June unemployment reports showed jobless numbers throughout Illinois were still very high. | Unsplash/Zack Rowlandson
June unemployment reports showed jobless numbers throughout Illinois were still very high. | Unsplash/Zack Rowlandson
June jobless figures for the 14 Illinois metro areas showed high unemployment numbers throughout the state, a report cited on The Caucus Blog said.
The report, put together by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), shows the number of Illinoisans who were unemployed each month. The state's June unemployment rate was 14.6%, the IDES report revealed.
Those numbers, however, may have moved significantly in July due to the ever-changing status of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Every metro region posted double-digit jobless figures in June. And while the state unemployment average was at 14.6%, the severity of the pandemic in Chicago and its neighboring suburban areas (including suburban DuPage and Cook counties) drove that region's jobless rate to a significantly higher 16.4%.
In some areas, however, the unemployment rate was actually lower than the statewide level. Those Downstate metro regions often have estimates that are higher than both the state and Chicago averages, The Caucus Blog post said.
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