Local unemployment rates went down a little in the month of July.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security says that Lasalle County’s rate is at 5.8% which is down from 6.5% in June.
Bureau and Putnam County’s unemployment’s rates are also down from June but not as much.
They are both at 4.6%.
Bureau County was at 5.1% and Putnam was at 4.9%
Grundy County saw the biggest drop in unemployment from 7.7% in June to 5.9% in July.
IDES says jobs in leisure and hospitality, government and others have created the drop in unemployment.