CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois Department of Employment Security's September unemployment numbers for the state's 12 metro areas, compared with September 2011.
Metro area September 2012 September 2011
Bloomington-Normal 6.7 7.4
Champaign-Urbana 7.7 8.6
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 8.0 10.1
Danville 10.0 10.6
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 6.5 7.3
Decatur 10.2 10.4
Kankakee-Bradley 10.5 11.8
Lake-Kenosha 8.0 8.9
Peoria 7.5 8.7
Rockford 11.0 13.6
Springfield 7.3 7.9
St. Louis (Illinois section) 8.2 9.4
Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security
CHICAGO (AP) -- September unemployment rates were down in all of Illinois' metro areas compared to a year ago. The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island area had the lowest rate last month at 6.5 percent. Rockford's rate was still highest at 11 percent but that was more than two percent lower than in September of 2011.
