Wisconsin’s counties saw their highest unemployment rates of the last decade, by and large, in early 2010. Which of them have rebounded the most? Darker colors indicate bigger recoveries, but look closely: counties that never saw particularly high unemployment won’t have had as far to recover.Mouseover or tap on counties to seetheir specifics.
- 2.2%
- 11.9%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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