CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois added 30,000 jobs in October, but thestate's unemployment rate still rose slightly as more joblesspeople re-entered the workforce, state officials said Friday.

The state's unemployment rate is 10.1 percent, slightly aboveSeptember's 10 percent. Illinois added jobs in nine of 12industries measured by officials. But the re-entry of joblessworkers to find seasonal work and renew job searches drove up therate, officials said.

Unemployment figures are calculated with the number of joblesspeople who are actively seeking work.

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