5 years, 1 month ago by Scott Hardy
IDES says rates rose by half a per cent to 4.8%
Unemployment figures for January rose by a half a percentage point in both Quincy and Adams County.
Those rates, released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, show that in January, the unemployment rose to 4.8% in both Quincy and Adams County. That's up by 4 tenths from last January. The rate for the Quincy-Hannibal combined market rose by 7 tenths in January to 4.4%. Rates rose in all other Western Illinois counties, led by a one per cent jump in McDonough County, and a 9 tenths of a per cent rise in Pike County. In Northeast Missouri, Hannibal saw a one per cent jump, and Marion County saw a one point one per cent hike in unemployment. Both are 3.9%, which is higher than in January 2018. All Northeast Missouri counties saw their rates increase as well, with Shelby County also showing a one per cent jump, and both Clark and Pike Counties going up by 9 tenths of a per cent.
In Lee County, the unemployment rate went up by 6 tenths of a per cent to 4.2%. That's still over 1 per cent lower than last January.
Location Jan 2019 Dec 2018 Change
Illinois
Quincy 4.8% 4.3% .5%
Adams County 4.8% 4.3% .5%
Quincy-Hannibal 4.4% 3.7% .7%
Brown County 3.5% 3.3% .2%
Hancock County 6.4% 5.6% .8%
McDonough County 6.1% 5.1% 1.0%
Pike County 6.9% 6.0% .9%
Schuyler County 6.5% 5.9% .6%
Missouri
Hannibal 3.9% 2.9% 1.0%
Marion County 3.9% 2.8% 1.1%
Clark County 4.6% 3.7% .9%
Knox County 3.5% 3.1% .4%
Lewis County 3.4% 2.8% .6%
Monroe County 4.4% 3.7% .7%
Pike County 4.2% 3.3% .9%
Ralls County 3.9% 3.1% .8%
Shelby County 4.4% 3.4% 1.0%
Iowa
Lee County 4.2% 3.6% .6%
