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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.
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Not seasonally adjusted unemployment
rates
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Metropolitan area |
Nov.
2010* |
Nov.
2009 |
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Bloomington-Normal |
7.1% |
7.7% |
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Champaign-Urbana |
8.2% |
8.9% |
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Chicago-Joliet-Naperville |
8.9% |
10.3% |
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Danville |
11.0% |
11.7% |
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Davenport-Moline-Rock Island |
7.9% |
8.8% |
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Decatur |
11.0% |
12.1% |
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Kankakee-Bradley |
12.1% |
12.9% |
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Lake-Kenosha, Ill.-Wis. |
9.7% |
10.4% |
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Peoria |
9.3% |
10.8% |
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Rockford |
13.7% |
15.5% |
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Springfield |
7.5% |
7.9% |
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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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