest
    Jobless rate in Oct. rate in
    rate (Oct. (2000- Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Charleston- 8.8% 10.4% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    North
    Charleston-
    Summerville,
    SC
    Cleveland, TN 8.8% 9.7% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    Colorado 8.8% 8.8% 2010 2.6% 2000 View Details
    Springs, CO
    Gainesville, GA 8.8% 9.4% 2009 2.5% 2000 View Details
    Philadelphia- 8.8% 8.8% 2010 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Camden-
    Wilmington,
    PA-NJ-DE-MD
    Seattle- 8.8% 9.0% 2009 3.9% 2007 View Details
    Tacoma-
    Bellevue, WA
    York-Hanover, 8.8% 8.8% 2010 3.0% 2000 View Details
    PA
    Albuquerque, 8.9% 8.9% 2010 3.3% 2007 View Details
    NM
    Bowling Green, 8.9% 10.0% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    KY
    Gadsden, AL 8.9% 10.8% 2009 3.3% 2006 View Details
    Napa, CA 8.9% 8.9% 2010 3.1% 2000 View Details
    New Haven, CT 8.9% 8.9% 2010 1.6% 2000 View Details
    Pine Bluff, AR 8.9% 8.9% 2010 4.6% 2000 View Details
    Reading, PA 8.9% 9.0% 2009 3.7% 2006 View Details
    Anniston- 9.0% 11.2% 2009 3.3% 2007 View Details
    Oxford, AL
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    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Chicago- 9.0% 10.3% 2009 3.6% 2000 View Details
    Joliet-
    Naperville, IL-
    IN-WI
    Columbus, 9.0% 9.8% 2009 4.4% 2000 View Details
    GA-AL
    Greeley, CO 9.0% 9.0% 2010 2.5% 2000 View Details
    Greenville, NC 9.0% 10.0% 2009 4.2% 2000 View Details
    Greenville- 9.0% 11.3% 2009 2.4% 2000 View Details
    Mauldin-
    Easley, SC
    Johnstown, 9.0% 9.0% 2010 4.4% 2006 View Details
    PA
    Montgomery, 9.0% 10.1% 2009 3.1% 2006 View Details
    AL
    Mount Vernon- 9.0% 9.3% 2009 4.1% 2006 View Details
    Anacortes, WA
    Wilmington, 9.0% 10.0% 2009 3.6% 2006 View Details
    NC
    Allentown- 9.1% 9.1% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Bethlehem-
    Easton, PA-NJ
    Farmington, 9.1% 9.1% 2010 2.6% 2007 View Details
    NM
    Grand 9.1% 9.1% 2010 2.9% 2000 View Details
    Junction, CO
    Clarksville, 9.2% 10.2% 2009 4.2% 2000 View Details
    TN-KY
    Lansing-East 9.2% 10.4% 2009 2.4% 2000 View Details
    Lansing, MI
    Wheeling, WV- 9.2% 9.2% 2010 4.2% 2007 View Details
    OH
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    Market Jobless Highest Year Lowest Year


