areas of US that have been hit the hardest and those areas doing better than others in today's economy.

This morning I heard a comment on GMA they are featuring a job fair in Southern FL. They then stated that FL is "statistically the hardest hit state."

Now I have watched friend after friend loose their job...3 in one week just a few weeks ago. I know things are really tough, and I know things are really tough everywhere. But if FL is deamed "one of the hardest hit" I want to know which area is faring the best. How would I find this out?

I'm not looking for deep details just the answer to "FL is the worst, ID is the best" (I'm just sticking states in the blanks.)

By Colette on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 04:56 pm:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-03-04-local-differences_N.htm

By Jewlz on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 05:05 pm:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6075580

Here is another look at the break down of states but is from october

By Dana on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 05:27 pm:

Thanks so much. I haven't looked at your links yet. How did you find them? What was your search phrase or did you already have this info?

By Dana on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 05:33 pm:

Perfect! That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

By Crystal915 on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 06:27 pm:

Dana, while not statistical, I can tell you South Florida is definitely being hit hard. I have been here 2 months, and haven't had even a callback on a job... not even from the 7/11 up the road. I am pretty much willing to take anything, either first shift or overnight (because I don't have daycare in the evenings) and can't find ANYTHING.

By Jewlz on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 11:03 pm:

I googled a few things before I found something. then I looked up GMA economic state listing ... thats what I came up with

By Jewlz on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 11:09 pm:

btw ... it says my town is in the the top ten cities in the nation to be on the foreclosure list but one of those two lists says that we are in the expansion building top list in calif ... so I dont agre with it ... its one in 47 homes is in foreclosure
Metro areas with the highest foreclosure rates

1. Stockton

2. Detroit/Livonia/Dearborn, Mich.

3. Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev.

4. Riverside/San Bernardino

5. Sacramento

6. Denver/Aurora, Colo.

7. Miami, Fla.

8. Bakersfield

9. Memphis, Tenn.

10. Cleveland/Lorain/Elyria/Mentor, Ohio

By Dana on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 07:28 am:

It's all kinda scary, isn't it?

By Dana on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 07:30 am:

Crystal, where in FL are you? I didn't know you were in my state. Obviously it was a recent move in the last two months, LOL.

By Crystal915 on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 11:06 am:

West Palm Beach, we moved here in mid-Oct, because of the economy, and to be closer to family.

By Colette on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 05:15 pm:

I think I typed in "states hit the worse by recession" or something like that into google.

By Tink on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 06:29 pm:

Lovely, the #1 city is about 45 minutes north of me. I'm so thankful that my dh and I have a decent amount of job stability. I know of 6 people who've been laid off in the last two weeks.