The uneven recovery from the worst recession in 60 years has also created big variations in local job markets, where national statistics mask a wide range of employment levels from one city or state to the next.
In areas hardest hit by the collapse of the housing industry, unemployment rates are substantially higher than average. The highest unemployment rates in the country, as of August — the latest data available — were in El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., where three out of ten workers were out of a job. Statewide, the hardest hit are Nevada (where the jobless rate was a 14.4 percent), Michigan (13 percent), California, (12.4 percent) and Florida (11.9 percent.)
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