    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. rate in Oct.
    (2000-
    2010) (2000-2010) 2010)
    Akron, OH 9.3% 10.0% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    Cincinnati- 9.3% 9.7% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    Middletown,
    OH-KY-IN
    Decatur, AL 9.3% 11.0% 2009 2.9% 2007 View Details
    Hagerstown- 9.3% 9.3% 2010 3.6% 2000 View Details
    Martinsburg,
    MD-WV
    Pascagoula, 9.3% 15.6% 2005 5.4% 2000 View Details
    MS
    Peoria, IL 9.3% 11.7% 2009 3.3% 2006 View Details
    Sandusky, OH 9.3% 11.5% 2009 4.0% 2000 View Details
    St. Louis, MO- 9.3% 10.2% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    IL
    Brunswick, 9.4% 9.4% 2010 3.2% 2000 View Details
    GA
    Fort Wayne, 9.4% 10.5% 2009 2.0% 2000 View Details
    IN
    Jackson, TN 9.4% 11.0% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    Louisville- 9.4% 9.9% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Jefferson
    County, KY-IN
    Prescott, AZ 9.4% 9.6% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    San Luis 9.4% 9.4% 2009 3.5% 2006 View Details
    Obispo-Paso
    Robles, CA
    Scranton- 9.4% 9.4% 2010 4.2% 2006 View Details
    Wilkes-Barre,
    PA
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    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Boise City- 9.5% 9.5% 2010 2.1% 2006 View Details
    Nampa, ID
    Janesville, WI 9.5% 11.5% 2009 4.0% 2000 View Details
    Memphis, TN- 9.5% 10.3% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    MS-AR
    St. George, UT 9.5% 9.5% 2010 2.6% 2006 View Details
    Pueblo, CO 9.6% 9.6% 2010 3.5% 2000 View Details
    Atlanta-Sandy 9.7% 10.3% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Springs-
    Marietta, GA
    Burlington, 9.7% 12.0% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    NC
    Greensboro- 9.7% 11.3% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    High Point, NC
    Portland- 9.7% 10.4% 2009 4.4% 2000 View Details
    Vancouver-
    Hillsboro, OR-
    WA
    Santa Rosa- 9.7% 10.1% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    Petaluma, CA
    Macon, GA 9.8% 9.8% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    Salem, OR 9.8% 9.8% 2009 4.7% 2000 View Details
    El Paso, TX 9.9% 9.9% 2010 5.3% 2007 View Details
    Muncie, IN 9.9% 10.2% 2009 2.3% 2000 View Details
    Rome, GA 9.9% 10.7% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
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    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Grand 10.0% 11.1% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    Rapids-
    Wyoming, MI
    Kalamazoo- 10.0% 10.8% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    Portage, MI
    Leominster- 10.0% 11.0% 2009 2.6% 2000 View Details
    Fitchburg-
    Gardner, MA
    Mobile, AL 10.0% 11.2% 2009 3.2% 2006 View Details
    Coeur 10.1% 10.1% 2010 2.3% 2006 View Details
    d'Alene, ID
    Eugene- 10.1% 11.0% 2009 4.7% 2007 View Details
    Springfield,
    OR
    Lima, OH 10.1% 10.8% 2009 3.6% 2000 View Details
    Pensacola- 10.1% 10.1% 2010 3.0% 2006 View Details
    Ferry Pass-
    Brent, FL
    San 10.1% 10.5% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    Francisco-
    Oakland-
    Fremont, CA
    Albany, GA 10.2% 10.5% 2009 4.4% 2000 View Details
    Charlotte- 10.2% 12.0% 2009 3.6% 2000 View Details
    Gastonia-
    Rock Hill, NC-
    SC
    San Diego- 10.2% 10.6% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Carlsbad-San
    Marcos, CA
    Springfield, 10.2% 10.5% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    OH
    Terre Haute, 10.2% 10.2% 2010 3.3% 2000 View Details
    IN
    Anderson, IN 10.4% 10.4% 2010 2.2% 2000 View Details
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    Highest Lowest
    Jobless rate in Oct. rate in
    rate (Oct. (2000- Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Beaumont-Port 10.4% 11.5% 2005 5.1% 2006 View Details
    Arthur, TX
    Dayton, OH 10.4% 11.3% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    Lake Havasu 10.4% 10.5% 2009 4.2% 2004 View Details
    City-Kingman,
    AZ
    Ocean City, NJ 10.4% 10.9% 2009 4.8% 2000 View Details
    Panama City- 10.4% 10.4% 2010 2.8% 2006 View Details
    Lynn Haven-
    Panama City
    Beach, FL
    Salinas, CA 10.4% 10.4% 2010 4.6% 2006 View Details
    Spartanburg, 10.4% 13.0% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    SC
    Battle Creek, 10.5% 11.4% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    MI
    Oxnard- 10.5% 10.9% 2009 4.1% 2006 View Details
    Thousand
    Oaks-Ventura,
    CA
    South Bend- 10.5% 10.8% 2009 2.4% 2000 View Details
    Mishawaka, IN-
    MI
    Toledo, OH 10.5% 11.6% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    Anderson, SC 10.6% 13.3% 2009 2.7% 2000 View Details
    Canton- 10.6% 11.8% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    Massillon, OH
    Danville, VA 10.6% 11.1% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Holland-Grand 10.6% 12.1% 2009 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Haven, MI
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    Highest Lowest
    Jobless rate in Oct. rate in
    rate (Oct. (2000- Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) 2010) Year 2010) Year
    Michigan City- 10.6% 11.2% 2009 2.5% 2000 View Details
    La Porte, IN
    Morristown, TN 10.6% 12.7% 2009 3.9% 2000 View Details
    Myrtle Beach- 10.6% 12.5% 2009 2.9% 2000 View Details
    North Myrtle
    Beach-
    Conway, SC
    Santa Cruz- 10.6% 10.6% 2010 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Watsonville,
    CA
    Kokomo, IN 10.7% 12.3% 2009 2.6% 2000 View Details
    New Bedford, 10.7% 12.0% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    MA
    San Jose- 10.7% 11.8% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Sunnyvale-
    Santa Clara,
    CA
    Florence, SC 10.8% 12.9% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Youngstown- 10.8% 12.4% 2009 4.3% 2000 View Details
    Warren-
    Boardman, OH-
    PA
    Bay City, MI 10.9% 11.8% 2009 3.1% 2000 View Details
    Danville, IL 10.9% 11.9% 2009 4.8% 2006 View Details
    Decatur, IL 10.9% 12.3% 2009 4.3% 2000 View Details
    Jacksonville, 10.9% 10.9% 2009 3.1% 2000 View Details
    FL
    Mansfield, OH 10.9% 12.4% 2009 4.2% 2000 View Details
    Longview, WA 11.0% 12.0% 2009 5.8% 2000 View Details
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    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Providence- 11.0% 11.8% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Fall River-
    Warwick, RI-
    MA
    Brownsville- 11.1% 11.1% 2010 5.4% 2007 View Details
    Harlingen, TX
    Saginaw- 11.1% 12.0% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Saginaw
    Township
    North, MI
    Medford, OR 11.2% 11.2% 2010 4.6% 2000 View Details
    Orlando- 11.2% 11.5% 2009 3.0% 2000 View Details
    Kissimmee-
    Sanford, FL
    Waterbury, CT 11.2% 11.2% 2009 1.9% 2000 View Details
    McAllen- 11.3% 11.3% 2010 5.6% 2007 View Details
    Edinburg-
    Mission, TX
    Atlantic City- 11.5% 12.8% 2009 4.1% 2000 View Details
    Hammonton,
    NJ
    Monroe, MI 11.5% 13.4% 2009 2.6% 2000 View Details
    Dalton, GA 11.6% 12.7% 2009 3.8% 2003 View Details
    Hickory- 11.7% 14.5% 2009 3.3% 2000 View Details
    Lenoir-
    Morganton, NC
    Los Angeles- 11.7% 11.7% 2010 4.1% 2006 View Details
    Long Beach-
    Santa Ana, CA
    Vallejo- 11.7% 11.7% 2009 4.0% 2000 View Details
    Fairfield, CA
    Miami-Fort 11.8% 11.8% 2010 3.6% 2006 View Details
    Lauderdale-
    Pompano
    Beach, FL
    Niles-Benton 11.8% 12.9% 2009 3.1% 2000 View Details
    Harbor, MI
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    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    North Port- 11.8% 12.3% 2009 3.1% 2005 View Details
    Bradenton-
    Sarasota, FL
    Palm Bay- 11.8% 11.8% 2010 3.2% 2005 View Details
    Melbourne-
    Titusville, FL
    Sumter, SC 11.8% 13.8% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Tampa-St. 11.8% 11.9% 2009 3.2% 2000 View Details
    Petersburg-
    Clearwater, FL
    Deltona- 11.9% 11.9% 2009 3.2% 2005 View Details
    Daytona
    Beach-Ormond
    Beach, FL
    Jackson, MI 11.9% 13.8% 2009 2.8% 2000 View Details
    Vineland- 11.9% 13.1% 2009 5.0% 2000 View Details
    Millville-
    Bridgeton, NJ
    Kankakee- 12.0% 12.7% 2009 3.7% 2000 View Details
    Bradley, IL
    Rocky Mount, 12.1% 13.6% 2009 5.2% 2000 View Details
    NC
    Sacramento- 12.1% 12.1% 2010 4.0% 2000 View Details
    Arden-Arcade-
    Roseville, CA
    Naples-Marco 12.2% 12.9% 2009 3.3% 2006 View Details
    Island, FL
    Punta Gorda, 12.3% 12.9% 2009 3.4% 2005 View Details
    FL
    Carson City, 12.5% 12.5% 2010 3.3% 2000 View Details
    NV
    Lakeland- 12.5% 12.6% 2009 3.7% 2006 View Details
    Winter Haven,
    FL
    Steubenville- 12.5% 12.8% 2009 4.4% 2000 View Details
    Weirton, OH-
    WV
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    Lowest
    Jobless Highest rate in Oct.
    rate (Oct. rate in Oct. (2000-
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year 2010) Year
    Chico, CA 12.8% 12.8% 2010 4.9% 2006 View Details
    Muskegon- 12.8% 15.2% 2009 3.5% 2000 View Details
    Norton
    Shores, MI
    Reno-Sparks, 12.8% 12.8% 2010 3.4% 2000 View Details
    NV
    Cape Coral- 12.9% 13.6% 2009 2.8% 2005 View Details
    Fort Myers,
    FL
    Elkhart- 12.9% 15.7% 2009 2.2% 2000 View Details
    Goshen, IN
    Flint, MI 13.0% 14.4% 2009 3.6% 2000 View Details
    Detroit- 13.3% 15.7% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    Warren-
    Livonia, MI
    Bend, OR 13.4% 13.5% 2009 3.8% 2006 View Details
    Port St. Lucie, 13.7% 13.9% 2009 4.0% 2006 View Details
    FL
    Ocala, FL 13.8% 14.0% 2009 3.3% 2005 View Details
    Las Vegas- 14.1% 14.1% 2010 4.0% 2004 View Details
    Paradise, NV
    Riverside-San 14.2% 14.4% 2009 4.8% 2006 View Details
    Bernardino-
    Ontario, CA
    Sebastian- 14.2% 14.6% 2009 4.2% 2005 View Details
    Vero Beach,
    FL
    Madera- 14.3% 14.3% 2010 5.6% 2006 View Details
    Chowchilla,
    CA
    Bakersfield- 14.4% 14.4% 2010 6.2% 2006 View Details
    Delano, CA
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    Jobless Highest rate Lowest rate


