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Decatur, Illinois Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Decatur fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2021 to 7.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the Illinois rate. The unemployment rate in Decatur peaked in April 2020 at 16.2% and is now 9.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Decatur unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Illinois 5.7% -0.3 -2.4
Decatur 7.0% -0.2 -2.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Decatur, Illinois, National

Decatur, Illinois monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Decatur, Illinois Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Decatur peaked in April 2020 at 7,278. There are now 4,010 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Decatur employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Decatur, Illinois) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Decatur 3,268 -92 -1,074

Number of Unemployed Persons

Decatur, Illinois Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Illinois
Unemployment Rate		 Decatur
Unemployment Rate		 Decatur
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 5.7% 7.0% 3,268
October
2021		 4.6% 6.0% 7.2% 3,360
September
2021		 4.7% 6.2% 7.5% 3,472
August
2021		 5.2% 7.0% 7.7% 3,595
July
2021		 5.4% 7.1% 7.8% 3,615
June
2021		 5.9% 7.2% 8.1% 3,720
May
2021		 5.8% 7.1% 8.3% 3,808
April
2021		 6.0% 7.1% 8.5% 3,939
March
2021		 6.0% 7.1% 8.6% 3,987
February
2021		 6.2% 7.4% 8.9% 4,105
January
2021		 6.4% 7.7% 9.2% 4,297

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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