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Wake County Jobs and Unemployment Drops

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Wake County and the Raleigh-Durham Triangle announces some recent Accolades starting with #2 Biggest Brain Magnet! It has been said that there are more PHD's per square mile in the Triangle than anyother place in the country, looks like this maybe true. In addition our jobs growth is picking up and one more thing we offer Best value in Public Universities with NC State. Of course we sit in the Triangle of NC State, UNC and Duke Universities.

Check out more accolades at www.raleigh-wake.org and www.forbes.com infromation from Economic Development February Recap, thanks.  

 
For a full list of accolades please visit www.raleigh-wake.org.

· #9 Best Value in Public Universities (North Carolina State University) Princeton Review

· #2 Biggest Brain Magnet in U.S. (Raleigh-Cary, NC) Forbes.com

· #4 Metro in 10-Year Job Growth (Raleigh-Cary, NC) BusinessFirst

 

Labor Market Statistics:

Wake County

  January
2010
January
2011
Year to Date Change
Labor Force 449,830 460,163 + 10,333
Employed 408,490 414,154 + 5,664
Unemployed 41,340 36,009 - 5,331
Rate 9.2% 8.0% - 1.2%
Source: North Carolina Employment Security Commission


 

If you are looking for a home in the Triangle call Kowitz and Freund Realty Team with Fonville Morisey.

Sharon Kowitz 919-417-4367 or Carla Freund 919-602-8489

 

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Sharon Kowitz
www.kowitzrealty.com

Relocation Certified Specialist
Broker/REALTOR
Gold Sales Club - Top Producer
CRS-GRI-ABR-E-Pro-SRES-LHMSM-CREN

Cell: 919-417-4367
skowitz@fmrealty.com

 

 

Comments (1)

Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

My area, Loudoun County Virginia is at about 4.6% unemployment.  That's good news. 

The bad news???  Home owners are so upside down they can't move up.

Mar 23, 2011 12:16 AM