SPRINGFIELD – The latest county unemployment numbers have been released by the state, and they show some counties have had the number of unemployed go up in the last month. Bureau County reported that the unemployment rate was 3.9% for October, but in November that climbed to 4.7%. Putnam County saw the same percentage for November, 4.7 percent. Livingston County also rose from 3.6% to 4.1%, and LaSalle County rose seven tenths of a percent to 5.8%. The statewide average in Illinois is 6.9%.
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