CHICAGO (AP) — Unemployment fell in August in all 12 of Illinois’ metro areas, a fifth straight month of across-the-board declines:
Metropolitan Area August 2014 August 2013
Bloomington-Normal 6.5% 7.6%
Champaign-Urbana 7.4% 8.9%
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 6.2% 9.1%
Danville 9.7% 12.2%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Isl. 6.2% 6.7%
Decatur 9.4% 12.5%
Kankakee-Bradley 9.0% 10.9%
Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI 6.7% 8.1%
Peoria 7.7% 9.4%
Rockford 9.4% 11.4%
Springfield 6.5% 7.6%
St. Louis (IL-Section) 7.0% 9.0%
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Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security
