Illinois State Profile

State incurs high unemployment benefit costs as personal income tax collections fall; budget deficit widens; mortgage delinquencies rise; farmers suffer negative profits as material costs climb while export demand and crop prices shrink.

• State job growth fell 5.1% in August 2009 from a year ago; national job growth fell 4.4%.
• Personal income fell 2.9% to $532 billion in Q2 2009 from a year ago.
• Personal income fell 2.9% to $532 billion in Q2 2009 from a year ago.
• Tax revenue fell 12.1% in Q2 2009 from the previous year.
• Exports fell 29.2% to $30.4 billion in the first seven months of 2009 from a year ago.