Peoria, Illinois Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Peoria fell 0.4 percentage points in March 2012 to 7.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Illinois rate. The unemployment rate in Peoria peaked in November 2009 at 11.9% and is now 4.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Peoria 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
Peoria	7.9%	-0.4	-0.7

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: Peoria, Illinois, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Peoria, Illinois Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Peoria peaked in November 2009 at 23,707. There are now 7,581 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Peoria employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Peoria, Illinois) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Peoria	16,126	-859	-1,297

Number of Unemployed Persons

Peoria, Illinois Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Illinois Unemployment Rate	Peoria Unemployment Rate	Peoria Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	8.8%	7.9%	16,126
February 2012	8.3%	9.1%	8.3%	16,985
January 2012	8.3%	9.4%	8.5%	17,499
December 2011	8.5%	9.7%	8.5%	17,885
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	8.6%	18,063
October 2011	8.9%	10.0%	8.6%	17,937
September 2011	9.0%	10.1%	8.3%	17,243
August 2011	9.1%	10.2%	8.0%	16,674
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	8.0%	16,695
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	8.1%	16,625
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	8.2%	16,856
April 2011	9.0%	9.5%	8.4%	17,200