Unemployment in metropolitan Chicago edged higher in December to 10.6%, remaining close to a 26-year high.In Illinois the rate is at 10.8%.
The seasonally unadjusted jobless rate rose from 10.3% during November in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet area, according to figures released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The local rate peaked at 11.3% in June 2009, the highest jobless rate since July 1983.
Chicago was among the four metro areas to post the biggest year-over-year increase, the IDES report showed. The others on that list were Decatur, Peoria and Kankakee-Bradley.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Chicago jobless rate climbs to 10.6%
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