McLean Co. unemployment rate drops

Posted on March 30, 2017
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McLean County unemployment numbers dropped over the past year. (WJBC file photo)

 

By Greg Halbleib

SPRINGFIELD – The most recent unemployment rate for McLean County dropped one full percentage point from one year earlier.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports the McLean County jobless rate was 4.8 percent in February, down from 5.8 percent in February 2016. However, total non-farm jobs dropped by 300 to 93,200.

The statewide unemployment rate is 5.5 percent, down from 6.6 percent one year ago.

All Illinois metropolitan areas experienced similar drops in the jobless rate except Rockford, which jumped to 9 percent from 7.5 percent a year earlier.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected].

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