Apr 28, 2010
Easy data
I just found This We Know linked on Gapers Block today. Easy and fast data is so easy and fast anymore. It’s nice, but there’s still all that work of figuring out what it means.
Here are some visualizations I made using their data for the employment stats in my hometown, Rockford, Ill. This is probably not enough information to come to any sort of conclusion, but it’s interesting enough to probably warrant some digging around at some point.
Unemployment Count, Jan.-June
Employment Count, Jan.-June
Laborforce Count, Jan.-June
The Google Fusion Tables’ embeddable code is still a little buggy. Sorry, for any weird glitches or missing labels. Here’s the broader 10-year view from Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Unemployment Count, 2000-2010
Employment Count, 2000-2010
Laborforce Count, 2000-2010
None of this data is “seasonally adjusted,” which can make a big difference.