Jobless rate in Boone, Winnebago counties at 7.2 percent for December

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• By Georgette Braun
  Staff writer

   

• Posted Jan. 28, 2016 at 12:48 PM
  Updated Jan 28, 2016 at 6:10 PM

  ROCKFORD — The jobless rate in Boone and Winnebago counties in December was 7.2 percent, up from 6.9 percent in the same month in 2014, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said today.

  In November, the rate was 7.5 percent for the two counties.

  Statewide, the unemployment rate increased in 11 regions and stayed the same in three in December. The statewide rate was 5.9 percent.

  Boone and Winnebago counties had one of the highest unemployment rates in the state. Only Danville and Decatur, each at 7.4 percent unemployment, had a higher rate.

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