IllinoisJob Index:
MSA Report
Release
data
Issue
May 31/2013
Jan 1990 / Apr 2013
16.06
Note: IDES revised their estimates for the number of jobs at the beginning of 2012.
www.real.illinois.edu
As a companion to the June 2011 Illinois Job Index that reports an positive rating, this MSA Report provides a localized picture on Illinois job
growth and allows for comparisons between local economies, Illinois, the Nation and the Rest of the Midwest.
Total non-farm employment
April
2013
Nation
Rest of Midwest (RMW)
Illinois
Illinois Metro
Illinois non-Metro (Rural)
Illinois Chicago (Upstate)
Illinois non-Chicago
Apr 2012
Number of
Jobs
135,474,000
19,160,500
5,773,600
5,277,100
496,500
4,132,600
1,641,000
Mar 2013 – Apr 2013
Growth
Rate
(%)
0.12
-0.02
-0.07
-0.06
-0.10
0.02
-0.29
Number
of Jobs
165,000
-4,500
-3,900
-3,400
-500
900
-4,800
Last 12 months
Growth
Rate
(%)
1.56
0.54
0.67
0.64
0.94
1.04
-0.26
Number
of Jobs
2,077,000
103,700
38,400
33,700
4,600
42,700
-4,300
The monthly Illinois Job Index and MSA Report are provided as tools for elected officials, policy leaders and the public. Understanding the
Illinois economy and business climate is enhanced by comparing and measuring Illinois employment growth rates against those of the Rest of the
Midwest (RMW: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin) and the Nation. Data and analysis are provided by the Illinois
Economic Observatory / Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois. The MSA data (unless noted) were seasonally
adjusted to be consistent with state totals.
Talking Points
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& Metro
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Illinois shed 3,900 jobs in Apr 2013, compared with a revised 16,500 job loss in Mar 2013. Compared to Apr 2012,
Illinois has added 38,400 jobs. The three-month moving average of jobs, a more stable measure of labor market,
was up by 1,500 jobs per month.
Illinois has lost 214,300 jobs since the economic crisis developed in December 2007.
Since January 2010 when Illinois employment resumed after the national recession, Illinois has added 189,400 new jobs.
The major geographic divisions, Chicago-Downstate had negative performance while Metro-Rural had mixed
performance.
Illinois Rural area shed 500 jobs at -0.10% this month, compared to a revised 9,300 job loss in Mar. At the same
time, Metro shed 3,400 jobs at -0.06% this month, compared to a revised 7,200 job loss in the previous month.
Chicago added 900 jobs at 0.02% in Apr 2013, compared to a revised 3,100 job loss last month. Meanwhile,
Downstate shed 4,800 jobs at -0.29%, compared to a revised 13,400 job loss in Mar.
In terms of the 12-month aggregated account, Metro registered a positive 0.64% growth by adding 33,700 jobs
whereas Rural added 4,600 jobs at 0.94%. Chicago added 42,700 jobs at 1.04% whereas Downstate shed 4,300
jobs at -0.26%.
Through Apr 2013, the cumulative job growth for Metro, Rural, Chicago and Downstate compared to January
1990 stood at 10.16%, 3.92%, 9.98% and 8.63% respectively.
Illinois Metro shed 3,400 jobs at -0.04% in Apr of 2013. Two out of the ten MSAs posted positive growth.
Since the job recovery resumes in Jan 2010 in the IL state, MSA Peoria has shown an average growth rate of
11.78% which is the highest among all the IL MSAs; Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul has experienced the lowest
average growth rate -10.24%.
In terms of growth performance, four MSAs posted a net improvement from Mar to Apr, four declined in terms
of rank.
Kankakee remained in the last place in terms of monthly growth performance, while Metro-East climbed up to the
first place.
Over the last 12-month period, Rockford reached the first place while Decatur remained in the last place.
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Total non-farm Employment growth Jan 1990 – Apr 2013
130.0
125.0
120.0
115.0
110.0
105.0
100.0
95.0
90.0
US (1)
RMW (2)
IL (3)
IL_NonChicago (4)
Metro (5)
Rural (6)
85.0
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Talking Points
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State,
Downstate
& Metro
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While the average growth for Illinois between 1990 and 2008 was 0.04%, the average from December 2007 to
Apr 2013 is -0.06%. This is better than the performance during the 2000-2001 downturns which saw declines
of -0.09%.
