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Monday, December 03, 2012
Calif., Ariz. Border Towns Have Nation’s Highest Unemployment: Over 28%
The metropolitan areas of Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., have
the two highest unemployment rates in the country, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the El Centro metropolitan area, the unemployment rate for October
was 28.1 percent, said BLS. In the Yuma metropolitan area, it was 29.8
percent. The national unemployment rate in October was 7.9 percent. So, unemployment in El Centro and Yuma was more than 3 and a half times the national rate. The most conspicuous factor the El Centro and Yuma metropolitan
areas have in common is geography. El Centro is in Imperial County,
Calif., and Yuma is in Yuma County, Ariz. Imperial and Yuma counties are
contiguous to one another and to the Mexican border...more
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