Previously-existing banking regulations and a diversified economy helped Texas escape some of the worst effects of the Great Recession.
EXPLAINATION : The Great Recession of 2007–2009 was the most severe and lengthy economic crisis in the U.S. since the Great Depression. The impacts on the population were multi-dimensional, but operated largely through local labor markets.
To examine differences in recession-related changes in county unemployment rates and assess how population and place characteristics shaped these patterns.
<span>- Population burst caused by the delay in marriages during WWII (soldiers came home from the war, got married and had lots of kids, causing a population burst).</span>
