My dashboard for Unemployment in the U.S. is updated with January 2010 data. You can find it at http://bit.ly/ciPx0B.

I’ve added sparklines to show 12 months of time-series data to the demographic section of the dashboard. So now you can see trends by demographic segment. In addition, I’ve added microbar charts to the industry index section on the bottom right side of the dashboard so now you can see the size of the change in hours worked from the prior month. This is more informative than the colored circles I used previously which indicated large changes up or down without showing the size of the change.

The dashboard for Unemployment in the U.S. (2nd place finisher in XLCubed’s competition) is updated with September’s data. You can find it at, http://bit.ly/UZQDO. While it’s true that the unemployment rate rose to 9.8%, see if you can identify any good news in the dashboard.