Average Unemployment Rate in Illinois Metro Areas Higher than Midwest
Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment RatesMetropolitan AreaJune
2016June
2015Over-the-Year ChangeBloomington5.4%5.0%0.4Carbondale-Marion6.1%6.1%0.0Champaign-Urbana5.3%5.4%-0.1Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights6.2%6.1%0.1Danville7.1%7.0%0.1Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL5.6%5.3%0.3Decatur6.8%7.1%-0.3Elgin5.2%5.5%-0.3Kankakee6.1%6.6%-0.5Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI4.9%5.1%-0.2Peoria6.3%6.2%0.1Rockford6.3%6.6%-0.3Springfield4.7%5.0%-0.3St. Louis (IL-Section)5.7%6.0%-0.3Illinois Statewide6.0%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.