Labor Market Area
DeKalb County Labor Market
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|
County
|
County Labor Force
|
Average Unemployment Rate 2007
|
% Available to DeKalb County
(Commute Time to Work) |
Available Workers for DeKalb
County
|
Available Unemployed Workers
for DeKalb County
|
|||
| >
40 min. |
>
30 min. |
>
40 min. |
>
30 min. |
>
40 min. |
>
30 min. |
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|
DeKalb
|
56,964 |
4.6% |
100.00% |
100.0% |
54,329 |
54,329 |
2,635 |
2,635 |
|
Lee
|
18,793 |
5.3% |
19.7% |
10.8% |
3,508 |
1,923 |
194 |
107 |
|
Ogle
|
28,182 |
5.7% |
25.4% |
13.3% |
6,748 |
3,533 |
411 |
215 |
|
Kendall
|
51,337 |
4.5% |
32.4% |
17.2% |
15,881 |
8,430 |
753 |
400 |
|
Boone
|
26,774 |
6.9% |
27.1% |
12.4% |
6,758 |
3,092 |
498 |
228 |
|
Kane
|
264,619 |
4.8% |
31.9% |
16.7% |
80,392 |
42,086 |
4,022 |
2,106 |
|
McHenry
|
178,460 |
4.3% |
32.8% |
20.0% |
56,030 |
34,164 |
2,505 |
1,528 |
|
LaSalle
|
59,489 |
6.2% |
20.5% |
12.1% |
11,438 |
6,751 |
758 |
447 |
|
Winnebago
|
150,118 |
6.2% |
15.0% |
6.1% |
21,126 |
8,591 |
1,392 |
566 |
|
TOTAL
|
834,736 |
256,207 |
162,900 |
13,167 |
8,230 |
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| Sources: | Labor Data - Illinois Department of Employment Security | |||||||
| Commuting Times - U.S. Census Data | ||||||||
| Last Update - March 2008 | ||||||||

