There are three times as many men officially unemployed now as there were in 1968 reports the New York Times.
Men in their prime working age from 25 to 64 were studied.
Percentage of unemployed males in area counties:
Colorado
Crowley County, Colorado 83%
Bent County, Colorado 78%
Kit Carson County, Colorado 33%
Logan County, Colorado 22%
Kansas
Ellsworth County, Kansas 48%
Norton County, Kansas 41%
Rooks County, Kansas 26%
Texas
Hartley County, Texas 61%
Childress County, Texas 52%
Swisher County, Texas 39%
Gray County, Texas 37%
Hale County, Texas 30%
You can find the interactive map here.
Some metro and suburban areas had male employment rates above 90 percent are: Denver, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Boston, Manhattan, and the booming North Dakota oil towns.
The deep South, northern Michigan, the Southwest, and the Northwest had more than 40 percent of prime-age men not working.
County level data from 2009 to 2013 was used in the report.
All out-of-work men are put into the same category regardless of the reason.
