Unemployment woes aren't only effecting teens. In May, the Prairie State jobless rate jumped to 6.4 percent, followed by another boost to 6.8 percent
in June. And according to new data from the Illinois Department of
Employment Security, it's workers in Illinois' 12 ...
Unemployment woes aren't only effecting teens. In May, the Prairie State jobless rate jumped to 6.4 percent, followed by another boost to 6.8 percent in June. And according to new data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security, it's workers in Illinois' 12 metropolitan areas that are really feeling the crunch:
Officials say the unemployment rate is up in all the state's 12 metropolitan areas.
Rockford has the highest unemployment rate at 8.6%. The northern Illinois city also had the biggest unemployment jump, a 2.7% increase from June 2007.
Second-highest was Danville, in east-central Illinois, with 8.4%, followed by Kankakee-Bradley with 8.2%.
As WBEZ reports, Cook County's unemployment rate rose to 7.6 percent in June -- jump of almost one percentage point in just one month. Four other areas recorded their highest unemployment rates since 1990, including Champaign-Urbana, Springfield, Bloomington-Normal, and Lake County. But who needs extended unemployment insurance, right?
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