3 ms·

Would have been nice if that article delivered on the promise made in the headline and actually listed the eight counties. Fortunately, the list can be found o

• th 17y ago
  The data can also be calculated from the latest BLS statistics by county: http://www.bls.gov/lau/ http://www.bls.gov/lau/ The data is for January 2009 to February 2010.
• russell 17y ago
  From the LA times * Colusa: 27.4% * Imperial: 27.3% * Merced: 21.7% * Plumas: 22.3% * San Benito: 21.1% * Sutter: 21% * Trinity: 25.8% * Yuba: 20.4% These are all small rural counties. Bad for them, but the large metropolitan areas are better off.
  • simeonf 17y ago
    My county (Stanislaus) is mostly rural but includes Modesto and Turlock (home of CSU Stanislaus). With a population of 1/2 a million we have unemployment rate of 18.9%. Directly north is San Joaquin County with Stockton as its largest city. Population of 700K and unemployment rate of 18.4%. We aren't exactly giant urban centers but we're still a long way from tiny (sub 75k population) counties like Yuba, Colusa, San Benito, etc. I'm not sure we're a great deal better off...