# Employer firms in Macon County

Employer firms in Macon County was 1,651 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-17115`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/macon-county-illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-17115

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,651 |
| 2022 | 1,695 |
| 2021 | 1,713 |
| 2020 | 1,766 |
| 2019 | 1,798 |
| 2018 | 1,843 |
| 2017 | 1,876 |
| 2016 | 1,891 |
| 2015 | 1,916 |
| 2014 | 1,899 |
| 2013 | 1,922 |
| 2012 | 1,916 |
| 2011 | 1,951 |
| 2010 | 1,956 |
| 2009 | 1,996 |
| 2008 | 2,027 |
| 2007 | 2,060 |
| 2006 | 2,074 |
| 2005 | 2,079 |
| 2004 | 2,081 |
| 2003 | 2,076 |
| 2002 | 2,073 |
| 2001 | 2,113 |
| 2000 | 2,143 |
| 1999 | 2,182 |
| 1998 | 2,236 |
| 1997 | 2,234 |
| 1996 | 2,258 |
| 1995 | 2,284 |
| 1994 | 2,261 |
| 1993 | 2,249 |
| 1992 | 2,241 |
| 1991 | 2,234 |
| 1990 | 2,238 |
| 1989 | 2,204 |
| 1988 | 2,189 |
| 1987 | 2,167 |
| 1986 | 2,164 |
| 1985 | 2,173 |
| 1984 | 2,210 |
| 1983 | 2,163 |
| 1982 | 2,156 |
| 1981 | 2,211 |
| 1980 | 2,275 |
| 1979 | 2,291 |
| 1978 | 2,211 |