The annual change can't stay this high. Maybe for another year, but it will have to slow.

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In Arizona, far more jobs are created than can be filled by the local population.

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I would say that Arizona would be clearly one of the more hard hit (states).

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Historically, the state usually falls further behind the nation during periods of economic weakness, as experienced in 2002 into 2003. However, job quality also fell by more than the national average in 2004.

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It's above anything we've seen lately.

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