IDES Unemployment Rates Fall in All Metro Areas
Unemployment Rates Fall in All Metro Areas
Unemployment Rates Remain Higher than National Average in All 14 Illinois Metro Areas
Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment RatesMetropolitan AreaDec.
2016Dec.
2015Over-the-Year ChangeBloomington5.0%5.6%-0.6Carbondale-Marion5.8%6.3%-0.5Champaign-Urbana4.9%5.7%-0.8Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights5.4%5.5%-0.1Danville7.2%7.7%-0.5Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL5.5%5.9%-0.4Decatur6.4%7.5%-1.1Elgin5.7%6.4%-0.7Kankakee6.5%7.3%-0.8Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI5.3%5.9%-0.6Peoria6.6%7.3%-0.7Rockford6.5%7.5%-1.0Springfield4.9%5.6%-0.7St. Louis (IL-Section)5.3%6.3%-1.0Illinois Statewide5.6%6.0%-0.4* Data subject to revision. CHICAGO–All of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas experienced declines in... Read More.