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Unemployment rates in baseball playoff metro areas, August 2012


October 5, 2012
Among the 10 metropolitan areas that are home to baseball teams that are in the 2012 Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs, unemployment rates in August 2012 ranged from 5.5 percent in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, to 10.9 percent in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan. Among all of the nation's 372 metropolitan areas, Bismarck, North Dakota, registered the lowest unemployment rate, 2.6 percent. El Centro, California, and Yuma, Arizona, recorded the highest unemployment rates in August 2012, 29.9 percent each. Full Text »

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