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Decatur, IL vs Bloomington, IN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bloomington has been positive.
- Bloomington has 6.0% more unemployment than Decatur.
- Bloomington job growth has increased by 2.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Decatur, ILBloomington, INUnited States
 Current Unemployment10.3%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.5%23.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.2%-5.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%-2.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-10.6%-0.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-14.5%2.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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Reviews for Bloomington    25 Reviews

I have lived here for almost 23 years. Wonderful, cosmopolitan, safe, cultural, liberal, all-inclusive town, with plenty of arts, shopping, sports events and activities,  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city government of Bloomington is very famous for its corruption. The police of this city are famous for their inactivity and lack of professionalism. The judges  More

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Over 5 years ago

Terrible. There is nothing good about Bloomington, IN. Don’t live there. As for Catalent, there is one of those in my home town Woodstock, IL. It’s a pharmaceutical  More

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ZIPS IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS
62521 62526 62523
ZIPS IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
47405 47406

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