Slate has taken the Local Area Unemployment Statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to create an information visualization showing the jobs lost over the past two years. Blue circles indicate that jobs were gained. Red circles indicate that jobs were lost. The size of the circle indicates the magnitude of change. The visualization is interactive. It allows you to either play through the timeline, or you can click on a certain month to see the data. The problem with such visualizations is that entire states disappear from view under the data. I personally prefer the way Flowing Data used the counties in their visualization instead of using circles. Unfortunately, Flowing Data’s visualization is not interactive like Slate’s.
via Slate: When Did Your County’s Jobs Disappear?
