The unemployment rate for July declined for the second straight month according to figures released on Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
Last month’s jobless rate in the Springfield area was 4.2 percent, down from 4.8 percent a year earlier. Springfield recorded the state’s largest increase in nonfarm jobs over the year, up 19-hundred or 1.7 percent from July 2024.
