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Peoria-area sees year-to-year drop in unemployment

The unemployment rate fell in every metro area in the state for the 17th month in a row. The Illinois Department of Employment Security is reporting an unemployment rate of 6.2-percent in July for the Peoria area. That’s a more than one-percent decline from the same time last year. But the Peoria metro area lost 1,900 jobs year-over-year.