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highest year-over-year increase in the nation.

Metro areas with
the highest unemployment

1. El Centro, Calif.: 27.3 percent

2. Merced, Calif.: 21.7 percent

3. Yuba City, Calif: 20.8 percent

4. Yuma, Ariz.: 20.1 percent

5. Rockford: 19.7 percent

19. Flint, Mich.: 16.4 percent

21. Kankakee: 16 percent

24 (tie). Elkhart-Goshen and Detroit, 15.6 percent

33. Danville, 15 percent

38. Decatur, 14.4 percent

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The metro area’s unemployment rate was 19.7 percent, a 5.8 percentage point increase, higher than all 372 metro areas in the country,

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