The unemployment rate in Kankakee County for February remained high. In fact the Kankakee area now has the 3rd highest jobless rate in the state at 6.5 percent, surpassed only by Decatur and Rockford. Bloomington has the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois at 3.9 percent. Last month’s 6.5 percent is still better than the 8.1 percent of a year ago in Kankakee County.
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