Local unemployment numbers are out from the month of February.

DeWitt County's unemployment rate came in at 9.1%, down just over a half-percent from 9.6 in January.

McLean County had a 7.5% unemployment rate in February, down from 8.2% in January.

Logan County's unemployment rate dropped just slightly, from 9.4% to 9.1% in February.

Macon County's unemployment rate was above the 10% threshold. An 11% February unemployment rate is a drop from 11.6% in January.

Piatt County only saw minimal movement in their unemployment rate, dropping two-tenths of a percent to 9.6% in February.

In Champaign County, unemployment rates dropped to under 9% to 8.4%.

And Sangamon County went from 8.8% in January to 8.4% in February.

The lowest unemployment rate in Illinois was in Brown County, where their rate was 5.2% and the highest was in Montgomery County, at 13.7%.

The biggest drop in unemployment was in Cumberland County, where they went from 12.7% to 11.5%, a drop of 1.2%. And the largest gains in unemployment in Illinois was in Jersey County, where unemployment jumped over a half percent from 11.2% to 11.8%.

Statewide unemployment was an average of 9.4%, a half-percent down from January, and the US unemployment rate was 8.7%, down from 8.8%.