Press Release: Metro East Highlights. The August 2019 unemployment rate for the Illinois Section of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area was 3.8 percent, a decrease of (-1.0%) from the August 2018 rate of 4.8 percent.
Press Release: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IL-IA MSA. The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 3.8 percent in August 2019 from 4.0 percent in August 2018. The last time the August rate was equal to or lower was in 2000 when it was 3.6 percent.
Press Release: Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL. Metro Division. The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 3.6percent in August 2019 from 3.9 percent in August 2018. The August 2019 unemployment rate is the lowest August unemployment rate on record.
Press Release: Metro East Highlights. The August 2019 unemployment rate for the Illinois Section of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area was 3.8 percent, a decrease of (-1.0%) from the August 2018 rate of 4.8 percent.
Press Release: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IL-IA MSA. The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 3.8 percent in August 2019 from 4.0 percent in August 2018. The last time the August rate was equal to or lower was in 2000 when it was 3.6 percent.
Press Release: East Central Illinois HighlightsChampaign-Urbana MSA. The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 3.7 percent in August 2019 from 4.8 percent in August 2018.
Press Release: On Friday, September 27 at 11:00 a.m., the American Business Club (ABC) of Springfield will make donations totaling more than $92,000 to Springfield area charities during a special presentation on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.