Anomalies in a distribution shouldn't be a suprise. National statistics will tell a different story than regional statistics and that is to be expected. You can't generalize to a region from stats at the national region anymore than you can generalize to a nation from a regional level. It's easily possible that the percentage stays in single digits and yet certain regions show a different story. There will always be outliers. Fixing the outlier's problem will require different approaches than the fixing national problems. Which is why voting for a president in the hopes that he'll fix employment in your city is an unreliable approach. Look locally to actually fix local problems. Look nationally to make an environment where it is possible to fix local issues.