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Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates   Metropolitan Area Feb. 2017 Feb. 2016 Over-the-Year Change Bloomington 4.8% 5.8% -1.0 Carbondale-Marion 5.6% 6.5% -0.9 Champaign-Urbana 5.0% 5.7% -0.7 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights 5.1% 6.5% -1.4 Danville 7.2% 7.8% -0.6 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 5.3% 6.3% -1.0 Decatur 6.3% 7.4% -1.1 Elgin 6.0% 6.6% -0.6 Kankakee 6.6% 7.6% -1.0 Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI 5.6% 6.1% -0.5 Peoria 6.7% 7.4% -0.7 Rockford 9.0% 7.5% 1.5 Springfield 5.0% 5.7% -0.7 St. Louis (IL-Section) 5.2% 6.6% -1.4 Illinois Statewide 5.5% 6.6% -1.1 * Data subject to revision.   CHICAGO–All but one of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas experienced decreases in their over-the-year unemployment rate. Six of the metro areas had increases in nonfarm jobs, eight reported... Read More.