Associated Press Economic Stress Index

There is a very interesting interactive map available here that has been created by the Associated Press to show economic stress on a county by county basis. The map uses statistics focused on unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy to measure overall stress levels. Unfortunately, many West Tennessee counties and several other rural Tennessee counties score very high on this stress measurement compared to the rest of the nation. It's not something we didn't already know, but it is chilling to see the big picture.