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New Orleans, LA vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rockford has been positive.
- Rockford has 0.9% more unemployment than New Orleans.
- Rockford job growth has increased by 6.9% in the past 10 years.

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 New Orleans, LARockford, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.0%10.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.1%21.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.3%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%-7.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%-9.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%-6.9%6.3%

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104

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