Unemployment rates are up across East-Central Illinois. New numbers released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security show numbers increasing in Iroquois, Ford and Vermilion Counties.

In Iroquois County the jobless rate climbed from 6.0 to 6.8 compared to last March. In Ford County, the unemployment rate of 6.5 percent in March was up one-percent from a year earlier.

Vermilion County's jobless rate hit 8.4 percent during March. That was up from 6.8 percent a year ago. The city of Danville's unemployment rate rose to 9.0 percent – up more than 2-percent from March of last year.

The jobless rate in the Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul area climbed one-percent to 5.8 percent last month.

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