Unemployment rates for Midwestern US cities

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