•August 2, 2017•

Moultrie County recorded the lowest non-seasonal unemployment rate in the area with 3.9 percent for June.

Moultrie’s unemployment rate in June 2016 was 4.2 percent, which was the lowest of 11 reporting counties in central Illinois.

Iriquois County was next lowest with 4.1 percent improving from 4.7 percent in 2016.

Douglas County improved one tenth of a percent over the 4.5 percent rate from 2016 to 4.4 percent in 2017.

Piatt County is 4.2 percent in June 2017 compared to 4.8 percent unemployment in 2016. Shelby County improved to 4.5 percent in June 2017 from 5.3 percent in June 2016.      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.