Unemployment Rates Increase in All Metro Areas
First time in six years unemployment rate up in every county
Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment RatesMetropolitan AreaApril
2016April
2015Over-the-Year ChangeBloomington5.4%3.9%1.5Carbondale-Marion6.3%5.0%1.3Champaign-Urbana5.3%4.2%1.1Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights6.3%5.7%0.6Danville7.5%6.0%1.5Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL5.8%5.0%0.8Decatur7.1%5.9%1.2Elgin5.8%4.9%0.9Kankakee6.8%5.9%0.9Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI5.4%4.7%0.7Peoria6.9%5.3%1.6Rockford6.9%6.0%0.9Springfield5.1%4.4%0.7St. Louis (IL-Section)6.1%5.1%1.0Illinois Statewide6.2%5.4%0.8* Data subject to revision. CHICAGO–All metropolitan areas in Illinois experienced over- the-year unemployment rate increases...
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