7am News, Sports and Obits
Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Unemployment Increases Locally, Decreases Statewide
Unemployment is once again down in the state of Illinois -- just not here.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the statewide unemployment rate of 9.2% in October and released Wednesday marks a rate that they say has gone down consistently every month since January.

But that's where the consistency ends. Most unemployment rates in this area actually increased after months of declines.

The Galesburg, Knox County, and Warren County jobless averages all increased last month. Galesburg is at 9.6%. All of Knox County is at 9.1%, and Warren County is at 7.7% percent -- all of which are up two-or-three-tenths of a percent.

Fulton County's jobless rate actually held steady at 10.3% percent, while Henderson and Mercer Counties saw unemployment rates continue to decrease. Otherwise, most local counties increased.

The state says in the year-to-year period, there was a loss of 475 non-farm payroll jobs. Leisure-Hospitality and Professional-Business Services saw the steepest declines, while the Education-Health Services fields added 325 jobs during that time.
11 25 10 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.