Area Unemployment Figures Drop In Central Illinois Counties

Sep 30, 2013 8:08 AM

The area unemployment figures dropped in the month of August across the area.

DeWitt County saw nearly a percent change in unemployment, as unemployment came in at 7.4%, down from 8.% in July.

Macon County unemployment remains in the double-digit threshold at 12%, but that was down from 13.1% in July.

McLean County unemployment went from 7.8% in July to 7.2% in August.

In Logan and Champaign Counties, unemployment went from 9% to 8.4% in August.

Piatt County's August unemployment came in at 8%, down from 8.7% in July.

And Sangamon County had the area's lowest unemployment rate at 7.1%, down from 8% in July.

The state's highest unemployment rate was in Alexander County, at 12.5%, which coincidentally, had the state's only gain in unemployment, at a half-percent.

The largest drop in unemployment was in Hamilton County, which dropped nearly two-percent, going from 8.8% in July, to 7% in August.

The state's lowest unemployment rate was in Brown County, at 4.5%.

Illinois' unemployment rate was at 9% for August. The national average unemployment was 7.3%.

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