Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kankakee fell 0.3 percentage points in March 2012 to 11.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.4 percentage points higher than the Illinois rate. The unemployment rate in Kankakee peaked in January 2010 at 14.1% and is now 2.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 11.0% in June 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Kankakee unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Illinois	8.8%	-0.3	-0.5
Kankakee	11.2%	-0.3	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Kankakee, Illinois, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Kankakee, Illinois Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Kankakee peaked in January 2010 at 8,039. There are now 1,665 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Kankakee employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kankakee, Illinois) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kankakee	6,374	-280	-247

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kankakee, Illinois Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Illinois Unemployment Rate	Kankakee Unemployment Rate	Kankakee Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	8.8%	11.2%	6,374
February 2012	8.3%	9.1%	11.5%	6,654
January 2012	8.3%	9.4%	11.6%	6,751
December 2011	8.5%	9.7%	11.6%	6,808
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	11.8%	6,914
October 2011	8.9%	10.0%	11.9%	6,957
September 2011	9.0%	10.1%	11.6%	6,746
August 2011	9.1%	10.2%	11.3%	6,549
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	11.2%	6,489
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	11.0%	6,392
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	11.1%	6,442
April 2011	9.0%	9.5%	11.5%	6,594