LABOR
  UNEMPLOYED
COUNTY
YEAR
FORCE
EMPLOYED
NUMBER
RATE
 
ADAMS COUNTY
2005
37,684
36,214
1,470
3.9
ALEXANDER COUNTY
2005
3,308 3,009 299 9.0
BOND COUNTY
2005
8,472 7,996 476 5.6
BOONE COUNTY
2005
24,574 22,871 1,703 6.9
BROWN COUNTY
2005
3,310 3,180 130 3.9
BUREAU COUNTY
2005
18,845 17,878 967 5.1
CALHOUN COUNTY
2005
2,556 2,394 162 6.3
CARROLL COUNTY
2005
8,384 7,893 491 5.9
CASS COUNTY
2005
7,607 7,235 372 4.9
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
2005
101,225 96,895 4,330 4.3
CHRISTIAN COUNTY
2005
16,994 15,977 1,017 6.0
CLARK COUNTY
2005
8,524 8,037 487 5.7
CLAY COUNTY
2005
6,869 6,436 433 6.3
CLINTON COUNTY
2005
18,528 17,630 898 4.8
COLES COUNTY
2005
26,389 25,101 1,288 4.9
COOK COUNTY
2005
2,569,753 2,405,446 164,307 6.4
CRAWFORD COUNTY
2005
9,307 8,741 566 6.1
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
2005
5,530 5,230 300 5.4
DEKALB COUNTY
2005
53,598 50,756 2,842 5.3
DE WITT COUNTY
2005
8,398 7,926 472 5.6
DOUGLAS COUNTY
2005
10,492 9,983 509 4.9
DUPAGE COUNTY
2005
517,062 492,808 24,254 4.7
EDGAR COUNTY
2005
10,297 9,730 567 5.5
EDWARDS COUNTY
2005
3,424 3,256 168 4.9
EFFINGHAM COUNTY
2005
17,770 16,757 1,013 5.7
FAYETTE COUNTY
2005
10,153 9,470 683 6.7
FORD COUNTY
2005
7,271 6,909 362 5.0
FRANKLIN COUNTY
2005
17,576 16,280 1,296 7.4
FULTON COUNTY
2005
17,602 16,505 1,097 6.2
GALLATIN COUNTY
2005
2,652 2,478 174 6.6
GREENE COUNTY
2005
7,257 6,847 410 5.6
GRUNDY COUNTY
2005
23,500 21,840 1,660 7.1
HAMILTON COUNTY
2005
4,096 3,862 234 5.7
HANCOCK COUNTY
2005
9,958 9,437 521 5.2
HARDIN COUNTY
2005
1,762 1,617 145 8.2
HENDERSON COUNTY
2005
4,074 3,827 247 6.1
HENRY COUNTY
2005
27,341 26,053 1,288 4.7
IROQUOIS COUNTY
2005
16,535 15,730 805 4.9
JACKSON COUNTY
2005
31,516 30,015 1,501 4.8
JASPER COUNTY
2005
5,199 4,876 323 6.2
JEFFERSON COUNTY
2005
20,363 19,275 1,088 5.3
JERSEY COUNTY
2005
11,479 10,843 636 5.5
JO DAVIESS COUNTY
2005
12,990 12,422 568 4.4
JOHNSON COUNTY
2005
5,104 4,782 322 6.3
KANE COUNTY
2005
250,193 235,719 14,474 5.8
KANKAKEE COUNTY
2005
52,782 49,285 3,497 6.6
KENDALL COUNTY
2005
44,582 42,346 2,236 5.0
KNOX COUNTY
2005
25,410 23,484 1,926 7.6
LAKE COUNTY
2005
355,932 338,819 17,113 4.8
LA SALLE COUNTY
2005
56,831 53,235 3,596 6.3
LAWRENCE COUNTY
2005
8,373 7,923 450 5.4
LEE COUNTY
2005
18,017 17,074 943 5.2
LIVINGSTON COUNTY
2005
18,419 17,474 945 5.1
LOGAN COUNTY
2005
13,335 12,564 771 5.8
MCDONOUGH COUNTY
2005
16,519 15,725 794 4.8
MCHENRY COUNTY
2005
167,777 159,238 8,539 5.1
MCLEAN COUNTY
2005
87,266 83,545 3,721 4.3
MACON COUNTY
2005
52,937 49,594 3,343 6.3
MACOUPIN COUNTY
2005
24,420 22,967 1,453 6.0
MADISON COUNTY
2005
135,086 127,427 7,659 5.7
MARION COUNTY
2005
18,003 16,816 1,187 6.6
MARSHALL COUNTY
2005
7,123 6,799 324 4.5
MASON COUNTY
2005
7,612 7,088 524 6.9
MASSAC COUNTY
2005
7,398 6,980 418 5.7
MENARD COUNTY
2005
6,991 6,670 321 4.6
MERCER COUNTY
2005
8,926 8,418 508 5.7
MONROE COUNTY
2005
17,266 16,506 760 4.4
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
2005
13,469 12,499 970 7.2
MORGAN COUNTY
2005
17,653 16,638 1,015 5.7
MOULTRIE COUNTY
2005
8,030 7,690 340 4.2
OGLE COUNTY
2005
26,506 25,035 1,471 5.5
PEORIA COUNTY
2005
92,206 87,487 4,719 5.1
PERRY COUNTY
2005
10,393 9,671 722 6.9
PIATT COUNTY
2005
9,128 8,751 377 4.1
PIKE COUNTY
2005
8,672 8,232 440 5.1
POPE COUNTY
2005
1,977 1,847 130 6.6
PULASKI COUNTY
2005
2,938 2,695 243 8.3
PUTNAM COUNTY
2005
3,133 2,953 180 5.7
RANDOLPH COUNTY
2005
15,143 14,293 850 5.6
RICHLAND COUNTY
2005
7,327 6,899 428 5.8
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
2005
78,016 74,302 3,714 4.8
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
2005
121,345 113,470 7,875 6.5
SALINE COUNTY
2005
12,421 11,658 763 6.1
SANGAMON COUNTY
2005
105,253 100,295 4,958 4.7
SCHUYLER COUNTY
2005
4,340 4,127 213 4.9
SCOTT COUNTY
2005
2,798 2,617 181 6.5
SHELBY COUNTY
2005
11,233 10,620 613 5.5
STARK COUNTY
2005
2,837 2,674 163 5.7
STEPHENSON COUNTY
2005
25,129 23,757 1,372 5.5
TAZEWELL COUNTY
2005
69,092 65,799 3,293 4.8
UNION COUNTY
2005
8,273 7,692 581 7.0
VERMILION COUNTY
2005
37,895 35,415 2,480 6.5
WABASH COUNTY
2005
6,594 6,204 390 5.9
WARREN COUNTY
2005
8,849 8,340 509 5.8
WASHINGTON COUNTY
2005
8,602 8,210 392 4.6
WAYNE COUNTY
2005
8,163 7,739 424 5.2
WHITE COUNTY
2005
7,931 7,528 403 5.1
WHITESIDE COUNTY
2005
29,860 28,088 1,772 5.9
WILL COUNTY
2005
337,141 317,642 19,499 5.8
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
2005
33,407 31,564 1,843 5.5
WINNEBAGO COUNTY
2005
140,795 131,472 9,323 6.6
WOODFORD COUNTY
2005
20,053 19,272 781 3.9
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