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Unemployment Rates Increase in All Metro Areas First time in six years unemployment rate up in every county    Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates Metropolitan Area April 2016 April 2015 Over-the-Year Change Bloomington 5.4% 3.9% 1.5 Carbondale-Marion 6.3% 5.0% 1.3 Champaign-Urbana 5.3% 4.2% 1.1 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights 6.3% 5.7% 0.6 Danville 7.5% 6.0% 1.5 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 5.8% 5.0% 0.8 Decatur 7.1% 5.9% 1.2 Elgin 5.8% 4.9% 0.9 Kankakee 6.8% 5.9% 0.9 Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI 5.4% 4.7% 0.7 Peoria 6.9% 5.3% 1.6 Rockford 6.9% 6.0% 0.9 Springfield 5.1% 4.4% 0.7 St. Louis (IL-Section) 6.1% 5.1% 1.0 Illinois Statewide 6.2% 5.4% 0.8 * Data subject to revision.   CHICAGO–All metropolitan areas in Illinois experienced over- the-year unemployment rate increases... Read More.