Exhibit III-50.
Employment Trends*
Chicago Metropolitan Area, 2012 to 2013
Cook County
DuPage County
Kane County
Lake County
McHenry County
Will County
Total Chicago Metropolitan
Area
Total
Employment
2013
2,095,533
529,732
166,598
275,106
75,940
171,353
Total
Employment
2012
2,073,558
509,888
160,955
272,836
76,677
167,339
Increase
21,975
19,844
5,643
2,270
-737
4,014
Percent
1%
4%
4%
1%
-1%
2%
3,314,262
3,261,253
53,009
2%
*Unemployment Insurance–Covered employment.
Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security, “Where Workers Work 2013” and “Where
Workers Work 2012.”
Employment Concentrations
The following three maps illustrate the concentration of jobs in Lake County and in the
former lakeside industrial areas of Waukegan and North Chicago. The darker areas
show the clustering of employment in the three target areas. The county map, created
by the Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department, shows multiple
areas of dense job concentration. However, there is a general concentration that runs
parallel to I-94 along the coast on the east and along Routes 21 and 45 on the west.
The map is also overlaid with Pace routes and Metra stops to indicate transit linkages
between job concentrations. The employment concentrations in the eastern, central,
and northwestern areas of the County appear to be well connected and serviced by
public transportation opportunities. However, the northern, western, and southwestern
job clusters lack public transportation connectivity.
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LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS