Illinois has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. Here’s why
Illinois’ unemployment rate has dropped from its pandemic high of 16.5% to 6%, federal job numbers show, but the state’s jobless rate is still among the highest in the country — a trend that existed even before COVID-19 struck, federal labor data shows.
As the state, like the rest of the nation, continues to recover from a quick but powerful downturn at the start of the pandemic,
