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Which counties in Illinois have the lowest unemployment?

Monroe County (3.0%), Brown County (3.1%) and Clinton County (3.3%) had the lowest unemployment in Illinois in 2025.

Data as of 2025 · updated

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All 102 ranked Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by lowest unemployment rate
RankCountyRate 2025Change since 2019Residents
1Monroe County3.0%+0.1 pts34,840
2Brown County3.1%+0.0 pts6,401
3Clinton County3.3%+0.0 pts37,128
4Washington County3.4%+0.1 pts13,564
5Adams County3.5%+0.4 pts64,267
6Cumberland County3.5%+0.1 pts10,208
7Effingham County3.6%+0.2 pts34,519
8Jasper County3.6%−0.4 pts9,032
9Piatt County3.6%+0.2 pts16,791
10Douglas County3.7%+0.1 pts19,880
11Hancock County3.7%−0.7 pts16,803
12Richland County3.7%−0.2 pts15,219
13Woodford County3.7%+0.1 pts38,111
14Coles County3.8%+0.1 pts46,607
15Jersey County3.8%−0.6 pts21,160
16Jo Daviess County3.8%−0.1 pts21,594
17Moultrie County3.8%+0.4 pts14,371
18Wabash County3.8%−0.6 pts10,907
19Crawford County3.9%−0.6 pts18,648
20De Witt County3.9%−0.1 pts15,118
21DuPage County3.9%+0.7 pts934,298
22Greene County3.9%−0.2 pts11,313
23McLean County3.9%+0.4 pts171,419
24Randolph County3.9%+0.1 pts29,921
25Shelby County3.9%+0.3 pts20,576
26Livingston County4.0%+0.0 pts35,057
27Madison County4.0%+0.2 pts263,110
28Champaign County4.1%+0.4 pts209,972
29Edgar County4.1%−0.5 pts16,323
30Henderson County4.1%−1.0 pts5,984
31McHenry County4.1%+0.7 pts317,751
32Massac County4.1%−0.8 pts13,502
33Menard County4.1%+0.1 pts11,863
34Morgan County4.1%−0.1 pts32,515
35Bond County4.2%+0.2 pts16,959
36Wayne County4.2%+0.0 pts15,882
37Williamson County4.2%+0.0 pts67,225
38Christian County4.3%+0.1 pts33,443
39Edwards County4.3%+0.4 pts5,898
40Ford County4.3%+0.2 pts13,216
41Kendall County4.3%+0.5 pts145,470
42McDonough County4.4%+0.1 pts25,916
43Sangamon County4.4%+0.3 pts194,170
44Warren County4.4%+0.2 pts16,222
45DeKalb County4.5%+0.5 pts101,835
46Lawrence County4.5%−0.4 pts13,790
47Macoupin County4.5%+0.0 pts43,748
48St. Clair County4.5%+0.1 pts250,708
49Stephenson County4.5%+0.2 pts43,220
50Tazewell County4.5%+0.3 pts130,049
51Cass County4.6%+0.6 pts12,463
52Hamilton County4.6%+0.1 pts7,859
53Lee County4.6%+0.3 pts32,914
54Montgomery County4.6%−0.2 pts28,076
55Saline County4.6%−0.2 pts22,772
56Union County4.6%−0.6 pts16,656
57White County4.6%+0.6 pts13,250
58Whiteside County4.6%+0.4 pts54,121
59Will County4.6%+0.7 pts712,253
60Calhoun County4.7%−0.3 pts4,300
61Clark County4.7%+0.2 pts15,114
62Gallatin County4.7%−0.4 pts4,616
63Grundy County4.7%+0.3 pts54,052
64Kane County4.7%+0.5 pts525,757
65Lake County4.7%+0.7 pts719,339
66Mason County4.7%−0.4 pts12,411
67Ogle County4.7%+0.1 pts51,399
68Pike County4.7%+0.3 pts14,231
69Carroll County4.8%+0.6 pts15,419
70Cook County4.8%+0.9 pts5,194,625
71Fulton County4.8%−0.6 pts32,901
72Jackson County4.8%+0.7 pts52,501
73Logan County4.8%+0.7 pts27,182
74Marion County4.8%+0.4 pts36,382
75Fayette County4.9%+0.5 pts20,790
76Iroquois County4.9%+0.5 pts26,150
77Jefferson County4.9%+0.4 pts36,147
78Scott County4.9%+0.2 pts4,866
79Clay County5.0%+0.4 pts12,793
80Franklin County5.0%−0.1 pts36,916
81Johnson County5.0%−0.8 pts13,363
82Perry County5.0%+0.1 pts20,160
83Putnam County5.0%+0.1 pts5,619
84Henry County5.1%+0.4 pts48,095
85Knox County5.1%+0.2 pts47,767
86Marshall County5.1%+0.3 pts11,473
87Mercer County5.1%+0.1 pts15,229
88Schuyler County5.1%+0.6 pts6,657
89Bureau County5.2%+0.6 pts32,510
90Rock Island County5.2%+0.3 pts141,869
91Stark County5.2%−0.3 pts5,319
92Hardin County5.3%−0.8 pts3,588
93Peoria County5.3%+0.4 pts178,553
94Pope County5.3%−2.4 pts3,672
95LaSalle County5.4%+0.2 pts107,773
96Winnebago County5.4%−0.1 pts283,674
97Boone County5.5%+0.3 pts53,568
98Kankakee County5.5%+0.5 pts105,525
99Vermilion County5.6%+0.5 pts71,259
100Macon County5.8%+0.6 pts99,300
101Pulaski County6.0%−0.5 pts4,820
102Alexander County6.8%+0.6 pts4,570

How this is ranked

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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Questions

Which county in Illinois has the lowest unemployment rate?

Monroe County: 3.0%, ahead of Brown County (3.1%) and Clinton County (3.3%), of 102 Illinois counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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