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Press Release: Southern Illinois HighlightsCarbondale Marion Area The May 2021 unemployment rate was 5.1 percent. This was a decrease of -11.0 percentage points from the May 2020 rate of 16.1 percent.
Press Release: Metro East Highlights. The May 2021 unemployment rate for the Illinois Section of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area was 4.6 percent.