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Unemployment Rate in Illinois, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Illinois, ranked. The highest is Gallatin County at 9.2% and the lowest is Cumberland County at 1.4%.

Illinois: 5.8% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Illinois: 4.4%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Gallatin County9.2%
2Lawrence County8.1%
3McDonough County7.9%
4Henderson County7.8%
5Franklin County7.7%
6Saline County7.7%
7Jackson County7.5%
8Boone County7.4%
9Winnebago County7.3%
10Cook County7.0%
11DeKalb County6.8%
12Macon County6.8%
13Fulton County6.7%
14Alexander County6.5%
15Peoria County6.2%
16Coles County6.1%
17Vermilion County6.1%
18St. Clair County6.0%
19Marion County5.9%
20Jefferson County5.8%
21Edwards County5.6%
22Rock Island County5.6%
23Ford County5.5%
24LaSalle County5.4%
25Morgan County5.4%
26Sangamon County5.4%
27Lake County5.2%
28Lee County5.2%
29Hamilton County5.1%
30Knox County5.1%
31Ogle County5.0%
32Randolph County5.0%
33Schuyler County5.0%
34Williamson County5.0%
35DuPage County4.9%
36Greene County4.9%
37Kankakee County4.9%
38Mason County4.9%
39Will County4.9%
40Clay County4.8%
41Henry County4.8%
42Kane County4.8%
43McHenry County4.7%
44Montgomery County4.7%
45Christian County4.6%
46Grundy County4.6%
47Madison County4.6%
48Perry County4.6%
49Bond County4.5%
50Iroquois County4.5%
51Edgar County4.4%
52Wabash County4.4%
53Whiteside County4.4%
54Bureau County4.3%
55Champaign County4.3%
56Kendall County4.3%
57Pulaski County4.3%
58Stephenson County4.3%
59Washington County4.3%
60Cass County4.2%
61Hancock County4.2%
62Jasper County4.2%
63Putnam County4.2%
64De Witt County4.0%
65Logan County4.0%
66White County4.0%
67Adams County3.9%
68Pike County3.9%
69Union County3.9%
70Fayette County3.8%
71Marshall County3.8%
72Massac County3.8%
73Clark County3.7%
74Macoupin County3.7%
75Jo Daviess County3.6%
76Tazewell County3.6%
77Warren County3.6%
78Johnson County3.5%
79Livingston County3.5%
80Menard County3.5%
81Woodford County3.5%
82Clinton County3.4%
83Jersey County3.4%
84Wayne County3.4%
85Calhoun County3.2%
86Mercer County3.2%
87Brown County3.1%
88Carroll County3.1%
89McLean County3.1%
90Richland County3.1%
91Crawford County3.0%
92Shelby County3.0%
93Hardin County2.8%
94Piatt County2.8%
95Pope County2.8%
96Scott County2.7%
97Douglas County2.5%
98Stark County2.3%
99Moultrie County2.2%
100Effingham County2.1%
101Monroe County1.9%
102Cumberland County1.4%

Small populations produce wide margins: Gallatin County is 9.2% with a margin of error of ±4.1%; Cumberland County is 1.4% with a margin of error of ±0.7%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Illinois ranks 10th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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