As D. Gorton pointed out in a email earlier this week, surprisingly Jackson County has among the lowest unemployment rates of all counties in the state. We rank 99 out of 102. Our unemployment rate is 7.3%, while Brown County at 4.5%, is the lowest. Williamson County, our neighbor to the east (and home to the Hub of the Universe) ranks 59 with 9.6%, while Perry and Randolph Counties have rates of 11.9 and 9.4%, respectively. And Franklin County? #3 in the state, with an unemployment rate of 14.6%. At least they're no longer #1 like they were a year ago.
Yeah, sales tax collections are down and SIUC is having problems, but our economic underpinnings, at least measured by this metric, look good, especially compared to the rest of the state.
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