Well, the easy way to know the numbers is to look at the Ca Bureau of Labor Statistics and assume that no one has moved out of the area. A big assumption, 'though :-). --- http://www.aol.com/~RussReiss wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I'm having a difficult time finding the article. The subject matter was just > part of another article talking about whether unemployment numbers are really > valid. It critized the fact that they only count people using employment > benefit, but they don't follow people who have been drop out of the system. > The writer speculated that there could now be thousands of people unemployed that > are not being counted, with some areas of Northern Ca being the > worse. Possibly as high as 50%, which would be a crisis situation. > > Russel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > In a message dated 1/27/04 4:59:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, > http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert writes: > > You mentioned an article in yesterday's newspaper about northern ca > > being in a crisis job situation. > > > > Do you recall the name of that article so I could look it up? > > > > Thanks!