Illinois Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in May, 2021
Updated on January 12, 2024.
According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May, 2021, Illinois added 36,265 number of jobs to all private business establishments. Among Illinois counties, Cook added the highest number of jobs (8,533), followed by DuPage (4,884), and Lake (3,872).
Interact with the charts below to see for each county, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in May, 2021. This information can also be found in a table below.
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Related Topics: Illinois BLS Topic List.
Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW).
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Illinois Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in May, 2021
Illinois Jobs added
By County
All Private Business Establishments
in May, 2021
Illinois Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in May, 2021
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| County | Number of Employment | Jobs Added |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | 27700 | 40 |
| Alexander | 581 | 1 |
| Bond | 3251 | -8 |
| Boone | 12667 | 516 |
| Brown | 3749 | 1 |
| Bureau | 9178 | 96 |
| Calhoun | 488 | 18 |
| Carroll | 3007 | 152 |
| Cass | 4287 | -40 |
| Champaign | 65404 | 20 |
| Christian | 7672 | 107 |
| Clark | 3534 | 95 |
| Clay | 3808 | 17 |
| Clinton | 9388 | 38 |
| Coles | 18549 | 61 |
| Cook | 2122883 | 8533 |
| Crawford | 5156 | -61 |
| Cumberland | 2351 | 27 |
| DeKalb | 26301 | 443 |
| De Witt | 3811 | 28 |
| Douglas | 6612 | 126 |
| DuPage | 538600 | 4884 |
| Edgar | 5875 | -19 |
| Edwards | 1738 | -38 |
| Effingham | 20434 | 336 |
| Fayette | 4186 | 47 |
| Ford | 3913 | 53 |
| Franklin | 6571 | 71 |
| Fulton | 5964 | 112 |
| Gallatin | 601 | 13 |
| Greene | 1702 | 5 |
| Grundy | 18358 | -606 |
| Hamilton | 1359 | 27 |
| Hancock | 3029 | 92 |
| Hardin | 497 | 9 |
| Henderson | 760 | 9 |
| Henry | 10228 | 199 |
| Iroquois | 5748 | 178 |
| Jackson | 15914 | 11 |
| Jasper | 1565 | 21 |
| Jefferson | 16349 | 24 |
| Jersey | 4059 | -2 |
| Jo Daviess | 6157 | 301 |
| Johnson | 1218 | 107 |
| Kane | 171597 | 1624 |
| Kankakee | 35658 | 115 |
| Kendall | 23340 | 478 |
| Knox | 13385 | 89 |
| Lake | 284372 | 3872 |
| LaSalle | 34060 | 451 |
| Lawrence | 3139 | 57 |
| Lee | 9917 | 105 |
| Livingston | 10173 | 159 |
| Logan | 6598 | -121 |
| McDonough | 6550 | -5 |
| McHenry | 81049 | 1756 |
| McLean | 67040 | -369 |
| Macon | 40047 | 741 |
| Macoupin | 8008 | 127 |
| Madison | 85203 | 412 |
| Marion | 10266 | -13 |
| Marshall | 2389 | 45 |
| Mason | 1766 | 2 |
| Massac | 2018 | -34 |
| Menard | 1080 | 36 |
| Mercer | 2305 | 46 |
| Monroe | 7205 | 149 |
| Montgomery | 6799 | 25 |
| Morgan | 11389 | 124 |
| Moultrie | 4647 | 49 |
| Ogle | 11939 | -143 |
| Peoria | 89530 | 363 |
| Perry | 3090 | 69 |
| Piatt | 2547 | -12 |
| Pike | 3124 | 37 |
| Pope | 322 | 8 |
| Pulaski | 515 | -1 |
| Putnam | 1495 | -2 |
| Randolph | 8431 | 79 |
| Richland | 4807 | 16 |
| Rock Island | 58381 | 494 |
| St. Clair | 70887 | 327 |
| Saline | 5840 | 28 |
| Sangamon | 73190 | 867 |
| Schuyler | 1113 | 39 |
| Scott | 589 | 14 |
| Shelby | 4179 | 57 |
| Stark | 1098 | 52 |
| Stephenson | 14610 | 186 |
| Tazewell | 38157 | 534 |
| Union | 3435 | 68 |
| Vermilion | 19718 | 21 |
| Wabash | 2061 | 8 |
| Warren | 4958 | 6 |
| Washington | 5589 | -108 |
| Wayne | 2986 | 48 |
| White | 3007 | 32 |
| Whiteside | 15722 | 236 |
| Will | 213967 | 2102 |
| Williamson | 22087 | 200 |
| Winnebago | 104895 | 747 |
| Woodford | 8109 | 37 |