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Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates Metropolitan Area June 2016 June 2015 Over-the-Year Change Bloomington 5.4% 5.0% 0.4 Carbondale-Marion 6.1% 6.1% 0.0 Champaign-Urbana 5.3% 5.4% -0.1 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights 6.2% 6.1% 0.1 Danville 7.1% 7.0% 0.1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 5.6% 5.3% 0.3 Decatur 6.8% 7.1% -0.3 Elgin 5.2% 5.5% -0.3 Kankakee 6.1% 6.6% -0.5 Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI 4.9% 5.1% -0.2 Peoria 6.3% 6.2% 0.1 Rockford 6.3% 6.6% -0.3 Springfield 4.7% 5.0% -0.3 St. Louis (IL-Section) 5.7% 6.0% -0.3 Illinois Statewide 6.0% 6.0% 0.0 * Data subject to revision.   CHICAGO–Eight of Illinois’ 14 metropolitan (metro) areas experienced decreases in their over-the-year unemployment rate and eight of the metro areas had increases in nonfarm jobs, according to... Read More.