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October 5, 2012
Among the 10 metropolitan areas that are home to baseball teams that are in the 2012 Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs, unemployment rates in August 2012 ranged from 5.5 percent in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, to 10.9 percent in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan. Among all of the nation's 372 metropolitan areas, Bismarck, North Dakota, registered the lowest unemployment rate, 2.6 percent. El Centro, California, and Yuma, Arizona, recorded the highest unemployment rates in August 2012, 29.9 percent each.
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Complete the statement with foreign born or native born:
In 2011, there were 24.4 million foreign-born persons (persons who reside in the United States but who were born outside the country or one of its outlying areas to parents who were not U.S. citizens) in the U.S. labor force. The unemployment rate for the ____________ was 9.1 percent in 2011; the jobless rate of the ____________ was 8.9 percent. Overall, the unemployment rates of the ____________ in younger age groups (ages 16 to 34) tend to be lower than the jobless rates for the ____________. Among older workers (ages 35 and up), unemployment rates of the ____________ tend to be higher than for the ____________.
Hint: Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born by age, 2011.
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Complete the statement with the correct occupations from the list:
In 2011, women accounted for 47 percent of all employed persons 16 years of age and older. The share of women in specific occupations varied: 14 percent of ____________ and 34 percent of ____________ were women, whereas 61 percent of ____________ and 82 percent of ____________ were women.
- accountants and auditors
- architects and engineers
- elementary and middle school teachers
- physicians and surgeons
Hint: Women as a percent of total employed in selected occupations, 2011.
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