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Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI
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2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 457.7 459.8 455.3 457.9 (p)470.9  

Employment(1)

 435.2 437.8 435.2 438.4 (p)452.5  

Unemployment(1)

 22.6 21.9 20.1 19.5 (p)18.5  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.3 (p)3.9  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 406.4 409.1 415.5 419.9 (p)429.0  

12-month % change

 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.6 (p)3.2  

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 (p)0.1  

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Construction(3)

 13.1 13.5 14.6 15.6 (p)16.1  

12-month % change

 6.5 3.8 2.1 4.7 (p)3.9  

Manufacturing(3)

 62.9 62.9 63.1 63.4 (p)64.1  

12-month % change

 1.8 1.6 2.1 2.6 (p)2.7  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 94.5 94.4 94.8 94.8 (p)97.4  

12-month % change

 1.7 1.5 2.5 2.4 (p)3.6  

Information(3)

 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 (p)2.8  

12-month % change

 12.0 12.0 8.0 3.8 (p)3.7  

Financial Activities(3)

 23.9 24.0 24.0 23.6 (p)23.7  

12-month % change

 2.6 2.1 1.7 0.0 (p)-0.4  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 68.3 69.9 72.5 72.7 (p)74.8  

12-month % change

 -1.4 2.2 1.5 0.6 (p)4.0  

Education and Health Services(3)

 46.0 46.7 47.0 47.3 (p)46.7  

12-month % change

 1.1 2.6 3.3 4.2 (p)3.3  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 35.0 34.8 36.5 38.4 (p)41.0  

12-month % change

 15.5 10.8 10.3 8.2 (p)6.8  

Other Services(3)

 12.1 12.1 12.2 12.3 (p)12.5  

12-month % change

 1.7 0.0 1.7 1.7 (p)0.8  

Government(3)

 47.7 47.9 48.0 49.0 (p)49.8  

12-month % change

 2.6 1.9 0.4 1.0 (p)1.2  

Consumer Price Index: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

CPI-U, All items(4)

 264.828 268.417 269.569 274.301 279.004 278.535

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   7.1 7.8 7.2 8.0 9.4 8.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

 257.086 261.303 262.064 267.450 273.143 272.550

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   7.5 8.5 7.6 8.7 10.3 9.6

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary

Data extracted on: August 12, 2022

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.

 

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