When Did Your County's Jobs Disappear?

You have to see this website by Chris Wilson. It's an interactive map of vanishing employment across the country, updated with the latest figures, Last Update Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at 1:05 PM ET

http://www.slate.com/id/2216238/

This is staggering how the economic crisis has claimed more than 5 million jobs since the recession began. A map of employment gains or losses by county tells the story of how those job losses first struck in the most vulnerable regions and then spread rapidly to the rest of the country. As early as August 2007, for example—several months before the recession officially began—jobs were already on the decline in southwest Florida; Orange County, Calif.; much of New Jersey; and Detroit, while other areas of the country remained on the upside.