Barrack Obama is visiting Milwaukee Wisconsin today.  He is expected to get a very warm reception in the mostly Democratic State.  The Warm reception will not only be due to his party affiliation, but also due to the fact that the State of Wisconsin has a relatively low unemployment rate compared to that of the rest of the nation.

The Unemployment rate of the nation sits at 9.6% as I write this article, but the state of Wisconsin has only 8.1% of it’s population unemployed.  While the nation has been struggling to employ it’s population, the people of Wisconsin, although not happy with the job situation, sit in a much better place than many of the other states.  The reason for the lower unemployment could simply be due to the fact that Wisconsin is primarily a manufacturing state.

Wisconsin happens to lead the nation in the production of low horsepower gasoline engines, cranes, hoists, and mining machinery. With over 15 million acres of forests, the state is also among the leaders in wood product manufacturing.