Guess Where the Unemployment Rate is Dropping

Go figure. One of the few places Americans aren't losing jobs, but actually gaining them. Washington D.C. This makes sick.

As the nation undergoes the worst unemployment crisis in a generation, people are finding work in the D.C. region thanks in part to health care and the federal government.

"We’re still the best place to weather the storm," Stephen Fuller, director for the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., tells WTOP.

"We’re still adding jobs. Unemployment remains relative, but things aren’t as good as they were a year or two ago."

The recruiting comes after the area added 5,000 federal jobs last year. Fuller, an expert on the local economy, says last year was the first time the area had seen an increase in federal jobs in more than 10 years. Many of those positions are in agencies that are dealing with the economic crisis, he says.

But government agencies aren’t the only ones hiring. Government contractors have positions open. The federal military base realignment plan will mean jobs for those in construction as well as the janitorial industry.