The Illinois Department of Employment Security has released the results of the July unemployment rates and went up after a couple of months going down.  The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the state is at 6.8 percent, down from 7.1 percent in June.  The nation’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is at 6.2, up from 6.1.  Counties in southern Illinois experienced some increases with some of them still having the highest rates.  The seasonally unadjusted July numbers for Washington County are at 5.5, which is up from 5.2 the month before, it is still the 3^rd lowest unemployment rate in the state.  Last July it was at 7.7 percent.  Jefferson County rose again from 7.0 in June to 7.3 last month.  It was 9.3 a year ago.  Clinton dropped down from 5.8 in June to 5.5, it is also the 3^rd lowest in the state.  One year ago it was at 6.9 percent for the second month in a row.  Perry County saw their unemployment rate go up from 9.2 to 9.4 percent, and is still the 7^th worst unemployment percentage in the state, but that is still below the rate of 12.7 last July.  Marion County rose from 9.0 to 9.2, and is still the 9^th worst rate in the state for the month of July.  It was at 12.1 a year ago.  Randolph County increased and is at 7.1 percent in July, up from 6.9 percent the previous month, while Saint Clair County went up slightly to 7.8 from 7.7 in June.  The middle percentage for the state is at 7.6.  For the month of June there were 3 counties with unemployment rates over 10, and there were 3 again last month, but there was 1 in July over 11 percent.