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Unemployment in Detroit Nearly 50 Percent

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Chelsea Wieber
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Officially, Detroit's unemployment rate is 27 percent. But this number doesn't factor in people that are underemployed or are unemployed and have given up on the job search more than a year ago. In reality, the Detroit News says, unemployment is closer to 45 percent if you factor in these groups. That's nearly half of the motor city's workers.

Detroit mayor Dave Bing commented on the situation in a statement for the Detroit News:

Jobs are the key to revitalizing Detroit ... The statistics tell part of the story, but we can't run from the reality that the need for jobs and investment is far greater than any statistic could measure.

A Detroit street. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msgemini3/2085969697/">NoneOther... {Captured In Lights}...(flickr)</a>
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