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Cairo, IL vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rockford has been positive.
- Rockford has 1.8% less unemployment than Cairo.
- Rockford job growth has increased by 6.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Cairo, ILRockford, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.3%10.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth16.5%21.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.4%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-11.6%-7.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-17.1%-9.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-33.8%-6.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Cairo    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I visited Cairo, IL over this past weekend. The community is very clean an the people were very friendly. However, I did noticed that there very few places of employment  More

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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ZIPS IN CAIRO, ILLINOIS
62914
ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104

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