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Columbus, MS vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Carbondale has been positive.
- Carbondale has 0.7% more unemployment than Columbus.
- Carbondale job growth has increased by 6.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Columbus, MSCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.4%6.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.9%21.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.7%-6.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.5%-6.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.7%-7.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.1%-6.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Columbus    8 Reviews

Born and rased in Columbus, MS and I love MY City!!! Shopping is not as good as larger cities but you can find some Great shopping places for good prices. Dinning... We  More

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Over 13 years ago

I've lived in Columbus for a little while, having moved from a larger metro. If not for the lack of quality entertainment, the low general quality of people, the  More

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Over 15 years ago

I had the misfortunate of being born in Columbus,MS. I hated it my whole life and couldn't wait to get out of it. I left as soon as I was old enough to get married. I  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 16 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
39702 39705 39701
ZIPS IN CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS
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