Money magazine examined its list of the top 100 Best Places to Live and identified these 10 towns where the living is easy and the unemployment rate is far below the 10 percent national average:

1. Cass County, N.D, 3.4 percent unemployment
2. Madison County, Neb., 3.9 percent
3. Platte County, Neb., 4 percent
4. Sarpy County, Neb., 4.7 percent
5. Dallas County, Iowa, 4.7 percent
6. Grafton County, N.H., 5.1 percent
7. Dane County, Wis., 5.2 percent
8. Boulder County, Colo., 5.3 percent
9. Roanoke County, Va., 5.6 percent
10. Saline County, Ark., 5.7 percent

Source: CNNMoney.com (12/29/2009)