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Be Glad You Don’t Live in These 10 U.S. Cities With the Highest Unemployment

Nov. 29, 2012 8:29pm Jason Howerton

(TheBlaze/AP) — Unemployment rates declined last month in more than half of the 372 largest U.S. cities, however, some cities are still struggling to shake shockingly high unemployment rates. For example, Yuma, Ariz. currently has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 29.8 percent. Yuma has a population of roughly 95,000 people.

The Labor Department says rates fell in 201 metro areas. They rose in 116 and were unchanged in 55. The number of cities with unemployment below 7 percent rose to 180 last month, up from 107 a year ago.

If you want to know how well far-left, progressive policies work, consider this: Eight of the ten cities with the highest unemployment rates are located in California, a leftist “utopia.”

Here are the 10 cities with the highest unemployment as of Oct. 2012:

Yuma, Ariz. 29.8
El Centro, Calif. 28.1
Yuba City, Calif. 15.3
Merced, Calif. 14.7
Visalia-Porterville, Calif. 14.4
Modesto, Calif. 13.9
Fresno, Calif. 13.9
Hanford-Corcoran, Calif. 13.9
Stockton, Calif. 13.6
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, N.J. 13.3

Lowest unemployment rates as of Oct. 2012:

Bismarck, N.D. 2.2
Fargo, N.D. 2.8
Grand Forks, N.D. 3.1
Lincoln, Neb. 3.2
Midland, Texas 3.3
Iowa City, Iowa 3.4
Ames, Iowa 3.4
Sioux Falls, S.D. 3.7
Burlington-South Burlington, Vt. 3.8
Logan, Utah 3.8

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Buddynoel
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 12:39am
This all started when Obama approved shutting the water off for Central Valley farms displacing thousands of workers. The effect caused a ripple through California’s economy that they haven’t even started to cope with. So the poor are pouring across the border and Yuma is becoming a refugee camp for survivors of the liberal’s and union’s war on the poor. Just as Arizona was recovering from the illegal alien invasion, it has to cope with this.

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- StrongWesternbabeluvinherWesternMAN
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 5:17am
  right on….or they were relocated to Nevada and given voter rights for the 2012 election
  
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- Spinmamma
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 11:07am
  I believe that started long before Obama took office. The groundwork for the shutoff was laid in the regs passed to flesh out the Endangered Species Act and the court cases that followed. Not to mention California’s laws. It never ceases to amaze me that the cities’ desire for fake lakes and swimming pools always trump agriculture.
  
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eagledown
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 12:37am
The road to Serfdom.
Satan Obama will lead us the way.
He is here to bring it all down.
Then pick up the pieces that serve him, then he recreates.
Who, who will take him on?
The cowards in congress?
Ha!
It’s too late.
Tyranny is here.
It’s 1776 people.
History repeats.
Lets not go quietly in the night.

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- BehindBlueEyes
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:22am
  The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson
  
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SuperDiz
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:42pm
All of those cities in Cali are either high hispanic population, or farming communities…. or both.

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- Slammo
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 11:00am
  Here in California, a farming community and high hispanic population are one in the same.
  
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kindling
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:33pm
One through nine on the worst list are cities over run by illegals. We live near 3 of them and it is very easy for employers to hire someone here illegally because they will work for pennies on the dollar. So kids like mine can’t get a entry level job because there is a non citizen getting all those jobs. In face you go to a clinic for care 90% are illegals and you wait for HOURS to be seen.

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4WheelGuy
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:29pm
Glenn WE THE PEOPLE need answers,http://aircrap.org/category/health-impacts-remedies/chemtrail-health-impacts/ W@T@F who is responsible for this crap?

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IndiscriminatenessAnEpidemic
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:24pm
Burning Truth, you sound like an Evan Sayet fan, are you? Great post!

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deltaecho
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:22pm
If you live in Kali, leave. If you live in a city, leave. Do it. Seriously.

