Unemployment Numbers Down

Latest numbers from the Illinois Department of Employment Security show unemployment rates down and jobs up for all metro areas of the state.  Kankakee County figures are showing 6.9% in April, down from 16.2 percent in April of 2020.  Danville numbers were 6.5% in April, down from 17 percent last April.  Champaign-Urbana was 11% in 2020 and now at 4.8%.  Bloomington-Normal unemployment in April was 4.8%, down from just under 13% in 2020.  Closer to home, Iroquois County unemployment was 4.6% in April, down from 11.3 in April of 2020 and Ford County comes in at 4.1 percent, down from 11.9% in April of last year.

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