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Cape Girardeau, MO vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Jonesboro has been positive.
- Jonesboro has 0.3% more unemployment than Cape Girardeau.
- Jonesboro job growth has increased by 21.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Cape Girardeau, MOJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.8%4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth27.4%40.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.2%-3.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.2%1.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.9%8.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth3.5%21.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 11 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 15 years ago

It's a good mid sized  More

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Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

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I have lived in Jonesboro for 25 years and have enjoyed seeing the economic growth of this community. My children are able to attend a great public school and my wife  More

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Over 4 years ago

Yikes, this is one of those places that used to have sundown town policies in place well into the 20th century. Welcome to the conservative, baptist South.  More

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Ashamed of Jonesboro! I was born and raised there back in the late 70's and 80's We never heard of killings, not much of drugs, we were able to play outside, Nettleton  More

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ZIPS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
63701 63703
ZIPS IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
72401 72404 72467

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