Since the economic crisis in December 2007, the average growth for Metro is -0.06% while for Rural it is
-0.04%. The same rate for Upstate it is -0.06% while for Downstate is -0.06%.
Over the last 12-month period, the average growth rate for Metro was 0.05% and for Rural it was 0.09(?)%.
In 2010, Illinois’s performance was better than the RMW and compared favorably to the nation. In 2011,
Illinois has performed as good as the RMW but worse than the nation. In 2011, the average growth rate for
Illinois and the RMW is 0.05% while for the nation is 0.12%. In 2012, the average growth rate for Illinois is
0.10%, for the RMW is 0.09% while for the nation is 0.14%. In 2013, the average growth rate for Illinois is
0.00%, for the RMW is 0.04% while for the nation is 0.15%.
Downstate registered a -0.32% average job decline in 2013 compared to an average gain of 0.04% growth in
2007, -0.11% decline in 2008, -0.35% decline in 2009, 0.13% growth in 2010, 0.01% growth in 2011 and
0.11% growth in 2012.
By MSA
Market Area
Bloomington-Normal (B-N)
Champaign-Urbana (C-U-R)
Chicago
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline (D-R-M)
Decatur
Kankakee
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield
Metro-East
Illinois
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Apr 2013
Number of
Jobs
89,400
105,400
4,132,600
182,500
50,400
44,000
182,300
148,600
111,400
230,500
Mar 2013 – Apr 2013
Growth
compared
to Illinois
+
+
Last 12 months
Growth
Rate %
Number
Of Jobs
Growth
Rate %
Number
of Jobs
-0.28
-0.23
0.02
-0.83
-0.54
-0.95
-0.60
-0.43
-0.43
0.29
-0.07
-300
-200
900
-1,500
-300
-400
-1,100
-600
-500
700
-3,900
-2.02
1.09
1.04
-0.29
-5.66
0.62
-1.42
1.12
-0.99
-1.24
0.67
-1,800
1,100
42,700
-500
-3,000
300
-2,600
1,700
-1,100
-2,900
38,400
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MSA League Tables*: Non-farm Employment Growth Rate
Monthly growth:
Rank
Mar 2013
Apr 2013
Rank
Change**
1
Kankakee (0.28%)
Metro-East (0.29%)
1
(+3)
2
Chicago (-0.08%)
Chicago (0.02%)
2
 (+0)
3
Bloomington-Normal (-0.19%)
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul (-0.23%)
3
 (+4)
4
Metro-East (-0.2%)
Bloomington-Normal (-0.28%)
4
 (-1)
5
Rockford (-0.27%)
Springfield (-0.43%)
5
(+3)
6
Peoria (-0.32%)
Rockford (-0.43%)
6
 (-1)
7
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul (-0.41%)
Decatur (-0.54%)
7
 (+3)
8
Springfield (-0.52%)
Peoria (-0.6%)
8
 (-2)
9
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline (-0.64%)
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline (-0.83%)
9
 (+0)
10
Decatur (-0.7%)
Kankakee (-0.95%)
10
 (-9)
Growth over last 12-months:
Rank
Mar 2013
Apr 2013
Rank
Change**
1
Rockford (1.87%)
Rockford (1.12%)
1
 (+0)
2
Kankakee (1.18%)
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul (1.09%)
2
 (+2)
3
Chicago (1.1%)
Chicago (1.04%)
3
 (+0)
4
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul (1.06%)
Kankakee (0.62%)
4
 (-2)
5
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline (0.11%)
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline (-0.29%)
5
 (+0)
6
Springfield (-0.68%)
Springfield (-0.99%)
6
 (+0)
7
Peoria (-0.89%)
Metro-East (-1.24%)
7
 (+1)
8
Metro-East (-1.2%)
Peoria (-1.42%)
8
 (-1)
9
Bloomington-Normal (-1.4%)
Bloomington-Normal (-2.02%)
9
 (+0)
10
Decatur (-4.87%)
Decatur (-5.66%)
10
 (+0)
Talking Points
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MSA League
Tables
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Kankakee (1st to 10th) experienced the deepest fall this month.
Bloomington-Normal (3rd to 4th), Rockford (5th to 6th) and Peoria (6th to 8th) dropped in terms of rank
from last month.
