McHenry County Unemployment Increases To 8.6 Percent

McHenry County's unemployment rate rocketed .6 percent in June to 8.6 percent according to the latest report from the Illinois Department of Employment Security Thursday. The County's labor force grew by almost 2,500 persons in June but an increase in the number of people looking for work amounted to more than half of that.

Illinois' unemployment rate jumped .9 percent in June to 9.3 percent, unadjusted for seasonal variation. Adjusted it was only 8.7 percent. "When subtracting government job cuts, Illinois added a net of 800 jobs for the month," said an IDES press release. The U.S. unemployment rate increased .5 percent, unadjusted, last month to 8.4 percent.

Algonquin's unemployment rate climbed 1.2 percent for June to 8.7 percent.  Lake in the Hill's rate went up .8 percent to an even 9.0 percent.  Crystal Lake's only increased .6 percent to 8.9 percent ad McHenry's went up .7 percent to 8.1 percent.

                          UNEMPLOYMENT (unadjusted)             
               REVISED    May 2012          PRELIMINARY June 2012               
               LABOR    UNEMPLOYED      LABOR   UNEMPLOYED      JUN 
               FORCE    NUMBER  RATE    FORCE   NUMBER    RATE  2011   
U.S. (X1000)   154,998  12,271   7.9    156,385   13,184   8.4   9.3   
ILLINOIS     6,560,012 548,701   8.4  6,669,081  620,332   9.3  10.3   

MCHENRY COUNTY 175,893  14,148   8.0    178,381   15,404   8.6   9.8    
KANE COUNTY    275,058  23,116   8.4    279,646   25,785   9.2  10.8    
LAKE COUNTY    352,100  27,587   7.8    368,261   32,339   8.8   9.2
DUPAGE COUNTY  523,522  37,155   7.1    532,237   42,166   7.9   9.0

ALGONQUIN       16,793   1,258   7.5     17,143    1,491   8.7  10.0   
LITH            16,935   1,384   8.2     17,211    1,542   9.0   9.4    
CRYSTAL LAKE    22,060   1,820   8.3     22,394    2,000   8.9  10.3    
MCHENRY         15,366   1,298   8.4     15,595    1,419   9.1  10.8