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Keokuk, IA vs Merriam, KS

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Merriam has been positive.
- Merriam has 2.6% more unemployment than Keokuk.
- Merriam job growth has increased by 12.4% in the past 10 years.
 Keokuk, IAMerriam, KSUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth1.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock3.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-9.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Keokuk    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Keokuk just elected a new mayor, Tom Marion, who will help bring economic growth to the city. He and his wife have dedicated thier lives to this town and are making  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Not much to do 4. It's too  More

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this town used to be seemingly perfect and now its totally blue collar trashed. When i went back to keokuk i was shocked at how misstreated it  More

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Reviews for Merriam    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

n my opinion "Dan Leaps" pesonal agenda to promote (at best) a dead style of music is a direct reflecton of his failure in the music business. Creating a political  More

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