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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Illinois, Wisconsin > Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Chicago Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jul 2020
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2020
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2017
Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2020 Average energy prices News Release Jun 2020
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Jun 2020
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2020
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Jun 2020
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2020
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2019
Chicago Area Employment — May 2020 Employment News Release Jul 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake County-Kenosha County — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — March 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Economy at a Glance:

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI
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2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)462.6 458.8 456.4 434.5 422.6 (p)437.9

Employment(1)

 (2)443.8 438.3 438.4 418.9 360.4 (p)381.3

Unemployment(1)

 (2)18.8 20.5 18.0 15.5 62.2 (p)56.6

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)4.1 4.5 3.9 3.6 14.7 (p)12.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 418.0 404.8 405.8 402.6 364.7 (p)373.7

12-month % change

 -1.5 -1.7 -1.5 -2.7 -13.0 (p)-12.0

Mining and Logging(4)

 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 (p)0.1

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(4)

 15.1 14.0 13.8 14.2 13.8 (p)15.5

12-month % change

 -1.9 -0.7 0.0 -2.1 -11.5 (p)-5.5

Manufacturing(4)

 62.5 61.6 62.2 62.0 59.8 (p)60.8

12-month % change

 -0.5 -1.4 -1.0 -1.0 -4.2 (p)-2.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 93.6 91.1 89.9 89.4 82.3 (p)83.8

12-month % change

 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 -1.4 -8.7 (p)-7.6

Information(4)

 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 2.9 (p)2.9

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -2.8 -2.8 -17.1 (p)-19.4

Financial Activities(4)

 22.4 21.7 21.4 21.2 21.0 (p)20.9

12-month % change

 -2.6 -2.7 -4.9 -5.4 -7.5 (p)-7.9

Professional and Business Services(4)

 68.2 64.4 64.2 61.7 62.3 (p)64.7

12-month % change

 -3.5 -5.0 -5.7 -9.4 -13.0 (p)-10.9

Education and Health Services(4)

 48.9 48.4 49.1 49.1 46.3 (p)45.6

12-month % change

 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 -4.1 (p)-5.4

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 39.8 38.0 38.4 37.8 18.4 (p)21.7

12-month % change

 -0.3 -1.8 0.0 -4.5 -54.6 (p)-49.1

Other Services(4)

 13.5 13.4 13.4 13.4 11.1 (p)11.4

12-month % change

 2.3 3.1 3.1 2.3 -17.2 (p)-16.2

Government(4)

 50.3 48.6 49.8 50.2 46.7 (p)46.3

12-month % change

 -1.4 -1.0 -1.2 -1.0 -8.1 (p)-11.0

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

CPI-U, All items(5)

 242.079 244.361 244.407 242.655 240.364 242.650

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

   2.2 2.6 2.0 1.1 0.3 0.4

CPI-W, All items(6)

 233.518 235.518 235.557 234.250 231.572 233.741

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

   2.4 2.8 2.1 1.1 0.0 0.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary