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Statewide unemployment reduced by half since last year


 
SPRINGFIELD – County unemployment up-ticked during the month of June according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. LaSalle County rates remain the highest in unemployment locally at 6.5%, up a percentage point from last month. Bureau and Putnam County unemployment rates are up as well, now averaging between 5.1 and 4.9%. Statewide unemployment is up slightly, at 7.2%, still half of what it was compared to last year at 14.2%, months into the COVID-19 pandemic.

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