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Unemployment Data Show Early Look at IL Floods
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Detailed statewide Illinois unemployment figures for April provide an early look at the effects of floods along the Ohio River that started late last month.

Figures for the state's metro areas and counties released Thursday by the Department of Employment Security show Alexander County was the only Illinois county where the jobless rate rose in April.

Alexander County's unemployment was 10.3 percent. That's up from 9.8 percent a year earlier. The county seat is Cairo. The small town was evacuated and Mayor Tyrone Coleman said the local economy shut down.

Statewide all 12 Illinois metro areas had decreases in April unemployment. The Chicago-Joliet-Naperville jobless rate dropped to 8.7 percent from 10.7 a year earlier.
Earlier this month officials said April statewide unemployment dropped from 8.8 percent to 8.7.

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05 26 11 by Newsroom
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