There were nearly 6.4 unemployed workers, on average, for each available job at the end of November, according to the Labor Department on Tuesday.  Compare that to 1.7 jobless people for each opening in December 2007.

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The “top 10 high-tech metro areas” are listed at the link, with changes since 2003. Five of the top ten are in California.

Silicon Valley, the largest and most influential high-tech center in the world, continues to lead all other metropolitan regions in North America in the breadth and scope of economic activity it creates through technological innovation. But many other metros have built strong and diverse industries that should allow them to prosper when the global economy recovery.

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