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Google Trends for the Real World
Apr. 29th, 2009 01:07 pmGoogle Public Data* is pretty interesting. I've been looking at the county-by-county figures for unemployment in MA.
The worst-off county currently is Nantucket county, which always has a lot of seasonal unemployment (lots of summer jobs associated with Martha's Vineyard and its environs) but much more this year than a few years ago. They'll still probably do well this summer, although how well depends on how much the recession cuts into vacations and tourism.
The best-off counties are Middlesex and Norfolk (the greater Boston area) and Hampshire (which is rural; don't know why unemployment is so low, but I'd expect a lower population density means a higher ratio of necessary jobs to residents).
* In development, so there doesn't seem to be a portal page for it yet. Not sure what datasets other than US unemployment data (the standard U-3, "all jobless persons who are available to take a job and have actually sought work in the past four weeks") Google's included in this service so far.
The worst-off county currently is Nantucket county, which always has a lot of seasonal unemployment (lots of summer jobs associated with Martha's Vineyard and its environs) but much more this year than a few years ago. They'll still probably do well this summer, although how well depends on how much the recession cuts into vacations and tourism.
The best-off counties are Middlesex and Norfolk (the greater Boston area) and Hampshire (which is rural; don't know why unemployment is so low, but I'd expect a lower population density means a higher ratio of necessary jobs to residents).
* In development, so there doesn't seem to be a portal page for it yet. Not sure what datasets other than US unemployment data (the standard U-3, "all jobless persons who are available to take a job and have actually sought work in the past four weeks") Google's included in this service so far.