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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 12:43pm
  Mexifornia, Land of Liberals, Illegal’s and Gays…
  LOVELY combination !!! Ya’ like in a toilet……..
  With Pelosi, Boxer, Miller and Feinstein as rep’s
  in Congress you can see why this CessPool is in
  the shape it is in…Democrats are Wonderful !!
  Just this morning Pelosi was talking about JOBS..
  That’s ALL this BITC* does, is flap her Botox lips,
  these people are disgusting !!!
  
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michael7695
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:01pm
Its ok. With California voting to raise taxes even higher, they are sure to lower their unemployment rates. Raising taxes helps everyone.

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- DarkJello
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:26pm
  That was a fun read. Thanks for the laugh. +1
  
  (presume you had sarcasm dialed way up).
  
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- Coded-Dude
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 2:28am
  Don’t forget the Democrats also now enjoy a super majority both both the house and state senate(in CA). Surely without any partisan politics getting in the way they will be able to turn this state around. Of course, I’m not waiting around to find out. My exit plan is in place……
  
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- SUPPLY_SIDE
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 2:58pm
  With a bleeding budget, the Democratic super majority will attack Prop 16 greatly increasing property tax as well.
  
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KingDork
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:47pm
I like in southern cali and it really is a cesspool, we have so many empty stores/lots and increasing since hitler2.0 won his second term. It’s like a guessing game to see which store/office will be closed down this week.

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okaaay
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:46pm
So glad, like many of my friends, to be OUT of California!

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- SUPPLY_SIDE
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 2:52pm
  What is the best state to move to and why?
  
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Mr. H.
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:25pm
Notice how the high unemployment places are long time Democrat havens, and the highest employment are all largely long time republican?

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ScottG-CO
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:09pm
And all but 2 of the lowest UE cities are major college towns………….more takers.

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Jero
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:03pm
Sadly, I do live in one of those cities.

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girlnurse
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:43pm
The only reason Sacramento isn’t on the list is because it is rampant with state/government workers!

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edmundburk
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:39pm
california sucks

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FightingBear
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:31pm
How can California be on this list at all?

It’s been run by Democrats since Christ was a child….this place should be flourishing.

Obviously the Republicans have sabotaged the state somehow.

It certainly can’t be Pelosi and her ilk that are responsible for this. I suspect we will find out that it is all Bush’s fault.

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- seek.the.truth
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:59pm
  That was the first thing thing that came to mind………it HAS to somehow be BUSH’s fault ;)
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:28pm
  Bears that fight are also clever and intelligent. +1 good sir.
  
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- betterpart
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 4:04am
  Ditto. The lefty lib-lobes will sneak Pres. Bush in there somehow lol…
  
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rsanchez1
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:21pm
Of course, California almost sweeps the list. You have to wonder what’s going on in Yuma, AZ though.

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- Chancellor
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 12:02am
  The main road for illegal coming across the border.
  
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- ThreeJaysAZ
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:02am
  The main issue with unemployment in Yuma, AZ & El Centro, AZ is the dominant industry in these towns is produce. Many of the jobs are seasonal during the winter, then they move north to Salinas. I used to work in Yuma and can tell you what happens is since the labor force is seasonal many employers lay off their employees until the new season. Top that off with produce companies and growers going under it does not leave much there for employment. I also used to live in Fresno and it does not surprise me they are on the list. Fresno is also a heavy produce (as is with most central valley cities) as well as it does not have many major companies that are based out of Fresno so the job pool is very low. Most of the central valley is conservative and they do not believe in what Obuma or the libertards in CA are doing, but unfortunately they are stuck with it. I am soooooo glad to be out of California!!!
  
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Chuck Stein
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:11pm
So . . . how long until the Federal government guarantees the state debt of California, Illinois . . . . well, any state with a Democrat governor and legislature?

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- willbedone
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 8:13am
  Obama’s plan is working perfectly. Collapse the country with excessive debt and high unemployment, create dependency on the government, then close the trap.
  Question #1: What did Stalin, Pol Pot, Hitler, Mao, and several others do with the disenfranchised when they came to power?
  Question #2: Do you think that it wont happen here?
  Question #3: Really?
  Question #4: What is all the excessive hand gun ammunition for that the federal government just purchased?
  
