Google adds new unemployement feature to search

If you are moving in the United States, it is advisable to settle in a state where the unemployment rate is relatively low. Unfortunately, such precise information is hard to come by, but today, Google has announced a new feature that aims to consolidate all this information. Enter unemployment rate in Google’s Public Data service.

Basically, begin by searching for “Unemployment rate in New York,” or even a specific city or county. After entering in that information, a neat graph will be displayed along with the unemployment rate. If you decide to click through, you can even compare it with either the national rate, or that of another area.

Information like this would definitely be helpful in research topics, dinner-table discussions, or just interesting facts. In addition, the fun doesn’t stop here, Google even added the ability to pinpoint the population, based on the national Census. You can find out this information in the same manner, just replace ‘Unemployment rate’ with ‘Popular’ and voila.

While it is certainly possible to find the same information on other websites, Google made it a lot simpler to find this information just by one simple search. At the end of the Google announcement, they end it with “This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for more.” Hopefully, Google can add even more interesting statistics to their Public Data.

Check out the video below to see how it works.

Read [Official Google Blog]