Chicago Tribune: Illinois has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.
In January, Illinois' unemployment rate was 6.3 percent, far higher than the nation's 4.9 percent for the same month, according to the latest information released Monday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Only three other states plus the District of Columbia have unemployment rates worse than Illinois: Mississippi at 6.9 percent; Alaska at 6.6 percent; New Mexico at 6.5 percent; and D.C. at 6.5 percent.
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