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
Illinois
6,160,080 6,145,550 6,287,079
Adams County
31,554 31,506 31,927
Alexander County
1,512 1,514 1,530
Bond County
7,110 7,079 7,154
Boone County
23,920 23,869 24,499
Brown County
2,414 2,404 2,401
Bureau County
14,383 14,138 14,521
Calhoun County
1,759 1,729 1,737
Carroll County
6,453 6,288 6,466
Cass County
5,347 5,259 5,269
Champaign County
103,026 105,612 105,248
Christian County
14,211 14,097 14,302
Clark County
6,706 6,674 6,861
Clay County
5,545 5,509 5,551
Clinton County
17,819 17,785 17,988
Coles County
22,419 23,410 22,544
Cook County
2,589,655 2,577,087 2,646,564
Crawford County
8,182 8,212 8,093
Cumberland County
5,597 5,602 5,582
De Witt County
7,433 7,374 7,470
DeKalb County
49,460 49,413 50,484
Douglas County
9,528 9,507 9,566
DuPage County
490,699 488,284 501,116
Edgar County
7,591 7,507 7,770
Edwards County
1,915 1,868 2,330
Effingham County
17,571 17,477 17,702
Fayette County
8,478 8,396 8,587
Ford County
6,239 6,281 6,230
Franklin County
15,311 15,287 15,612
Fulton County
14,203 14,228 14,235
Gallatin County
1,860 1,824 1,841
Greene County
5,568 5,514 5,543
Grundy County
27,530 27,321 28,010
Hamilton County
3,431 3,352 3,415
Hancock County
7,958 7,811 8,027
Hardin County
1,415 1,417 1,463
Henderson County
3,139 3,101 3,064
Henry County
22,151 22,124 22,582
Iroquois County
11,215 10,983 11,133
Jackson County
21,850 22,712 22,445
Jasper County
4,851 4,729 4,777
Jefferson County
14,530 14,560 14,933
Jersey County
9,737 9,713 9,814
Jo Daviess County
10,645 10,252 10,963
Johnson County
4,437 4,515 4,379
Kane County
254,954 255,347 261,139
Kankakee County
46,302 46,329 47,262
Kendall County
71,735 71,806 73,421
Knox County
19,213 19,042 19,655
Lake County
341,275 340,776 347,211
LaSalle County
46,428 46,125 47,734
Lawrence County
5,353 5,351 5,433
Lee County
13,933 13,950 14,120
Livingston County
16,068 15,931 16,046
Logan County
10,209 10,153 10,411
Macon County
40,487 40,567 41,458
Macoupin County
19,240 19,210 19,408
Madison County
125,067 125,770 127,502
Marion County
15,030 15,084 15,461
Marshall County
4,849 4,765 4,843
Mason County
5,832 5,751 5,806
Massac County
5,818 5,794 5,791
McDonough County
11,942 12,004 12,142
McHenry County
168,636 167,652 171,991
McLean County
86,703 87,943 89,641
Menard County
5,383 5,377 5,478
Mercer County
6,919 6,882 7,011
Monroe County
18,454 18,446 18,642
Montgomery County
11,259 11,165 11,300
Morgan County
14,160 14,173 14,269
Moultrie County
6,696 6,626 6,726
Ogle County
22,643 22,537 23,461
Peoria County
78,407 78,055 79,806
Perry County
7,274 7,344 7,590
Piatt County
8,421 8,537 8,477
Pike County
5,952 5,836 6,006
Pope County
1,084 1,071 1,146
Pulaski County
1,559 1,548 1,581
Putnam County
2,822 2,768 2,832
Randolph County
11,660 11,695 11,881
Richland County
7,085 7,086 7,235
Rock Island County
62,751 63,057 64,510
Saline County
9,815 9,816 10,086
Sangamon County
86,658 87,322 89,324
Schuyler County
2,670 2,651 2,628
Scott County
2,273 2,215 2,181
Shelby County
10,107 9,962 10,113
St. Clair County
113,057 113,640 115,180
Stark County
2,306 2,265 2,300
Stephenson County
19,989 19,777 19,948
Tazewell County
59,771 59,415 60,690
Union County
7,081 7,069 7,117
Vermilion County
28,421 28,460 29,113
Wabash County
4,779 4,778 4,985
Warren County
7,342 7,323 7,451
Washington County
7,007 6,920 6,964
Wayne County
7,112 7,008 7,190
White County
5,425 5,379 5,452
Whiteside County
25,274 25,290 25,648
Will County
365,723 363,771 373,205
Williamson County
29,627 29,909 29,850
Winnebago County
119,909 120,077 123,531
Woodford County
17,768 17,621 17,974
   

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