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Average Unemployment Rate in Illinois Metro Areas Higher than Midwest

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Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment RatesMetropolitan AreaJune 2016June 2015Over-the-Year ChangeBloomington5.4%5.0%0.4Carbondale-Marion6.1%6.1%0.0Champaign-Urbana5.3%5.4%-0.1Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights6.2%6.1%0.1Danville7.1%7.0%0.1Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL5.6%5.3%0.3Decatur6.8%7.1%-0.3Elgin5.2%5.5%-0.3Kankakee6.1%6.6%-0.5Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI4.9%5.1%-0.2Peoria6.3%6.2%0.1Rockford6.3%6.6%-0.3Springfield4.7%5.0%-0.3St. Louis (IL-Section)5.7%6.0%-0.3Illinois Statewide6.0%6.0%0.0* Data subject to revision. CHICAGO–Eight of Illinois’ 14 metropolitan (metro) areas experienced decreases in their over-the-year unemployment rate and eight of the metro areas had increases in nonfarm jobs, according to... Read More.

IDES Unemployment Rates Increase in All Metro Areas

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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... Read More.
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