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

The seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate of Illinois in May, 2020 was 14.7%, according to recent data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

  1. Boone: 20.9%
  2. Jefferson: 20.8%
  3. Franklin: 20.5%

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

  1. Brown: 6.4%
  2. Moultrie: 7.7%
  3. Piatt: 8.8%

Use the interactive visualization and table below to explore this data for each Illinois county for May, 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 May, 2020 (%)
Illinois Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Adams 11.3
Alexander 14.9
Bond 12.8
Boone 20.9
Brown 6.4
Bureau 12.6
Calhoun 14.5
Carroll 13.3
Cass 10.8
Champaign 10.6
Christian 12.7
Clark 13.6
Clay 20.4
Clinton 11.5
Coles 11.9
Cook 15.5
Crawford 10.4
Cumberland 9.3
DeKalb 13.9
De Witt 10
Douglas 9.6
DuPage 11.9
Edgar 12.7
Edwards 15
Effingham 13.4
Fayette 12.7
Ford 11.4
Franklin 20.5
Fulton 13.2
Gallatin 14.9
Greene 9.9
Grundy 12.9
Hamilton 13.5
Hancock 12.1
Hardin 12.4
Henderson 12.9
Henry 13.9
Iroquois 9
Jackson 14.2
Jasper 10.1
Jefferson 20.8
Jersey 13.4
Jo Daviess 16.6
Johnson 15.7
Kane 15.8
Kankakee 14.2
Kendall 12.7
Knox 13.7
Lake 13.5
LaSalle 16.8
Lawrence 14.1
Lee 11.9
Livingston 10.3
Logan 10.6
McDonough 10.4
McHenry 12.5
McLean 11.5
Macon 15.1
Macoupin 11.9
Madison 13.8
Marion 18.7
Marshall 11.3
Mason 12.3
Massac 18.7
Menard 11.1
Mercer 14.3
Monroe 10.3
Montgomery 14.6
Morgan 10.5
Moultrie 7.7
Ogle 13.9
Peoria 17.2
Perry 20.1
Piatt 8.8
Pike 9
Pope 13.1
Pulaski 17
Putnam 13.5
Randolph 14.2
Richland 11.8
Rock Island 17.8
St. Clair 15.6
Saline 16.6
Sangamon 14.2
Schuyler 9.6
Scott 10.1
Shelby 11.5
Stark 11.1
Stephenson 11.1
Tazewell 14.3
Union 13
Vermilion 14.6
Wabash 14.9
Warren 9.7
Washington 12.8
Wayne 17.1
White 13.6
Whiteside 15.4
Will 14
Williamson 17.9
Winnebago 20
Woodford 10.2

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.