# Counties in Illinois by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 102 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/illinois-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Gallatin County | 9.2 |
| 2 | Lawrence County | 8.1 |
| 3 | McDonough County | 7.9 |
| 4 | Henderson County | 7.8 |
| 5 | Saline County | 7.7 |
| 6 | Franklin County | 7.7 |
| 7 | Jackson County | 7.5 |
| 8 | Boone County | 7.4 |
| 9 | Winnebago County | 7.3 |
| 10 | Cook County | 7 |
| 11 | DeKalb County | 6.8 |
| 12 | Macon County | 6.8 |
| 13 | Fulton County | 6.7 |
| 14 | Alexander County | 6.5 |
| 15 | Peoria County | 6.2 |
| 16 | Vermilion County | 6.1 |
| 17 | Coles County | 6.1 |
| 18 | St. Clair County | 6 |
| 19 | Marion County | 5.9 |
| 20 | Jefferson County | 5.8 |
| 21 | Rock Island County | 5.6 |
| 22 | Edwards County | 5.6 |
| 23 | Ford County | 5.5 |
| 24 | Sangamon County | 5.4 |
| 25 | Morgan County | 5.4 |
| 26 | LaSalle County | 5.4 |
| 27 | Lee County | 5.2 |
| 28 | Lake County | 5.2 |
| 29 | Hamilton County | 5.1 |
| 30 | Knox County | 5.1 |
| 31 | Ogle County | 5 |
| 31 | Randolph County | 5 |
| 33 | Williamson County | 5 |
| 34 | Schuyler County | 5 |
| 35 | Kankakee County | 4.9 |
| 36 | DuPage County | 4.9 |
| 36 | Will County | 4.9 |
| 38 | Greene County | 4.9 |
| 38 | Mason County | 4.9 |
| 40 | Clay County | 4.8 |
| 41 | Henry County | 4.8 |
| 42 | Kane County | 4.8 |
| 43 | Montgomery County | 4.7 |
| 44 | McHenry County | 4.7 |
| 45 | Madison County | 4.6 |
| 46 | Grundy County | 4.6 |
| 47 | Christian County | 4.6 |
| 48 | Perry County | 4.6 |
| 49 | Bond County | 4.5 |
| 50 | Iroquois County | 4.5 |
| 51 | Edgar County | 4.4 |
| 51 | Wabash County | 4.4 |
| 53 | Stephenson County | 4.4 |
| 53 | Washington County | 4.4 |
| 53 | Whiteside County | 4.4 |
| 56 | Kendall County | 4.3 |
| 57 | Champaign County | 4.3 |
| 58 | Pulaski County | 4.3 |
| 59 | Bureau County | 4.3 |
| 60 | Hancock County | 4.2 |
| 61 | Cass County | 4.2 |
| 62 | Jasper County | 4.2 |
| 63 | Putnam County | 4.2 |
| 64 | Logan County | 4 |
| 65 | De Witt County | 4 |
| 66 | White County | 4 |
| 67 | Pike County | 3.9 |
| 67 | Union County | 3.9 |
| 69 | Adams County | 3.9 |
| 70 | Massac County | 3.9 |
| 71 | Marshall County | 3.8 |
| 72 | Fayette County | 3.8 |
| 73 | Clark County | 3.7 |
| 74 | Macoupin County | 3.7 |
| 75 | Jo Daviess County | 3.6 |
| 75 | Warren County | 3.6 |
| 77 | Tazewell County | 3.6 |
| 78 | Menard County | 3.5 |
| 79 | Woodford County | 3.5 |
| 80 | Johnson County | 3.5 |
| 81 | Livingston County | 3.5 |
| 82 | Clinton County | 3.4 |
| 82 | Wayne County | 3.4 |
| 84 | Jersey County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Calhoun County | 3.2 |
| 86 | Mercer County | 3.2 |
| 87 | Richland County | 3.1 |
| 88 | Carroll County | 3.1 |
| 88 | McLean County | 3.1 |
| 90 | Brown County | 3.1 |
| 91 | Shelby County | 3 |
| 92 | Crawford County | 3 |
| 93 | Pope County | 2.8 |
| 94 | Piatt County | 2.8 |
| 95 | Hardin County | 2.8 |
| 96 | Scott County | 2.7 |
| 97 | Douglas County | 2.5 |
| 98 | Stark County | 2.3 |
| 99 | Moultrie County | 2.2 |
| 100 | Effingham County | 2.1 |
| 101 | Monroe County | 1.9 |
| 102 | Cumberland County | 1.4 |