AUGUST UNEMPLOYMENT

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The latest individual county unemployment figures for August in southeastern Illinois have been released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The numbers show that joblessness here in Lawrence County went up slightly from July (5.4%) to August (5.5%). The local August rate for 2022 was lower than the August 2021 rate of 6%. 3 other surrounding counties were stationary from July to August-Wabash (3.7%), Richland (4.1%) and Edwards (4.5%) Crawford county saw a drop in it’s unemployment rate from 4.5% in July to 4.3% in August. Unemplyments in all those counties was also well below their August 2021 rates.