Illinois Unemployment Rate By County in August, 2020
Updated on April 6, 2023.

The seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate of Illinois in August, 2020 was 9.8%, according to recent data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The 3 counties with the highest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in August, 2020 were:

  1. Pulaski: 11.7%
  2. Cook: 11.6%
  3. Winnebago: 11.2%

On the other hand, the 3 counties with the lowest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in August, 2020 were:

  1. Brown: 3.9%
  2. Washington: 4%
  3. Moultrie: 5.4%

Use the interactive visualization and table below to explore this data for each Illinois county for August, 2020. You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for other months, and also the historical unemployment rate for each of Illinois's counties.

See also: Historical Illinois Unemployment Rate.

Illinois Unemployment Rate By County in August, 2020 (%)
Illinois Unemployment Rate By County in August, 2020
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Adams 6.3
Alexander 10.6
Bond 7.2
Boone 9.5
Brown 3.9
Bureau 7.1
Calhoun 6.9
Carroll 5.7
Cass 6.8
Champaign 7.3
Christian 8.5
Clark 7
Clay 7.9
Clinton 5.4
Coles 8.5
Cook 11.6
Crawford 6.9
Cumberland 5.5
DeKalb 8.5
De Witt 6.9
Douglas 5.9
DuPage 7.7
Edgar 6.1
Edwards 6.4
Effingham 6.6
Fayette 7.7
Ford 6.5
Franklin 9.8
Fulton 8.2
Gallatin 9.4
Greene 6.8
Grundy 7.8
Hamilton 5.4
Hancock 6.5
Hardin 9.5
Henderson 5.7
Henry 7.4
Iroquois 5.9
Jackson 8.3
Jasper 5.7
Jefferson 8.9
Jersey 7.1
Jo Daviess 7.3
Johnson 8.6
Kane 9.5
Kankakee 9
Kendall 7.8
Knox 8.9
Lake 8.3
LaSalle 9
Lawrence 7.9
Lee 6.8
Livingston 6.6
Logan 6.8
McDonough 7.9
McHenry 7.8
McLean 6.9
Macon 10.7
Macoupin 6.8
Madison 8.2
Marion 8.3
Marshall 6.9
Mason 8.2
Massac 9.1
Menard 6
Mercer 7.2
Monroe 5.4
Montgomery 8.5
Morgan 7.4
Moultrie 5.4
Ogle 7.8
Peoria 10.7
Perry 8.4
Piatt 5.7
Pike 5.6
Pope 7.6
Pulaski 11.7
Putnam 7.3
Randolph 6.6
Richland 6.5
Rock Island 9.2
St. Clair 10
Saline 10.2
Sangamon 8.6
Schuyler 5.6
Scott 5.9
Shelby 6.6
Stark 6.4
Stephenson 7.4
Tazewell 7.8
Union 7.5
Vermilion 9
Wabash 6.6
Warren 6
Washington 4
Wayne 7.3
White 7.3
Whiteside 7.9
Will 9
Williamson 8.3
Winnebago 11.2
Woodford 5.9

Illinois Unemployment Rate For Other Months and Years

Use the following links to see Illinois's unemployment rate for other months and years. Or see links for all the available months and years here.
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Historical Unemployment Rate of Illinois's Counties

Use the following links to to see the historical unemployment rate for Illinois's counties.