"Rural unemployment rates are now firmly above jobless numbers in urban areas and the country as a whole," Bill Bishop reports on the Daily Yonder. The rate in rural counties in February was 8.7 percent; the national rate was 8.1 percent.
Green counties were at or below the national average; orange ones were above it. Gray counties are metropolitan. For a larger version of the map, click on it. For an interactive version, with actual numbers of the employed and unemployed, click here.
Green counties were at or below the national average; orange ones were above it. Gray counties are metropolitan. For a larger version of the map, click on it. For an interactive version, with actual numbers of the employed and unemployed, click here.
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