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  2. Rockford Rockets To The Top: Illinois City Surprises As ... - AOL

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    But at 6.5%, the city's unemployment rate is higher than the national average of 3.9%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many homebuyers come to Rockford from Chicago because home ...

  3. Chicago - Wikipedia

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    0428803. Website. chicago .gov. Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.

  4. History of African Americans in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The history of African Americans in Chicago or Black Chicagoans dates back to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable 's trading activities in the 1780s. Du Sable, the city's founder, was Haitian of African and French descent. [4] Fugitive slaves and freedmen established the city's first black community in the 1840s.

  5. South Deering, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    South Deering, located on Chicago 's far South Side, is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. Primarily an industrial area, a small residential neighborhood exists in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet takes up a large portion of the area. 80% of the community area is zoned as industrial, natural wetlands, or parks.

  6. Unemployment - Wikipedia

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    In April 2010, the US unemployment rate was 9.9%, but the government's broader U-6 unemployment rate was 17.1%. In April 2012, the unemployment rate was 4.6% in Japan. In a 2012 story, the Financial Post reported, "Nearly 75 million youth are unemployed around the world, an increase of more than 4 million since 2007. In the European Union ...

  7. Washington Heights, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Bridge & Iron Company was founded at 105th and Throop in 1889, and later relocated to Texas. Between 2015 and 2019 [update] , 55.7 percent of Washington Heights' population was in the labor force; [43] the unemployment rate was 15.7 percent, compared to the citywide rate of 8.1 percent. [43]

  8. Avondale, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services. Avondale ( / ˈævəndeɪl /) is one of Chicago 's 77 officially designated community areas. It is on the Northwest Side of the city. The northern border is Addison Street from the north branch of the Chicago River in the east to Pulaski Road in the west.

  9. Great Depression - Wikipedia

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    Unemployed people lined up outside a soup kitchen in Chicago. The Great Depression (1929–1939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world. It became evident after a sharp decline in stock prices in the United States, leading to a period of economic depression. [1] The economic contagion began around ...