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re: Southern Economies at a glance
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:16 pm to Burt Reynolds
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:16 pm to Burt Reynolds
Actually, Texas does have a steamrolling economy. They have low unemployment despite being a high growth state which makes it harder to keep unemployment numbers low. This high growth also hurts Georgia in unemployment statistics. Louisiana is so dependent on energy/oil and chemicals that when those industries are hot their unemployment numbers are great. Louisiana is such a low growth state that keeping unemployment numbers lower is easier. Louisiana with their extremely slow growth rate up until recently actually made Alabama look like a relatively high growth state.
Btw, why wouldn't you include Huntsville (traditionally Alabama's strongest economy) or Mobile for Alabama?
Btw, why wouldn't you include Huntsville (traditionally Alabama's strongest economy) or Mobile for Alabama?
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Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:29 pm to Govt Tide
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Louisiana is such a low growth state
Say what?
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Louisiana continues to have a strong trend of job growth, hitting a record high for the sixth month in a row in March and exceeding 2 million employed residents for the first time ever.
While just over 2 million Louisianans were employed in March 2014, there were 93,473 unemployed, creating an unemployment rate of 4.5 percent. Although the figure was flat from the month prior, it was the best in the 17-state southern region and the seventh-lowest in the nation, according to figures released from the state labor department.
Strong job growth
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Btw, why wouldn't you include Huntsville (traditionally Alabama's strongest economy) or Mobile for Alabama?
They weren't any better. I gave instructions in the OP as far as how to get the data yourself "(click links on left for other states)"
Huntsville-6.5
Mobile-8.1
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