    rate (Oct. in Oct. in Oct.
    Market 2010) (2000-2010) Year (2000-2010) Year
    Rockford, 14.4% 15.9% 2009 3.8% 2000 View Details
    IL
    Redding, 14.6% 14.7% 2009 5.0% 2000 View Details
    CA
    Hanford- 15.0% 15.0% 2010 7.2% 2006 View Details
    Corcoran,
    CA
    Palm Coast, 15.5% 15.7% 2009 3.4% 2000 View Details
    FL
    Fresno, CA 15.7% 15.7% 2010 6.9% 2006 View Details
    Visalia- 15.9% 15.9% 2010 7.5% 2006 View Details
    Porterville,
    CA
    Modesto, 16.2% 16.2% 2009 6.7% 2006 View Details
    CA
    Merced, CA 16.3% 16.3% 2010 7.0% 2006 View Details
    Stockton, 16.3% 16.3% 2010 6.0% 2000 View Details
    CA
    Yuba City, 17.8% 17.8% 2010 6.9% 2000 View Details
    CA
    Yuma, AZ 26.7% 26.7% 2010 14.6% 2006 View Details
    El Centro, 29.3% 30.5% 2009 17.1% 2002 View Details
    CA
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    99ers Protest Unemployment Extension With
    Candle Light Vigil
    On Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 in Congress, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Jobs,
    Legislature, News by Brandon Bennett.
    Long-term unemployed Americans held a candle light vigil as a form
    of protest against the newly-enacted unemployment extension. These
    citizens, known as “99ers” because they have exhausted their 99 weeks
    of unemployment benefits, are outraged that the new legislation did
    not include any benefits for the long-term unemployed. Millions of
    Americans have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits and
    have still not been able to find any work. Without any inclusion in the
    recent bill, the number of 99ers will continue to increase as more
    Americans will run out of benefits over the coming weeks and months.

