County jobless rate hits 8.2 percent
CRYSTAL LAKE – The county's unemployment rate continued to fall in December.
McHenry County's unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent in December, down from 9 percent a year ago, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The jobless rate in Crystal Lake was 8 percent compared with 8.3 percent in 2011, said IDES spokesman Greg Rivara.
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