CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The unemployment rate in Greater Chicago area, the U.S. state of Illinois, fell to 8.6 percent in December, down from 9.3 percent in December 2011, local media reported, quoting local government department data as saying.
But the figure is still above the national average, which stood at 7.6 percent in December 2012.
Greater Chicago added 37,800 jobs last year to reach 3.72 million in December, said Chicago Tribune.
Across Illinois, the unemployment rate fell in nine out of 12 metro areas in December 2012, partly because some people gave up their search for work, said the newspaper.
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