# Counties in Illinois by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 102 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/illinois-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/illinois-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Edwards County | 7 |
| 2 | Cook County | 5.9 |
| 3 | Alexander County | 5.6 |
| 4 | Pope County | 5.3 |
| 5 | Pulaski County | 5.2 |
| 6 | Macon County | 5.1 |
| 6 | Will County | 5.1 |
| 8 | Grundy County | 4.9 |
| 9 | DuPage County | 4.7 |
| 9 | McHenry County | 4.7 |
| 9 | Vermilion County | 4.7 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | 4.6 |
| 12 | Winnebago County | 4.6 |
| 14 | Johnson County | 4.5 |
| 14 | Peoria County | 4.5 |
| 16 | Franklin County | 4.4 |
| 16 | Knox County | 4.4 |
| 16 | LaSalle County | 4.4 |
| 16 | Perry County | 4.4 |
| 20 | Jackson County | 4.3 |
| 20 | Kankakee County | 4.3 |
| 20 | Wayne County | 4.3 |
| 23 | Boone County | 4.2 |
| 23 | Hardin County | 4.2 |
| 23 | Marion County | 4.2 |
| 26 | Clark County | 4.1 |
| 26 | Lawrence County | 4.1 |
| 26 | McDonough County | 4.1 |
| 29 | Bureau County | 4 |
| 29 | Hamilton County | 4 |
| 29 | Rock Island County | 4 |
| 29 | Saline County | 4 |
| 33 | Champaign County | 3.9 |
| 33 | Fayette County | 3.9 |
| 33 | Fulton County | 3.9 |
| 33 | Gallatin County | 3.9 |
| 33 | Iroquois County | 3.9 |
| 33 | Marshall County | 3.9 |
| 33 | Putnam County | 3.9 |
| 33 | St. Clair County | 3.9 |
| 33 | Stephenson County | 3.9 |
| 33 | Wabash County | 3.9 |
| 33 | White County | 3.9 |
| 44 | Bond County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Edgar County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Kane County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Kendall County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Lake County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Logan County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Macoupin County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Sangamon County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Stark County | 3.8 |
| 44 | Whiteside County | 3.8 |
| 54 | Calhoun County | 3.7 |
| 54 | DeKalb County | 3.7 |
| 54 | Henry County | 3.7 |
| 54 | Lee County | 3.7 |
| 54 | Mason County | 3.7 |
| 54 | Massac County | 3.7 |
| 54 | Montgomery County | 3.7 |
| 54 | Tazewell County | 3.7 |
| 54 | Union County | 3.7 |
| 63 | Clay County | 3.6 |
| 63 | Ford County | 3.6 |
| 63 | Mercer County | 3.6 |
| 63 | Ogle County | 3.6 |
| 63 | Warren County | 3.6 |
| 63 | Williamson County | 3.6 |
| 69 | Christian County | 3.5 |
| 69 | Crawford County | 3.5 |
| 69 | Madison County | 3.5 |
| 69 | Morgan County | 3.5 |
| 69 | Pike County | 3.5 |
| 69 | Schuyler County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Carroll County | 3.4 |
| 75 | Cass County | 3.4 |
| 75 | McLean County | 3.4 |
| 75 | Richland County | 3.4 |
| 79 | De Witt County | 3.3 |
| 79 | Jersey County | 3.3 |
| 79 | Menard County | 3.3 |
| 82 | Coles County | 3.2 |
| 82 | Douglas County | 3.2 |
| 82 | Livingston County | 3.2 |
| 82 | Piatt County | 3.2 |
| 82 | Randolph County | 3.2 |
| 87 | Greene County | 3.1 |
| 87 | Hancock County | 3.1 |
| 87 | Shelby County | 3.1 |
| 90 | Henderson County | 3 |
| 90 | Jo Daviess County | 3 |
| 90 | Moultrie County | 3 |
| 90 | Scott County | 3 |
| 90 | Woodford County | 3 |
| 95 | Adams County | 2.9 |
| 95 | Effingham County | 2.9 |
| 95 | Washington County | 2.9 |
| 98 | Jasper County | 2.8 |
| 99 | Clinton County | 2.7 |
| 99 | Cumberland County | 2.7 |
| 101 | Brown County | 2.6 |
| 102 | Monroe County | 2.5 |