Friday, December 5, 2008

Guess What States Search for "unemployment" the most



The website http://statestats.appspot.com produces an interesting heat map based upon keyword searches on google by state. According to the heat map, the Top 5 states that search for "unemployment" are:
  1. Oregon (Which had a 7.3% unemployment rate in Oct. 2008)
  2. New York (Which had a 5.7% unemployment rate in Oct. 2008)
  3. Nevada (Which had 7.6% unemployment rate in Oct. 2008)
  4. Pennsylvania (Which had a 5.8% unemployment rate in Oct. 2008)
  5. Washington (Which had a 6.3% unemployment rate in Oct. 2008)
With #49 & #50 being North & South Dakota. (Which had 3.3% - 3.4% unemployment rate in Oct. 2008).

The Chart is interesting, but it states the obvious, states with high rates of unemployment (or increasing job losses--like financial jobs in New York) are the "hot zones" in the heat map. States with low rates of unemployment are in the "cold zones"

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