Unemployment rate falls in most Ill. metro areas
The Illinois Department of Employment Security says unemployment rates have fallen in 11 of the state’s 12 metro areas.
But the department says the Chicago area saw a slight bump in its jobless rate. It rose to 10.4 percent in August compared to 9.7 percent in August 2010.
The largest declines occurred in the northern Illinois city of Rockford and in Danville in east-central Illinois.
Rockford saw its jobless figure drop by 1.6 percentage points to 13.1 percent. That remains the highest metro-area rate in Illinois.
Danville’s rate fell by 1.5 percentage points to 10.5 percent.
IDES Director Jay Rowell says the figures released Thursday show that “local communities continue to fight against the lingering headwinds of the national recession.”
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