The most remarkable upward move in April was recorded for Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul (7th to 3rd).
Metro-East (4th to 1st), Springfield (8th to 5th) and Decatur (10th to 7th) also gained in terms of rank from
last month.
In the 12 months growth league table, upward moves were recorded for Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul (4th to
2nd), Metro-East (8th to 7th).
Downward moves were recorded for Kankakee (2nd to 4th) and Peoria (7th to 8th).
Rockford, Chicago, Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, Springfield, Bloomington-Normal and Decatur remained
in the same place.
Decatur remained in the last place and Rockford climbed up to the first place.
*MSA League Tables are based on revised employment data. For instances of equal growth rate for multiple MSAs ranks are decided based on change of
growth rate from previous month.
**Changes indicate change in rank position compared to previous month and correspond to the MSA at the right column. Rise is indicated by a ‘’ and
decline by a ‘’ and for an unchanged position a ‘’ is used. Figures in parenthesis indicate relative rank change from previous month.
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Apr 2013 MSA Employment by Sectors (000s) *
Market Area
Trade,
Construc- Manufac- transportat Information
turing
ion &
tion
(CON)
(MAN)
utilities
(INF)
(TTU)
Financial
activities
(FIN)
Profession
al &
Education Leisure &
Other
business & health hospitality Services
services
(EDU)
(LEI)
(OTH)
(PRO)
2.29
4.28
13.13
0.8
12.95
17.86
10.55
10.31
(2.6%)
(4.8%)
(14.7%)
(0.9%)
(14.5%)
(20%)
(11.8%) (11.5%)
3.3
7.96
17.27
2.09
4.44
8.45
13.49
10.69
Champaign-Urbana
(3.1%)
(7.5%)
(16.4%)
(2%)
(4.2%)
(8%)
(12.8%) (10.1%)
120.68
379.84
824.5
79.79
282.94
727.15
631.09
387.18
Chicago
(2.9%)
(9.2%)
(20%)
(1.9%)
(6.8%)
(17.6%) (15.3%)
(9.4%)
7.6
24.54
38.65
2.39
8.03
23.37
26.2
18.18
Davenport-Rock
Island-Moline
(4.2%)
(13.4%) (21.2%)
(1.3%)
(4.4%)
(12.8%) (14.4%)
(10%)
3.1
9.73
10.51
0.7
1.93
3.24
8.59
4.84
Decatur
(6.1%)
(19.3%) (20.8%)
(1.4%)
(3.8%)
(6.4%)
(17%)
(9.6%)
1.15
5.34
9.82
0.4
2.14
3.35
9.11
3.99
Kankakee
(2.6%)
(12.1%) (22.3%)
(0.9%)
(4.9%)
(7.6%)
(20.7%)
(9.1%)
7.2
27.44
34.68
2.53
7.44
22.73
34.07
17.27
Peoria
(4%)
(15.1%)
(19%)
(1.4%)
(4.1%)
(12.5%) (18.7%)
(9.5%)
3.75
32.58
27.73
1.57
5.4
15.35
24.24
13.25
Rockford
(2.5%)
(21.9%) (18.7%)
(1.1%)
(3.6%)
(10.3%) (16.3%)
(8.9%)
3.68
3.05
16.96
1.41
7.62
11.61
20
9.88
Springfield
(3.3%)
(2.7%)
(15.2%)
(1.3%)
(6.8%)
(10.4%)
(18%)
(8.9%)
177
582.39
1158.25
99.69
372.08
871.1
882.69
534.28
IL
(3.1%)
(10.1%) (20.1%)
(1.7%)
(6.4%)
(15.1%) (15.3%)
(9.3%)
* The Illinois Department of Employment Security does not collect sector employment data for Metro-East
BloomingtonNormal
3.51
(3.9%)
3.2
(3%)
180.49
(4.4%)
7.43
(4.1%)
2.39
(4.7%)
1.7
(3.9%)
8.19
(4.5%)
8.71
(5.9%)
6.53
(5.9%)
254.78
(4.4%)
Government
(GOV)
13.96
(15.6%)
34.66
(32.9%)
513.39
(12.4%)
25.99
(14.2%)
5.45
(10.8%)
6.96
(15.8%)
20.86
(11.4%)
16.07
(10.8%)
30.75
(27.6%)
828.71
(14.4%)
Total non-farm Employment growth rate Jan 1990 – Apr 2013
150.0
140.0
130.0
IL(1)
Bloomington-Normal (2)
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul (3)
Chicago (4)
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline (5)
Decatur (6)
Kankakee (7)
Peoria (8)
Rockford (9)
Springfield (10)
St.Louis (11)
120.0
110.0
100.0
90.0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
MSA DESCRIPTION: Bloomington-Normal (B-N): McLean Co.Champaign-Urbana (C-U-R): Champaign Co.,
Ford Co. & Piatt Co. Chicago: Cook Co. IL, DeKalb Co. IL, DuPage Co. IL, Grundy Co. IL, Kane Co. IL, Kendall Co.
