Illinois Dept Of Unemployment

Unemployment rates rise in May as slump continues

May unemployment rates rose by almost a full percentage point — in all but two Chicago-area communities within the Pioneer Press coverage area with populations of more than 25,000.

The higher unemployment rate figures in May, which were released June 23 by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, follow the pattern of last month’s statistics, which countered recent trends that showed a rise in employment during the past few months.

The highest jump in the Pioneer Press coverage area was in Elmwood Park, where unemployment rose from 8.7 percent in April to 10.3 percent in May, a 1.6 percent month-to-month increase.

In Morton Grove, where rates had remained steady at 6.6 percent for the past three months, unemployment shot up to 7.9 percent in May, a 1.3 percent increase. Employment numbers in Park Ridge and Skokie also decreased, with both cities seeing a 1.2 percent increase in unemployment.

Highland Park and Mundelein were the only two Chicago-area communities covered by the Pioneer Press that had a month-to-month decrease in unemployment. Last month, those same two cities, along with Buffalo Grove, again were the only areas where unemployment fell.

Mundelein had the deepest decrease in unemployment at -1.3 percent, followed by Highland Park with a -0.3 percent drop.

Despite recent month-to-month decreases, unemployment figures in all but two cities — Park Ridge and Elmwood Park — are still slightly less than where they stood at this time in 2010.

Statewide, unemployment grew from 8.6 percent in April to 9 percent in May, a .4 percent increase, but it’s still 1.1 percent lower than at this time last year.

For the second month in a row, rates decreased in every metropolitan area in the state except the Chicago Metro area, where it increased from 8.7 percent in April to 9.8 percent in May. In April, the Chicago Metro area’s rate had remained steady from March.

Security Illinois | Latest Illinois Unemployment Statistics Up In May

According to rough information expelled final week by the Illinois Department of Employment Security,Illinois seasonally practiced stagnation rate in May increased +0.2 points to 8.9 percent. The enlarge follows 15 months of disappearing stagnation rates and was approaching since slight up-and-down movements in the rate and the number of jobs combined of course happen in an mercantile liberation

The national stagnation rate moreover increased in May, up +0.1 indicate to 9.1 percent. The Illinois rate has been next to to or below the U.S. rate for 8 uninterrupted months. Illinois’ three-month relocating median remained at 8.8 percent in May, unvaried from April and its lowest median since Mar 2009.

“Illinois updated more than 8,000 jobs in May, stability the long-term direction of a recovering manage to buy and reflects successful efforts to blossom jobs,” IDES Acting Director Jay Rowell said. “Just as you approaching the stagnation rate would parasite ceiling at times during the recovery, you know job-creation contingency go on and people should take value of the state’s workforce practice network so they can upgrade their skills and be segment of the mercantile growth.”

Additional census data will be expelled after that this week to serve item northern Illinois’ stream work situation.For the total headlines release, go to www.ides.state.il.us .

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