Bloomington-Normal sees drop in unemployment

Posted on January 29, 2015

Non-farm jobs drop in Bloomington-Normal. (Flickr/Rachel Hinman)

By Terry James

BLOOMINGTON – Unemployment numbers continue to slide across the state. 

In Bloomington-Normal unemployment in December of 2014 fell almost two percentage points compared to one year ago.  The unemployment rate in the Twin Cities now stands at five-point-three-percent. 

Unemployment rates were several points lower in the Champaign, Danville, and Peoria areas.  Rates also fell in all 102 counties for the second consecutive month and the sixth time out of the last seven months.  While the unemployment rate fell in the Bloomington-Normal area, the number of non-farm jobs fell by 900 from a year ago.

Terry James can be reached at [email protected].

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