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Local unemployment rates down again across state

Modest, sustained improvement for 3 consecutive months -- 1st time since December 2006

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[December 27, 2010]  CHICAGO -- November unemployment rates fell in every metropolitan area in the state for the third consecutive month. The last time Illinois had three consecutive months of year-over-year declines in every local area was December 2006, according to data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The preliminary data is not seasonally adjusted. 

Not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates


Metropolitan area

Nov.
2010*

Nov.
2009

Bloomington-Normal

7.1%

7.7%

Champaign-Urbana

8.2%

8.9%

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville

8.9%

10.3%

Danville

11.0%

11.7%

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island

7.9%

8.8%

Decatur

11.0%

12.1%

Kankakee-Bradley

12.1%

12.9%

Lake-Kenosha, Ill.-Wis.

9.7%

10.4%

Peoria

9.3%

10.8%

Rockford

13.7%

15.5%

Springfield

7.5%

7.9%

St. Louis (Ill. section)

9.7%

10.5%

* Data subject to revision.

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The metro areas recording the largest declines in unemployment were Rockford, down 1.8 points to 13.7 percent; Peoria, down 1.5 points to 9.3 percent; Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, down 1.4 points to 8.9 percent; and Decatur, down 1.1 points to 11.0 percent.

So far this year, Illinois has added 54,700 jobs. The state growth rate is 1.0 percent and the national rate is 0.7 percent. These continuing trends evidence the deliberate but steady long-term improvement in Illinois’ job and employment picture. 

"Three consecutive months of falling unemployment rates in local areas throughout our state for the first time in four years is further evidence that the Illinois economy is on the right path," IDES Director Maureen O’Donnell said.  

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Not-seasonally adjusted data compares the current month with the same month of the previous year. The not-seasonally adjusted state rate for November was 9.2 percent, compared with 10.4 percent last year. The statewide rate has consistently dropped since it peaked at 12.2 percent in January. Nationally, the rate was 9.3 percent in November this year and 9.4 percent last year. The national peak was 10.6 percent in January.

The unemployment rate identifies those who are out of work and looking for work. People not collecting benefits will be reflected in the rate if they continue to look for work.

[Text from Illinois Department of Employment Security file received from the Illinois Office of Communication and Information]

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