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Unemployment rates approaching pre-pandemic levels

By Billy Thompson Nov 25, 2020 | 2:19 PM

Unemployment levels in the area are getting closer to what they were before the pandemic. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says 5.1% of LaSalle County residents who wanted jobs in October didn’t have them. The number is a big drop from 8.2% in September. It was 4.2% in October last year. Combining LaSalle, Bureau, and Putnam counties, the unemployment rate was 4.7% last month, down from 7.8% in September, and above the 4.1% in October 2019.