Vie Econbrowser, this map showing unemployment rates by county is really very interesting (click on it for full size version):

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How’re Nebraska and Kansas doing so well? Nevada and Texas seem in good shape as well. Ohio and its neighbors, not so much. Oregon’s in terrible straits and, let’s be honest, poor Michigan. Anyway — interesting visual of how the country’s doing. And with unemployment rates like that, I’m surprised we’re not hearing more about Kansas’s Democratic governor, Kathleen Sebelius.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.