Scary map: U.S. unemployment rates by counties 2007-2010 (video)
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are nearly 30 million people currently unemployed -- that's including those involuntarily working parttime and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one.
In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. "The Decline: The Geography of a Recession," as created by labor writer LaToya Egwuekwe, serves as a vivid representation of just how much.
Watch the deteriorating transformation of the U.S. economy from January 2007 -- approximately one year before the start of the recession -- to the most recent unemployment data available today.
Watch video below:
1: LaToya Egwuekwe on CNN, December 2009 (video takes 25 sec. to appear) - Creator of interactive unemployment map, "The Decline: The Geography of a Recession," LaToya Egwuekwe talks with CNN "Your $$$" host Christine Romans.
2: The updated map on Feb. 05, 2010
LaToya Egwuekwe blog
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