    The candle light vigil was intended to bring attention to the fact that
    there are still millions of Americans who cannot find any work and are
    struggling without any unemployment benefits. Sponsored by the
    group FlashMobs4Jobs, the vigil went off without a hitch in several
    cities around the country.

    The problem however is that just as there are many people who
    legitimately cannot find work there are many who do not make an
    effort to find work and live off of hard working tax-payer dollars,
    while draining the system of its financial resources. This is what splits
    the nation in terms of which side to back on this issue. Regardless of
    where one stands on this issue, there is no question it is a heated
    debate.

    One of the more discussed articles on this site had interesting


    comments left by those in opposition to cutting off the 99ers benefits.
    You can read those comments here.

    As a working American, it is difficult to see why people need a free ride


    past 99 weeks which amounts to almost two whole years. We were a
    country built on hard work and making opportunities happen for
    ourselves, and two years is more than enough time to scramble an
    opportunity together. Every fast food, department store and Starbucks
    seems to be hiring and if I desperately needed to support my family, I
    would have no problem working two full time jobs to do so.
    In fact, I have done so and so have many of my friends.

    Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced a bill in the house on


    Friday that would extend benefits to the 99ers, but according to most
    political pundits the bill stands virtually no chance of becoming law.
    In fact there are some people out there that are outraged that
    Congresswoman Lee would even try to submit a bill to the house for
    consideration and give the 99er community a false sense of hope.
    Seeing as how there is virtually no way that unemployment benefits
    could be extended for this group of Americans, some columnists feel
    Lee’s recent actions were just a political ploy to gain positive press
    around the holidays.

