Job growth happened on the east and west coasts of the U.S. last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The howmuch.net map shows that most jobs were created in California. The Los Angeles area produced more than 133,000 new jobs. New York City saw the biggest increase in employment. More than 150,000 new jobs were added in the New York City area in 2015. In Texas, the Dallas-Fort Worth area witnessed a job increase of nearly 100,000 in 2015. And in the Detroit, Michigan area hurt by years of recession more than 39,000 jobs were created in 2015. Over the past six years, businesses in America created 14 million new jobs. Nearly 2.5 million were added in 2014 and 2015. The lowest unemployment rate in U.S. history happened in 1953, when the jobless rate was 2.5 percent. Today, America’s unemployment rate is 4.9 percent.
Title: US Coasts Boast Job Growth
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/894/job_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Coasts Boast Job Growth' data-article-id='1321'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8813'>Job growth happened on the east and west coasts of the U.S. last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</span> <span data-start-time='8813' data-end-time='15854'>The howmuch.net map shows that most jobs were created in California. </span> <span data-start-time='15854' data-end-time='22250'>The Los Angeles area produced more than 133,000 new jobs.</span> <span data-start-time='22250' data-end-time='27000'>New York City saw the biggest increase in employment. </span> <span data-start-time='27000' data-end-time='35521'>More than 150,000 new jobs were added in the New York City area in 2015.</span> <span data-start-time='35521' data-end-time='45958'>In Texas, the Dallas-Fort Worth area witnessed a job increase of nearly 100,000 in 2015.</span> <span data-start-time='45958' data-end-time='56604'>And in the Detroit, Michigan area hurt by years of recession more than 39,000 jobs were created in 2015.</span> <span data-start-time='56604' data-end-time='64333'>Over the past six years, businesses in America created 14 million new jobs. </span> <span data-start-time='64333' data-end-time='71792'>Nearly 2.5 million were added in 2014 and 2015.</span> <span data-start-time='71792' data-end-time='82146'>The lowest unemployment rate in U.S. history happened in 1953, when the jobless rate was 2.5 percent. </span> <span data-start-time='82146' data-end-time='87729'>Today, America’s unemployment rate is 4.9 percent.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/894/coast_img.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=5539 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/894/what_does_bureau_mean.m4a'>What does bureau 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