Economic_Factors

Economic Factors Economic Factors The two cities that I have chosen to evaluate for economic differences are Jeffersonville, Indiana which lies in the Clark County Area and San Diego, California witch lies in the County of San Diego Area. The two most important factors for me when moving would be the job opportunities and climate. I will evaluate these and also cost of living expenses. The current population of Clark County stands at 96,472 versus the 2.8 million in the County of San Diego. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Clark County in the third quarter of 2004 reported an unemployment rate of 5.5%. This has steadily grown from 3.7% in the fourth quarter of 2003. Clark County’s Total Resident Labor Force as of 2003 consists of 53,699 with 51,487 people employed. Leaving 2,212 people unemployed approximately 4.2% of the labor force. The County of San Diego reported and unemployment rate of 3.2% as of the fourth quarter in 2004. This has fluctuated from 3.6% in December of 2003 to 4.4% in July of 2004 back down to the current 3.2%. The County of San Diego’s total labor force consists of 1,521,000 with 1,472,800 people employed leaving 48,200 people unemployed. county, san, diego, clark, living, year, cost, climate, while, two, people, current, pay, cities, temperature, make, job, avg, unemployed, total, scale, rainfall, one, labor, inches, high, drastic, being, average, versus, unemployment, though, snowfall, rather, quarter