The State Of Unemployment Across US

No surprise that unemployment figures are the focus of alot of visualizations these days, but Applicant has a great collection of employment/unemployment statistics from January 99-present on all 50 states.

However, the state of the current job market can’t be ignored. To help you better understand the labor force in all of the 50 states, we’ve compiled an easy to scan breakdown of the 50 states that includes data on employment and unemployment.  Why not check out the state of unemployment where you live?

Lots of interesting stuff you can gleam from this besides just raw “the economy has tanked”.  Things like the spike in Mississippi & Lousiana in the Summer of 2005.  What happened there? Katrina.

From 4% – 12.9% : The State Of Unemployment Across US | Applicant – Job Tips And Advice.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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