Unemployment rates for Midwestern US cities
By: The Associated Press
| Unemployment rates fell in August in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. metro areas, mainly because more people gave up looking for work. |
| The Labor Department said Wednesday that unemployment rates dropped in 329 large cities, the most in four months. Rates rose in 24 cities and were unchanged in 19. |
| Here are unemployment rates in August for states and cities in the Midwest: |
| Metro Unemployment, Midwest |
| Unemployment rates by state and city |
| Figures in percentages |
| Aug. 2012 July 2012 Aug. 2011 |
| Illinois 8.9 9.3 10.3 |
| Bloomington-Normal 7.3 7.7 7.8 |
| Champaign-Urbana 8.8 9.1 9.3 |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 8.8 9.1 10.4 |
| Danville 11 11.1 11.1 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 7.2 7.2 7.5 |
| Decatur 11.4 11.6 11.2 |
| Kankakee-Bradley 11.4 11.6 12.4 |
| Peoria 8 8.2 9 |
| Rockford 11.7 11.9 13.8 |
| Springfield 7.9 8.2 8 |
| Indiana 8 8.3 9.3 |
| Anderson 9.5 9.8 10.7 |
| Bloomington 7.5 7.9 8.4 |
| Columbus 6 6.1 7.6 |
| Elkhart-Goshen 8.8 9 11.1 |
| Evansville 7.4 7.6 8.1 |
| Fort Wayne 7.5 7.6 9.1 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel 7.6 7.8 8.8 |
| Kokomo 8.9 9.2 10.4 |
| Lafayette 7.4 7.7 8.4 |
| Michigan City-La Porte 9.7 9.8 10.4 |
| Muncie 9.4 10 10.7 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka 8.8 9.2 10.2 |
| Terre Haute 9.9 10.4 11 |
| Iowa 5.3 5.1 5.8 |
| Ames 4.4 4.5 4.9 |
| Cedar Rapids 5.6 5.2 6 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines 5.3 5.1 5.8 |
| Dubuque 4.9 4.5 5.3 |
| Iowa City 4.3 4.2 4.8 |
| Sioux City 5.2 5.3 5.8 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls 5.3 5.1 5.6 |
| Kansas 6.2 6.7 6.9 |
| Lawrence 5.9 6.6 6.5 |
| Manhattan 5.9 6.3 6.3 |
| Topeka 6.9 7.2 7.4 |
| Wichita 7.3 7.8 8.3 |
| Michigan 9.2 10.3 10.3 |
| Ann Arbor 5.9 6.8 6.8 |
| Battle Creek 7.5 8.6 9 |
| Bay City 8.3 9.3 9.5 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia 10.9 11.9 11.9 |
| Flint 9.5 10.8 10.8 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming 6.9 7.9 8.2 |
| Holland-Grand Haven 6.7 7.9 8.1 |
| Jackson 8.3 9.5 9.9 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage 7.4 8.4 8.7 |
| Lansing-East Lansing 7.2 8.4 8.3 |
| Monroe 8.1 9.5 9.8 |
| Muskegon-Norton Shores 9.1 10.1 10 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor 8.8 10.2 9.8 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North 8.6 9.7 9.6 |
| Minnesota 5.6 5.9 6.2 |
| Duluth 6.7 7.1 7 |
| Mankato-North Mankato 5 5.3 5.4 |
| Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington 5.7 5.9 6.2 |
| Rochester 4.7 5 5.2 |
| St Cloud 5.5 5.9 6 |
| Missouri 7.1 7.6 8.8 |
| Cape Girardeau-Jackson 6.7 7.4 8.1 |
| Columbia 5 5.7 6.5 |
| Jefferson City 5.8 6.3 7.2 |
| Joplin 6.2 6.8 8.4 |
| Kansas City 7 7.5 8.4 |
| St Joseph 5.9 6.3 8 |
| St Louis 7.8 8.2 9.2 |
| Springfield 6.3 6.7 8.1 |
| Nebraska 3.8 4.3 4.4 |
| Lincoln 3.3 3.8 3.9 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs 4.2 4.7 4.9 |
| North Dakota 2.8 2.9 3.5 |
| Bismarck 2.6 2.4 3.1 |
| Fargo 3.2 3.2 3.8 |
| Grand Forks 3.9 4.3 5 |
| Ohio 6.8 7.4 8.5 |
| Akron 6.4 6.9 8.2 |
| Canton-Massillon 6.8 7.3 9 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown 6.7 7.2 8.6 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 6.9 7.3 7.9 |
| Columbus 5.9 6.4 7.6 |
| Dayton 7.3 7.8 9.1 |
| Lima 7.1 7.7 9.5 |
| Mansfield 7.7 8.4 9.8 |
| Sandusky 5.5 6.4 7.4 |
| Springfield 7.2 7.5 8.9 |
| Steubenville-Weirton 10 10.2 11.3 |
| Toledo 7.3 8.1 9.3 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman 7.9 8.7 9.3 |
| South Dakota 4.4 4.4 4.5 |
| Rapid City 4.2 4.2 4.3 |
| Sioux Falls 3.9 4 4.2 |
| Wisconsin 7.1 7.4 7.3 |
| Appleton 6.3 6.6 6.6 |
| Eau Claire 6.7 6.9 6.7 |
| Fond du Lac 6.7 7.1 7 |
| Green Bay 6.5 6.8 6.8 |
| Janesville 8.6 8.9 9.2 |
| La Crosse 5.6 5.8 5.9 |
| Madison 5.2 5.4 5.2 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis 7.9 8.2 8 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah 6.5 6.8 6.6 |
| Racine 8.8 9.2 8.9 |
| Sheboygan 6.6 6.8 7.2 |
| Wausau 7.2 7.5 7.4 |