The local unemployment rate went up in September from a year ago.
The jobless rate in Champaign County was 4.8 percent compared to 3.3 percent last year. The Vermilion County rate was 6.3 percent, up from 4.4 percent.
In the City of Danville, the September rate was 7.5 percent. It was 5.4 percent in 2022. The rate in Urbana was 5.2 percent, up from 3.7 percent in a year. In the city of Champaign it was 5.0 percent, a hike from 3.5 percent.
The number of jobs actually increased by 18 hundred in Champaign County and over 1 thousand in Vermilion County.
