Illinois Unemployment Rate Remains Above National Average in All but Two Metro Areas
Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates
Metropolitan Area
Aug.
2016
Aug.
2015
Over-the-Year Change
Bloomington
5.1%
4.9%
0.2
Carbondale-Marion
5.9%
6.0%
-0.1
Champaign-Urbana
5.1%
5.4%
-0.3
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights
5.4%
5.6%
-0.2
Danville
7.1%
7.3%
-0.2
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
5.6%
5.3%
0.3
Decatur
6.7%
7.3%
-0.6
Elgin
5.1%
5.6%
-0.5
Kankakee
6.1%
6.7%
-0.6
Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI
4.8%
5.1%
-0.3
Peoria
6.2%
6.5%
-0.3
Rockford
6.3%
7.0%
-0.7
Springfield
4.6%
5.1%
-0.5
St. Louis (IL-Section)
5.7%
6.2%
-0.5
Illinois Statewide
5.5%
5.8%
-0.3
* Data subject to revision.
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