IL, Lake Co. IL, McHenry Co. IL, Will Co. IL & Kenosha Co. WI Davenport-Moline-Rock Island (D-R-M): Henry
Co. IL, Mercer Co. IL, Rock Island Co. IL & Scott Co. IA Decatur: Macon Co.Kankakee: Kankakee Co. Metro-East:
Bond Co., Calhoun Co., Clinton Co., Jersey Co., Macoupin Co., Madison Co., Monroe Co. & St. Clair Co. Peoria-Pekin
(Peoria): Marshall Co., Peoria Co., Stark Co., Tazewell Co. & Woodford Co.Rockford: Boone Co. & Winnebago Co.
Springfield: Menard Co. &SangamonCo.The MSA data (unless noted) were seasonally adjusted to be consistent with state
totals.
The Illinois Economic Observatory and Illinois Jobs Indexis part of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs
at the University of Illinois.
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Employment Forecast for MSAs
MSAs
Apr 2013*
Apr 2014
(p)*
89,400
BloomingtonNormal
Champaign-UrbanaRantoul
Sector with
Highest
Growth
Rate
(p)
Sector with
Lowest
Growth Rate
(p)
Number of
Jobs *
Growth Rate
%
Growth
88,600
-800~-100
-0.92%~-0.17%
-
GOV (0.9%)
INF (-9.6%)
105,400
105,100
-300~500
-0.30%~0.49%
-
INF (4.0%)
MAN (-4.3%)
Chicago
4,132,600
4,152,000
8,700~19,500
0.21%~0.47%
+
EDU (2.2%)
MAN (-1.1%)
Davenport-Rock
Island-Moline
182,500
182,200
-300~200
-0.16%~0.13%
-
CON (1.4%)
INF (-5.4%)
Decatur
50,400
50,400
0~200
0.00%~0.33%
+
PRO (3.6%)
INF (-3.6%)
Kankakee
44,000
44,400
500~600
1.07%~1.38%
+
EDU (3.1%)
TTU (-0.8%)
Peoria
182,300
183,400
1,100~1,200
0.62%~0.65%
+
PRO (3.1%)
MAN (-0.4%)
Rockford
148,600
148,600
0~800
-0.02%~0.56%
-
PRO (2.4%)
CON (-8.3%)
Springfield
111,400
111,600
300~700
0.25%~0.59%
+
PRO (3.7%)
INF (-10.3%)
*Total Non-Farm Jobs
Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
95000
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Bloomington (BN)
Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul (CU)
120000
90000
115000
85000
110000
80000
105000
75000
100000
70000
95000
65000
90000
60000
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
85000
2014
1990
Year
Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
4400000
1992
1994
Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
195000
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Chicago (CHI)
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2010
2012
2014
Year
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Davenport-Rock-Island-Moline (DRM)
190000
4200000
185000
4000000
180000
175000
3800000
170000
3600000
165000
160000
3400000
155000
3200000
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
150000
2012
Year
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1992
1994
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1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
Year
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Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
62000
Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
46000
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Decatur (DE)
60000
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Kankakee (KA)
44000
58000
42000
56000
40000
54000
38000
52000
36000
50000
34000
48000
32000
46000
30000
44000
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
1990
2012
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
Year
Year
Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
200000
Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
170000
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Peoria (PE)
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Rockford (RO)
165000
190000
160000
180000
155000
170000
150000
145000
160000
140000
150000
135000
140000
130000
130000
125000
120000
120000
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
Year
Number of Jobs
(in thousands)
120000
2010
2012
2014
Year
Total Non-farm Employment Forecast
Springfield (SP)
118000
116000
114000
112000
110000
108000
106000
104000
102000
100000
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Year
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