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...
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