Following are unemployment rates for counties in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois, with June figures first, followed by May figures and June of 1990 figures.
Southeast Missouri
Bollinger: 11.8, 12.6, 7.7.
Butler: 9.0, 9.5, 6.3.
Cape Girardeau: 5.2, 5.0, 3.9.
Madison: 11.1, 11.6, 8.7.
Mississippi: 10.5, 10.5, 9.2.
New Madrid: 9.4, 9.3, 7.6.
Pemiscot: 10.5, 9.6, 8.0.
Perry: 6.2, 6.2, 5.5.
Scott: 9.5, 9.1, 6.9.
Stoddard: 8.5, 8.9, 6.8.
Missouri: 7.0, 6.6, 5.3.
Southern Illinois
Alexander: 19.1, 15.0, 16.7.
Pulaski: 19.5, 15.1, 14.9.
Massac: 10.8, 9.2, 11.1
Union: 10.9, 10.0, 10.3.
Jackson: 7.5, 6.1, 6.9.
Randolph: 10.0, 8.7, 9.1.
Williamson: 9.4, 7.7, 9.8.
Franklin: 13.3, 10.5, 13.8
Johnson: 13.0, 10.7, 9.4.
Illinois: 7.3, 5.9, 6.1.
Nation: 7.0, 6.9, 5.3.
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