    While Lee certainly could have introduced the legislation earlier in the
    year, at least there was one person in congress who is trying to fight for
    the 99er community and realizes there are still millions of Americans
    struggling in this current economy. Hopefully the economy slowly
    heads towards a recovery soon.

    http://obama.net/99ers-protest-unemployment-extension-with-candle-light-vigil/

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    Paychecks, Not Unemployment
    Insurance
    The unemployment numbers are in, and no matter the hopeful
    spin, they contain more bad news than good for the Obama
    Administration and the Democrats.
    For the sixteenth straight month, unemployment has been at or
    above 9.4 percent with many economists forecasting between
    9.5 and 10 percent unemployment for many more months to
    come. This marks only the second time since the Great
    Depression that the unemployment rate has remained this high
    for such a sustained period of time. Eerily, Labor Secretary
    Hilda Solis’ Labor Day message seems out of touch as she
    refers to the rate as being “just above 9 percent,” giving short
    shrift to the gravity of the situation.
    Overall, 54,000 more people were out of work in August than
    in July, with only 67,000 jobs created in the private sector, a
    number that falls far short of the 100,000 new jobs that
    economists estimate must be created to just meet the monthly
    demands of a normally expanding job market. The explanation
    for how the overall economy can lose 54,000 jobs, while the
    private sector can create 67,000 new jobs is largely a result of
    the Census Bureau shedding another 114,000 temporary
    government workers due to the labor intensive decennial
    census coming to a close.
    Given that Obama Administration officials clucked excitedly
    when the unemployment numbers counted these 114,000
    government workers as jobs created, it is fair to emphasize the
    top line job loss number and state that 54,000 more people are
    out of work in August than in July bringing the total number
    of people who want a new job to 20,832,000. To put that
    number of people into perspective, it is the equivalent of every
    man, woman and child who live in the combined states of New
    York and Maine.
    A bit of good news for the nation’s economy is that more than
    300,000 fewer people indicated that they had been unemployed
    for more than 27 months, however, the number of people who
    are classified as “discouraged workers” is still up more than
    300,000 from a year ago.
    Ultimately, the employment bubble created by the once in a
    decade hiring of temporary census workers has worked its way
    through the employment system, and contrary to Obama
    Administration hopes, the increased spending by these
    temporary hires did not fuel additional private sector job
    creation. This same theory pervaded Speaker Pelosi’s
    argument for extended unemployment insurance benefits,
    which she characterized as a “jobs creator.”
    Demand side economics has failed because people have
    behaved rationally, reducing their personal debt, increasing
    personal savings, and avoiding the temptation of spending
    their money on a bigger screen television.
    On the business side, the job creators have been stifled by
    incalculable increased costs due to the Reid/Pelosi health care
    law, uncertainty over whether the economically stimulating
    “Bush tax cuts” will be allowed to expire on December 31,
    2010, and a new debilitating increase in taxes on U.S. based
    corporations.
    While Obama now claims to be focused upon job creation, his
    own White House staff is quoted in Time Magazine admitting
    that the real goal of the almost $800 billion stimulus package
    was not job creation, but to transform America’s economy by
    propping up green energy initiatives until they found their own
    legs.
    Now, the President is saying to trust him that this time he
    really means it. Jobs are job one, and he is advocating
    providing limited tax credits and a payroll tax holiday
    gimmick as the way to get people to work. Perhaps, someday
    he will figure out that temporary fixes don’t work.
    Only permanent, dependable lower taxes on the private sector
    combined with dramatic cuts in the cost of government, and a
    reduction in mind-numbing regulations designed to protect
    special interests rather than American interests, are the only
    viable long term solution to the economic dilemma our nation
    faces.
    Obama, Pelosi and Reid have already tried short term political
    fixes like the “cash for clunkers” program that created heavy
    demand for new cars when it was in effect, only to be offset by
    dramatic drops in sales in subsequent months since all the new
    car sales demand was pushed into a few months, resulting in
    little real economic growth.
    Quite simply, our nation cannot afford to have 20 million
    people who want a job to not be able to find work. And the
    private sector relying on the free market system’s profit motive
    is the hope these people have for the future.
    Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the next leaders on Capitol
    Hill work as hard to get Big Government out of the way of this
    jobs engine as the current occupants have worked to interject
    it. If they do, next Labor Day, Americans will once again be
    earning paychecks rather than depending upon unemployment
    insurance.
    Rick Manning is the Director of Communications for Americans for Limited Government and the
    former Public Affairs Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Labor.

    http://netrightdaily.com/2010/09/paychecks-not-unemployment-insurance/

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    In this Dec. 15, 2010 photo, Jesse Paloger holds up a sign while standing on Wall
    Street as he hopes to find a job.------PLEASE GIVE HIM A JOB!

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