The local unemployment rate in December increased from where it was a year ago. In Champaign County the rate was 4 percent, up from 3.1 a year ago. In Vermilion County the rate stood at 5.4 percent, an increase from 4.4 percent in 2022. The jobless rate in Danville was 6.3 percent, a hike from 4.9 percent a year ago. In both Urbana and in the City of Champaign, the jobless rate stood at 4.1 percent. That is an increase from 3.3 percent in Urbana, and 2.9 percent in Champaign in December of 2022.
Despite these numbers, there were more than 500 more jobs in Vermilion County than last year. There were 300 more jobs in Champaign County in the past year.
