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Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 (5) 6,654.5 (5) 6,652.8 (5) 6,658.3 6,601.6 6,603.2 (P) 6,579.1

Employment (1)

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 (5) 6,203.2 (5) 6,190.6 (5) 6,177.8 6,084.2 6,034.7 (P) 5,983.1

Unemployment (1)

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 (5) 451.2 (5) 462.2 (5) 480.5 517.4 568.6 (P) 596.0

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 (5) 6.8 (5) 6.9 (5) 7.2 7.8 8.6 (P) 9.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 5,921.9 5,880.8 5,849.5 5,819.9 5,783.6 (P) 5,744.0

12-month % change
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 -1.1 -1.9 -2.4 -2.9 -3.4 (P) -3.9

Mining and Logging (3)

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 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.3 10.2 (P) 10.1

12-month % change
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 3.0 2.0 5.2 5.1 3.0 (P) 2.0

Construction (3)

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 255.3 249.1 236.4 235.5 235.4 (P) 233.2

12-month % change
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 -5.5 -7.7 -11.7 -11.5 -10.8 (P) -11.4

Manufacturing (3)

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 654.7 647.8 643.8 633.0 616.6 (P) 602.4

12-month % change
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 -2.3 -3.5 -4.0 -5.8 -7.8 (P) -9.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 1,192.4 1,187.2 1,180.6 1,181.5 1,177.2 (P) 1,170.1

12-month % change
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 -1.7 -2.4 -2.9 -3.0 -3.2 (P) -3.5

Information (3)

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 114.1 113.9 113.6 112.5 111.4 (P) 111.3

12-month % change
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 -1.7 -2.0 -2.1 -3.0 -4.0 (P) -4.1

Financial Activities (3)

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 388.5 388.2 387.4 385.3 384.2 (P) 380.6

12-month % change
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 -2.9 -2.8 -2.7 -3.0 -3.1 (P) -3.8

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 854.7 840.7 834.9 827.9 816.2 (P) 803.0

12-month % change
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 -2.1 -3.8 -4.6 -5.4 -6.8 (P) -7.8

Education & Health Services (3)

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 806.7 803.8 805.1 803.5 803.9 (P) 803.1

12-month % change
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 2.7 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.6 (P) 1.4

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 525.5 521.4 520.7 516.8 514.0 (P) 514.6

12-month % change
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 -1.8 -2.5 -2.5 -3.3 -3.7 (P) -3.5

Other Services (3)

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 263.9 263.0 261.9 258.8 260.7 (P) 261.7

12-month % change
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 0.7 0.3 0.0 -1.5 -0.9 (P) -0.4

Government (3)

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 855.9 855.5 854.9 854.8 853.8 (P) 853.9

12-month % change
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 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.1 (P) 0.1

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (4)

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 64 126 202 130 115 109

Initial claimants, all industries (4)

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 7,842 11,564 25,885 13,443 19,469 18,096

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) See About the data.
(5) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: May 01, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.

Illinois includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

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