[Editor’s note: This interactive Flash map from the New York Times allows the user to mouse over each of the 3,000 some county-level jurisdictions in the US and examine unemployment rates. Users can view all counties or limit the analysis to preset thematic filters. Thanks Mary Kate!]
Republished from the New York Times.
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Job losses have been most severe in the areas that experienced a big boom in housing, those that depend on manufacturing and those that already had the highest unemployment rates. Related Article
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Ofheo; U.S.D.A.
Graphic by The New York Times