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Trends in Metro America

Published: 06/11/2010

UI has updated indicators (http://metrotrends.org/data.html) on house prices, employment in the manufacturing sector, job losses, and unemployment in the top 100 metro areas nationwide. House prices continued to fall through the end of 2009 and unemployment remained high, but between October through November of 2009, employment increased. The manufacturing sector, however, continued to shrink as a share of all jobs.  The story is not the same everywhere. As our figures illustrate, trends vary considerably across metros.

New unemployment rate charts: http://metrotrends.org/unemployment-charts.html

New house price charts: http://metrotrends.org/house-price-charts.html

Also new on the site:

 

  • New Orleans Metropolitan Region: Although public funded rebuilding investments may have staved off some of the worst effects of the recession, New Orleans’ future prosperity remains in question.
  • Challenges for Health Reform: Health reform will have its biggest effects in areas where large shares of the population are uninsured. Since almost two-thirds of the nation’s uninsured live in the top 100 metro areas, it is important to consider possible variation in impacts of health reform across metros.  
  • Jobs Disappearing in Minority and Immigrant Communities: In many large metros with substantial minority and immigrant populations, manufacturing jobs are being replaced by retail and service sector jobs which may not pay as well.

 

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