One of the things about the Covid-19 supposed pandemic is how the actions taken by politicians surrounding the pandemic have affected commerce and hence regional economies.
For most, unemployment during the Covid-19 is a good measure on how resilient and how fragile regional economies have been.
Here, in this series, the True Dollar Journal presents to you regional unemployment rate data along with particular demographic data that might hint as to why people in some metros have stayed strong while people in other metros have collapsed.
2020 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas Ranked by Unemployment
As you can see in the table, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the unemployment rate for metros. Adjacent to each metro is demographic data for the principal city of any metro.
The data has been indexed against the USA average for the category. Thus, 100 equals the USA average. An index of 120 means 20% higher than the USA average. An index of 90 means 10% lower than the USA average.
The Diversity Ratio Index is the ratio of colored races to white races indexed to the USA average.
In the other forthcoming articles of the series, the TDJ will show where are the metros to live by race, by buying power, for females and so on.
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