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Beachmastermax
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:07pm
That is what happens when farm workers vote for Democrats that are owned by the evironmentalist. The water gets cut off to the farmland for the river smelt. Juan has no yob.

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- UpChuck.Liberals
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:40pm
  You do know that Feinstein want’s to cut off more water to protect the Salmon run in the upper Sacramento River. Scratch more jobs and higher food prices. Aren’t these Liberals just oh so brilliant?
  
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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 1:41am
  Think the farm workers up there will start voting GOP to save their jobs? Don’t answer that.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:58pm
No big surprise that CA is on there more than once.

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- bulletsinthegun
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:10pm
  More than once, eight times by my count, looks like life is good in the the ncommie state
  
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- Micmac
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 12:09pm
  All the CA cities are in the San Joaquin Valley farming area when the environmentalists got the government to shut off their farming water for some stupid minnow.
  
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CMart
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:53pm
Thank God.. a list that doesn’t have Riverside-San Bernardino on it for once! We had a few years where we made it on every bad list (pollution, housing, etc.)

Then again, maybe we are #11… :)

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- Trollkiller68
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:03pm
  You guys that can grow AAA quality cannabis can earn extra income in cali. If I lived there I would grow it and give it away free to cancer patients.
  
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Carlinpa
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:52pm
If I were a liberals I would be asking myself, ” why is it that everywhere liberalism is , is a wasteland? Why is it that liberals seem to fail at everything that requires math and common sense?”
And No Doh! California is nearly all of the worst ten cites. and Yuma, Ariz well that’s right near the border, so you know why that’s a waste land to.

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- TheBurningTruth
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:18pm
  No, the fact that you can see and understand the connection between Progressive Liberalism and economic failure means prevents you from ever being a liberal. Liberals believe that conservative areas that are succeeding MUST be doing something illegal or unethical precisely because they can NOT understand that their policies discourage success and encourage failure. When faced with stark reality, liberals always retreat into fairyland.
  
  Of course, if you were to become a liberal you’d also need to get a lobotomy.
  
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skippy6
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:52pm
Won’t be long before Barry ruins ND with a federal land grab with the spotted ferret bat being endangered in that state!!! GRRRRRRR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9UIQivBnTA

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:00pm
  SKIPPY6, Dang, once they see that video a million plus acres will be off limits for humans.
  Bwahahahahahahaha!
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:47pm
  Skippy, best laugh of the day. Thanks man
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:48pm
  skippy6
  
  : )
  
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- EdgeOfSanity
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 12:45pm
  That clip had me for a second. A scream and a half, but makes about as much sense as the real preservation wackos. In fact bet some of the tree huggers think this is real.
  
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conservative cyclingfan1
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:45pm
ROFL!! California no longer has a dream!! Now it’s just “California Nightmarin’…”

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- Cryinthewilderness
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:18pm
  Yes but our government will bail them out and they will keep spending just like washington.
  
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QuincySmith
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:37pm
Imagine, California has 8 of the worst 10 cities. I mean, just imagine.

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- Kupo
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:51pm
  I was having a discussion with someone the other day who kept trying to convince me that California is some sort of paradise to live in. All I could do was laugh.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:52pm
  Make a list of twenty, then I wonder how many more of the cities would have been in California?
  
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- ktmrider1
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:04pm
  it’s real, I live here. it has become a huge intitalment magnet. most of the white middle class working people have fled along with small buisiness and cities are going bankrupt. democrats that are the sorce of the problem are now the supermajority along with now the highest tax rate in the country. when the ship sinks I hope all the stinking democrats drown.
  
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- niterider
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:48pm
  KTMrider1: I live here (Kalifornia) still, though my friends have fled over the last 30 years. Now my friends complain about the ex-Kalifornia demoncrats that are messing up their new states: ie…Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho ect.. I do find it a funny puzzle.
  
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