School year's end blamed for local unemployment numbers
CHAMPAIGN – Champaign County saw a big jump in its unemployment rate – from 4.3 percent in April to 4.9 percent in May – and the end of the school year had something to do with that.
The jump was reflected in the rates for the county's two largest cities. Champaign's rate rose from 4 percent to 4.8 percent, and Urbana's jumped from 4.4 percent to 5.4 percent.
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