Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Illinois by County
Workforce: Unemployed
Ages 16+, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Value
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Unemployed)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 5.2 | 8,759,317 | N/A |
| Illinois | N/A | 5.8 | 384,790 | 41 of 52 |
| Monroe County | Urban | 2.1 | 404 | 271 |
| Brown County | Rural | 2.2 | 50 | 303 |
| Effingham County | Rural | 2.2 | 388 | 303 |
| Cumberland County | Rural | 2.4 | 131 | 369 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 2.4 | 115 | 369 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 2.4 | 45 | 369 |
| Moultrie County | Rural | 2.6 | 176 | 438 |
| Scott County | Rural | 2.6 | 61 | 438 |
| Jo Daviess County | Rural | 3.0 | 334 | 602 |
| McLean County | Urban | 3.0 | 2,691 | 602 |
| Pope County | Rural | 3.0 | 42 | 602 |
| Shelby County | Rural | 3.0 | 315 | 602 |
| Woodford County | Urban | 3.0 | 576 | 602 |
| Douglas County | Rural | 3.1 | 311 | 661 |
| Mercer County | Urban | 3.1 | 233 | 661 |
| Stark County | Urban | 3.1 | 77 | 661 |
| Clinton County | Urban | 3.3 | 614 | 755 |
| Hardin County | Rural | 3.3 | 42 | 755 |
| Piatt County | Urban | 3.3 | 290 | 755 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 3.3 | 243 | 755 |
| Fayette County | Rural | 3.4 | 314 | 822 |
| Massac County | Urban | 3.4 | 210 | 822 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 3.4 | 97 | 822 |
| Adams County | Rural | 3.6 | 1,212 | 951 |
| Kendall County | Urban | 3.6 | 2,717 | 951 |
| Lee County | Rural | 3.6 | 576 | 951 |
| Livingston County | Rural | 3.6 | 623 | 951 |
| Calhoun County | Urban | 3.7 | 72 | 1,027 |
| Jasper County | Rural | 3.7 | 180 | 1,027 |
| Menard County | Urban | 3.9 | 229 | 1,152 |
| Tazewell County | Urban | 3.9 | 2,523 | 1,152 |
| Clark County | Rural | 4.0 | 290 | 1,219 |
| Crawford County | Rural | 4.0 | 337 | 1,219 |
| Henry County | Urban | 4.0 | 980 | 1,219 |
| White County | Rural | 4.0 | 238 | 1,219 |
| Washington County | Rural | 4.1 | 296 | 1,291 |
| Greene County | Rural | 4.2 | 234 | 1,363 |
| Richland County | Rural | 4.2 | 329 | 1,363 |
| Bond County | Urban | 4.3 | 330 | 1,433 |
| Carroll County | Rural | 4.3 | 300 | 1,433 |
| Williamson County | Rural | 4.3 | 1,361 | 1,433 |
| Edgar County | Rural | 4.4 | 346 | 1,487 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 4.4 | 376 | 1,487 |
| Jersey County | Urban | 4.4 | 461 | 1,487 |
| Logan County | Rural | 4.4 | 571 | 1,487 |
| Macoupin County | Urban | 4.4 | 914 | 1,487 |
| Wabash County | Rural | 4.4 | 229 | 1,487 |
| Champaign County | Urban | 4.5 | 4,703 | 1,561 |
| Grundy County | Urban | 4.5 | 1,272 | 1,561 |
| Knox County | Rural | 4.5 | 983 | 1,561 |
| Pike County | Rural | 4.6 | 312 | 1,626 |
| Whiteside County | Rural | 4.6 | 1,270 | 1,626 |
| Christian County | Rural | 4.7 | 731 | 1,695 |
| Madison County | Urban | 4.7 | 6,411 | 1,695 |
| Marshall County | Urban | 4.7 | 251 | 1,695 |
| McHenry County | Urban | 4.7 | 8,137 | 1,695 |
| Stephenson County | Rural | 4.7 | 1,007 | 1,695 |
| De Witt County | Rural | 4.8 | 377 | 1,766 |
| DuPage County | Urban | 4.8 | 24,539 | 1,766 |
| Iroquois County | Rural | 4.8 | 614 | 1,766 |
| Will County | Urban | 4.8 | 18,332 | 1,766 |
| Cass County | Rural | 4.9 | 295 | 1,839 |
| Bureau County | Rural | 5.0 | 836 | 1,898 |
| Kane County | Urban | 5.0 | 14,051 | 1,898 |
| Kankakee County | Urban | 5.1 | 2,667 | 1,957 |
| Lake County | Urban | 5.1 | 19,095 | 1,957 |
| Perry County | Rural | 5.1 | 431 | 1,957 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 5.1 | 680 | 1,957 |
| Union County | Rural | 5.2 | 368 | 2,015 |
| Warren County | Rural | 5.2 | 427 | 2,015 |
| Ford County | Urban | 5.4 | 354 | 2,132 |
| Hamilton County | Rural | 5.4 | 195 | 2,132 |
| Ogle County | Rural | 5.4 | 1,396 | 2,132 |
| Sangamon County | Urban | 5.5 | 5,298 | 2,198 |
| Morgan County | Rural | 5.6 | 851 | 2,254 |
| La Salle County | Rural | 5.7 | 3,145 | 2,295 |
| Rock Island County | Urban | 5.7 | 4,019 | 2,295 |
| St. Clair County | Urban | 5.7 | 7,061 | 2,295 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 5.8 | 705 | 2,339 |
| Clay County | Rural | 5.9 | 352 | 2,383 |
| Saline County | Rural | 5.9 | 619 | 2,383 |
| Edwards County | Rural | 6.1 | 175 | 2,471 |
| Mason County | Rural | 6.1 | 365 | 2,471 |
| Schuyler County | Rural | 6.2 | 187 | 2,506 |
| Vermilion County | Rural | 6.3 | 2,040 | 2,542 |
| Marion County | Rural | 6.4 | 1,140 | 2,585 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 6.5 | 1,102 | 2,613 |
| Peoria County | Urban | 6.5 | 5,718 | 2,613 |
| Fulton County | Rural | 6.6 | 1,019 | 2,640 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 6.6 | 1,129 | 2,640 |
| Coles County | Rural | 6.8 | 1,655 | 2,695 |
| Cook County | Urban | 6.9 | 191,304 | 2,718 |
| DeKalb County | Urban | 7.1 | 3,977 | 2,760 |
| Macon County | Urban | 7.1 | 3,361 | 2,760 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 7.2 | 1,791 | 2,783 |
| Winnebago County | Urban | 7.2 | 10,044 | 2,783 |
| Gallatin County | Rural | 7.3 | 169 | 2,807 |
| Boone County | Urban | 7.8 | 2,170 | 2,884 |
| Lawrence County | Rural | 7.9 | 514 | 2,894 |
| Henderson County | Rural | 8.6 | 258 | 2,964 |
| McDonough County | Rural | 8.6 | 1,222 | 2,964 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 9.4 | 183 | 3,013 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/15/2026 1:21 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Workforce: Unemployed, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/15/2026 1:21 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Workforce: Unemployed, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.