Job Losses Reported in More than Half of the Metro Areas in Illinois
Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates
Metropolitan Area
Mar.
2017
Mar.
2016
Over-the-Year Change
Bloomington
4.3%
5.5%
-1.2
Carbondale-Marion
5.0%
6.3%
-1.3
Champaign-Urbana
4.5%
5.4%
-0.9
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights
4.2%
6.3%
-2.1
Danville
6.4%
7.9%
-1.5
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
4.8%
6.0%
-1.2
Decatur
5.7%
7.1%
-1.4
Elgin
5.4%
6.4%
-1.0
Kankakee
5.9%
7.3%
-1.4
Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI
5.0%
6.0%
-1.0
Peoria
6.0%
7.1%
-1.1
Rockford
8.3%
7.2%
1.1
Springfield
4.4%
5.5%
-1.1
St. Louis (IL-Section)
4.7%
6.3%
-1.6
Illinois Statewide
4.7%
6.4%
-1.7
* Data subject to revision.
CHICAGO–Unemployment rates were down over-the-year in all but one of Illinois’s metro areas. Six of the metro areas had increases in nonfarm jobs and eight reported declines,... Read More.
