A new report from the Commerce Department shows that half of the nation’s counties have still not recovered from the economic depression despite the overall nationwide economy indicating a recovery.

The Wall Street Journal reports that despite the good nationwide number the economic recovery is uneven at best.

One of the report’s authors said that the report shows why many Americans feel like the economy is not improving.  Emilia Istrate said that Americans feel the economy locally and that if there’s no recovery in their area they don’t believe overall conditions are improving.

The report examined GDP, total number of jobs, unemployment rates and home prices.