The local unemployment rate is nearly unchanged from a year ago, according to a report from the Department of Employment Security. The March rate for Vermilion County is 5.7 percent, identical to that from a year ago. In Champaign County it is 4.3 per cent, a slight increase from 3.7 percent last year.
In the city of Danville the rate is 6.3 percent, compared to 6 percent last year. In Urbana it is 4.3 percent, where it was 3.6 percent in 2023. In the city of Champaign, it is 4.2 percent, an increase from 3.4 last year.
