Birmingham and Hoover Area Lowest Unemployment in Nation

Roy Williams of The Birmingham News wrote an article this week, Birmingham-Hoover has lowest jobless rate of nation's big cities, bureau says.

According to the article, for metropolitan areas of about one million, the Birmingham-Hoover area had the lowest unemployment rate in the nation for October 2007. That is great news.

In September, the Birmingham-Hoover area ranked 6th at 3.3%. In October, it dropped to 2.7%. It has only been lower than this once, and this was in April where it had dropped to an amazing 2.4%

The state as a whole did pretty well too. Alabama was 6th nationally at 3.1%.

Roy Williams noted that, "Hiring managers and employers say the Birmingham has benefited from a diverse economy and Alabama's improving outlook."

Obviously a lot of people are finding that the Birmingham-Hoover areas are a great place to live!____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Stephen Wolfe & Jason Secor

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