The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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Persons
Name May 2026 Apr 2026 May 2025
Adams County
32,627 32,514 32,910
Alexander County
1,610 1,608 1,629
Bond County
7,412 7,365 7,410
Boone County
25,094 25,167 25,574
Brown County
2,487 2,475 2,466
Bureau County
15,075 14,833 15,169
Calhoun County
1,836 1,807 1,808
Carroll County
6,728 6,568 6,733
Cass County
5,566 5,478 5,484
Champaign County
107,316 109,865 108,922
Christian County
14,807 14,708 14,832
Clark County
7,021 6,982 7,140
Clinton County
18,405 18,328 18,486
Coles County
23,286 24,227 23,316
Cook County
2,733,872 2,720,224 2,774,202
Cumberland County
5,776 5,791 5,742
Crawford County
8,504 8,492 8,380
Clay County
5,781 5,737 5,792
DeKalb County
51,574 51,613 52,421
De Witt County
7,726 7,658 7,725
Douglas County
9,869 9,830 9,869
DuPage County
513,021 509,908 520,403
Edgar County
7,908 7,826 8,037
Effingham County
18,178 18,082 18,232
Edwards County
2,118 2,099 2,420
Fayette County
8,878 8,806 8,931
Ford County
6,497 6,520 6,464
Franklin County
16,072 16,019 16,323
Fulton County
14,849 14,910 14,800
Gallatin County
1,951 1,909 1,922
Greene County
5,775 5,711 5,725
Grundy County
28,860 28,609 29,227
Hamilton County
3,574 3,493 3,559
Hancock County
8,238 8,074 8,297
Henderson County
3,254 3,207 3,170
Henry County
23,187 23,199 23,614
Hardin County
1,477 1,478 1,534
Iroquois County
11,732 11,522 11,601
Jackson County
22,951 23,802 23,416
Jefferson County
15,288 15,278 15,597
Johnson County
4,662 4,729 4,585
Jo Daviess County
11,025 10,641 11,301
Jersey County
10,123 10,068 10,146
Jasper County
5,014 4,892 4,923
Kane County
266,174 267,394 271,414
Kankakee County
48,706 48,833 49,567
Kendall County
74,823 74,956 76,141
Knox County
20,216 20,077 20,500
Lake County
356,416 356,783 360,872
La Salle County
48,805 48,453 50,028
Lee County
14,565 14,581 14,711
Livingston County
16,680 16,527 16,598
Logan County
10,676 10,623 10,877
Lawrence County
5,615 5,611 5,649
Macon County
42,897 42,979 43,701
Marshall County
5,092 5,003 5,052
Mason County
6,096 6,005 6,045
McDonough County
12,457 12,500 12,612
McHenry County
176,427 175,585 178,599
McLean County
90,094 91,310 92,697
Madison County
130,080 130,629 131,979
Menard County
5,606 5,602 5,673
Mercer County
7,224 7,199 7,309
Montgomery County
11,755 11,643 11,755
Morgan County
14,746 14,740 14,770
Macoupin County
20,112 20,055 20,170
Moultrie County
6,928 6,854 6,959
Marion County
15,761 15,787 16,088
Massac County
6,073 6,014 6,008
Monroe County
19,016 18,934 19,144
Ogle County
23,663 23,559 24,411
Peoria County
82,440 82,221 83,550
Piatt County
8,711 8,806 8,750
Pike County
6,214 6,080 6,245
Pope County
1,149 1,132 1,203
Perry County
7,642 7,696 7,930
Pulaski County
1,652 1,643 1,666
Putnam County
2,950 2,893 2,955
Randolph County
12,126 12,111 12,305
Richland County
7,377 7,371 7,474
Rock Island County
65,709 66,028 67,445
Saline County
10,251 10,244 10,504
Sangamon County
90,509 91,063 92,787
Schuyler County
2,793 2,763 2,733
Shelby County
10,485 10,336 10,434
Scott County
2,365 2,317 2,265
Stark County
2,419 2,385 2,406
Stephenson County
20,820 20,606 20,750
St. Clair County
118,164 118,613 119,821
Tazewell County
62,403 62,056 62,997
Union County
7,393 7,377 7,404
Vermilion County
29,911 30,020 30,532
Wabash County
5,018 5,008 5,154
Warren County
7,653 7,638 7,740
Whiteside County
26,424 26,432 26,706
White County
5,685 5,649 5,685
Will County
384,219 382,366 389,303
Winnebago County
126,262 126,693 129,615
Williamson County
30,866 31,106 30,985
Woodford County
18,416 18,244 18,538
Washington County
7,250 7,160 7,174
Wayne County
7,480 7,391 7,467
   

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