Unemployment Rate Falls in Thirteen Metros
Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates
Metropolitan Area
Feb.
2018
Feb.
2017
Over-the-Year Change
Bloomington
3.6%
4.9%
-1.3
Carbondale-Marion
4.3%
5.4%
-1.1
Champaign-Urbana
3.7%
4.9%
-1.2
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights
5.3%
5.3%
0.0
Danville
5.6%
7.2%
-1.6
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
4.4%
5.5%
-1.1
Decatur
4.9%
6.3%
-1.4
Elgin
4.6%
6.0%
-1.4
Kankakee
5.1%
6.6%
-1.5
Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI
4.3%
5.5%
-1.2
Peoria
5.0%
6.8%
-1.8
Rockford
4.9%
9.2%
-4.3
Springfield
4.0%
5.0%
-1.0
St. Louis (IL-Section)
4.1%
5.2%
-1.1
Illinois Statewide
5.0%
5.6%
-0.6
* Data subject to revision.
CHICAGO–Unemployment rates decreased over-the-year in February in 13 of Illinois’s metropolitan areas and was unchanged in one, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau... Read More.
