15% unemployment in La Salle County
Posted by wlpo on January 29, 2010
Local unemployment continued to grow bleaker in December. La Salle County’s unemployment rate reached 15% last month, 5% higher than the same time in 2008.
Putnam County unemployment was almost just as high, at 14.4%. Bureau County unemployment was 13.7%.
The Ottawa-Streator area figure was 14.7%. The state department of employment security says the largest job losses were in manufacturing, transportation warehousing, and financial activities.
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