Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th
By By The Associated Press
Unemployment rates declined last month in more than half of the 372 largest U.S. cities, further evidence of steady improvement in the job market.
The Labor Department says rates fell in 201 metro areas. They rose in 116 and were unchanged in 55. The number of cities with unemployment below 7 percent rose to 180 last month, up from 107 a year ago.
Here are unemployment rates in October for states and cities in the Midwest:
Metro Unemployment, Midwest Unemployment rates by state and city Figures in percentages Oct. 2012 Sept. 2012 Oct. 2011 Illinois 8.4 8.1 9.6 Bloomington-Normal 6.6 6.7 7.3 Champaign-Urbana 7.6 7.7 8.5 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 8.3 8 9.7 Danville 9.9 10 10.9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 6.9 6.5 7.6 Decatur 10.1 10.2 10.3 Kankakee-Bradley 10.2 10.5 11.7 Peoria 7.7 7.5 8.6 Rockford 10.8 11 12.6 Springfield 7.1 7.2 7.9 Indiana 7.4 7.5 8.8 Anderson 8.7 9 10 Bloomington 6.3 6.8 7.6 Columbus 5.4 5.5 7 Elkhart-Goshen 8.3 8.4 11.2 Evansville 6.5 6.8 7.6 Fort Wayne 6.8 7.5 8.5 Indianapolis-Carmel 7.1 7.1 8.4 Kokomo 8.2 8.4 10 Lafayette 6.4 6.5 7.5 Michigan City-La Porte 8.9 8.8 10.1 Muncie 8.3 8.7 9.8 South Bend-Mishawaka 8.2 8.1 9.5 Terre Haute 8.9 9.2 10 Iowa 4.6 4.4 5.3 Ames 3.4 3 4 Cedar Rapids 4.8 4.6 5.6 Des Moines-West Des Moines 4.7 4.4 5.4 Dubuque 4 3.7 4.6 Iowa City 3.4 3.2 4.1 Sioux City 4.8 4.5 5.2 Waterloo-Cedar Falls 4.6 4.3 5.1 Kansas 5.2 5.3 6.2 Lawrence 4.7 4.8 5.5 Manhattan 4.6 4.6 5.3 Topeka 5.9 5.9 6.8 Wichita 6.1 6.2 7.4 Michigan 8.3 8.2 9.1 Ann Arbor 4.6 4.9 5.7 Battle Creek 6.1 6.5 7.6 Bay City 6.9 7.2 8.2 Detroit-Warren-Livonia 10.5 10 10.6 Flint 8.1 8.4 9.4 Grand Rapids-Wyoming 5.6 6 7.2 Holland-Grand Haven 5.5 5.8 7 Jackson 7 7.4 8.5 Kalamazoo-Portage 6.2 6.5 7.6 Lansing-East Lansing 5.9 6.2 6.9 Monroe 6.6 7.1 8.2 Muskegon-Norton Shores 7.5 8 9 Niles-Benton Harbor 7.3 7.8 8.5 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North 7.3 7.6 8.3 Minnesota 5.2 5.3 5.4 Duluth 5.9 6.1 6.1 Mankato-North Mankato 4.4 4.6 4.4 Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington 5.2 5.3 5.4 Rochester 4.5 4.5 4.6 St Cloud 5 5.1 5.1 Missouri 6.6 6.3 7.9 Cape Girardeau-Jackson 6.2 5.8 7.2 Columbia 4.6 4.2 5.3 Jefferson City 5.3 4.9 6.1 Joplin 5.7 5.3 7.1 Kansas City 6.2 6.1 7.5 St Joseph 5.4 5 6.7 St Louis 7.2 7 8.6 Springfield 5.7 5.3 7.2 Nebraska 3.5 3.4 4.1 Lincoln 3.2 3.1 3.6 Omaha-Council Bluffs 3.9 3.8 4.6 North Dakota 2.4 2.3 2.7 Bismarck 2.2 2.2 2.5 Fargo 2.8 2.8 3.2 Grand Forks 3.1 3.2 3.9 Ohio 6.3 6.5 8 Akron 5.9 6.1 7.8 Canton-Massillon 6.2 6.5 8.5 Cincinnati-Middletown 6.3 6.4 8.1 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 6.1 6.6 7 Columbus 5.4 5.7 7.2 Dayton 6.6 6.9 8.6 Lima 6.6 6.8 9 Mansfield 7.5 7.5 9.4 Sandusky 6.5 5.7 8.5 Springfield 6.3 6.9 8.4 Steubenville-Weirton 9.4 9.7 10.5 Toledo 6.9 7.2 8.7 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman 7.4 7.5 8.7 South Dakota 4 3.9 4 Rapid City 4.2 4.1 4.1 Sioux Falls 3.7 3.7 3.8 Wisconsin 5.7 6.2 6.6 Appleton 5 5.5 5.9 Eau Claire 5 5.6 5.7 Fond du Lac 5.1 5.7 6.2 Green Bay 5.3 5.7 6.2 Janesville 7.1 7.9 8.4 La Crosse 4.4 4.8 5 Madison 4.1 4.6 4.8 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis 6.3 6.9 7.3 Oshkosh-Neenah 5.2 5.7 5.9 Racine 7 7.7 8 Sheboygan 5.4 5.9 6.7 Wausau 5.6 6.4 6.7
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