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Bowling Green, KY vs Cairo, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Cairo has been positive.
- Cairo has 3.6% less unemployment than Bowling Green.
- Cairo job growth has increased by 33.8% in the past 10 years.
 Bowling Green, KYCairo, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth46.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-17.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Bowling Green    7 Reviews

I have lived in Bowling Green 12 years, prior to that I lived in the Terre Haute IN area. Compared to Terre Haute, my husband and I much prefer BG. The winters are much  More

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Over 8 years ago

I was born in BG 62 yrs ago. I left at 17 and returned in 2015. Compared to Texas & the west, BG is the worst. If you like sunshine (I do), it is horrible in BG.  More

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I have lived in Bowling Green for almost seven years now. I'm originally from the Oklahoma City/Moore OK area. My husband and I moved here for his job. Honestly,  More

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Reviews for Cairo    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I visited Cairo, IL over this past weekend. The community is very clean an the people were very friendly. However, I did noticed that there very few places of employment  More

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