CONGRATULATIONS AMES, IOWA!

       According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Ames had the lowest unemployment rate in the USA. Ames had  a 1.4 percent unemployment rate in October 2017 followed by Columbia, Missouri at 1.5 percent. 

         Researching further it does seem a little odd that several of the cities with the highest unemployment rate were cities in California and a few in areas of Texas and New Mexico. So much for everyone wanting to head to all the sunshine. It also seems strange that cities like Newark, Chicago, and Gary were not in that list.