Getty Images North America (c) 2010 Copyright Getty Images. -- http://www.gettyimages.com/Corporate/LicenseInfo.aspx Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses. Full editorial rights UK, US, Ireland, Canada (not Quebec). Restricted editorial rights for daily newspapers elsewhere, please call. gettyimages.com 2012-11-12T06:42:04Z 2010-10-21T06:42:04Z 5 2010-10-20T19:45:58-04:00 Spencer Platt sp/lrc Getty Images labor market Arbeitsmarkt unemployment Arbeitslosigkeit Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas Nevada United States business economic economy finance poor poverty gamble Variety Of Recessionary Forces Leave Las Vegas Economy Scarred LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 20 A general view of part of downtown, including Las Vegas Boulevard, on October 20, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada once had among the lowest unemployment rates in the United States at 3.8 percent but has since fallen on difficult times. Las Vegas, the gaming capital of America, has been especially hard hit with unemployment currently at 14.7 percent and the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. Among the sparkling hotels and casinos downtown are dozens of dormant construction projects and hotels offering rock bottom rates. As the rest of the country slowly begins to see some economic progress, Las Vegas is still in the midst of the economic downturn. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) 105864332