The local unemployment rate was largely unchanged in March from rates a year ago, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The March rate for Vermilion County stood at 5.4 percent, identical to the 2022 rate. The jobless rate in Danville increased slightly to 5.7 percent.
Unemployment in Champaign County stood at 3.5 percent, a decrease from 3.9 percent last year. The rate in Urbana was 3.4 percent, a drop from 3.6 percent last year. In the City of Champaign it was 3.3 percent, compared to 3.6 percent in 2022.
The Champaign County area had one of the largest increases in jobs over the past year, more than 4 thousand.
