RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 102 SHOWN OF 102

Most unemployed people, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties with the most unemployed people in the civilian labor force, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the unemployment rate. This list covers the 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 102 is 520.

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01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625193,952–

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29822,529–

03Lake County, ILIL719,33919,795–

04Will County, ILIL712,25318,194–

05Kane County, ILIL525,75714,283–

06Winnebago County, ILIL283,67411,097–

07McHenry County, ILIL317,7518,138–

08Madison County, ILIL263,1107,385–

09St. Clair County, ILIL250,7087,051–

10Peoria County, ILIL178,5536,579–

11Champaign County, ILIL209,9725,152–

12Sangamon County, ILIL194,1704,862–

13Rock Island County, ILIL141,8694,080–

14Macon County, ILIL99,3003,848–

15DeKalb County, ILIL101,8353,810–

16LaSalle County, ILIL107,7733,312–

17McLean County, ILIL171,4192,971–

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,5252,932–

19Kendall County, ILIL145,4702,816–

20Tazewell County, ILIL130,0492,722–

21Jackson County, ILIL52,5012,393–

22Boone County, ILIL53,5682,087–

23Vermilion County, ILIL71,2591,944–

24Coles County, ILIL46,6071,837–

25Williamson County, ILIL67,2251,644–

26Ogle County, ILIL51,3991,615–

27Marion County, ILIL36,3821,574–

28Stephenson County, ILIL43,2201,477–

29Adams County, ILIL64,2671,400–

30McDonough County, ILIL25,9161,352–

31Franklin County, ILIL36,9161,236–

32Macoupin County, ILIL43,7481,190–

33Grundy County, ILIL54,0521,173–

34Knox County, ILIL47,7671,152–

35Jefferson County, ILIL36,1471,083–

36Fulton County, ILIL32,9011,081–

37Henry County, ILIL48,0951,022–

38Whiteside County, ILIL54,1211,019–

39Morgan County, ILIL32,515883–

40Saline County, ILIL22,772846–

41Bureau County, ILIL32,510830–

42Livingston County, ILIL35,057830–

43Iroquois County, ILIL26,150757–

44Logan County, ILIL27,182755–

45Warren County, ILIL16,222736–

46Woodford County, ILIL38,111700–

47Randolph County, ILIL29,921608–

48Clinton County, ILIL37,128590–

49Montgomery County, ILIL28,076546–

50Christian County, ILIL33,443529–

51Lee County, ILIL32,914520–

52Hancock County, ILIL16,803483–

53Perry County, ILIL20,160482–

54Jersey County, ILIL21,160472–

55Effingham County, ILIL34,519466–

56Monroe County, ILIL34,840456–

57Shelby County, ILIL20,576431–

58Fayette County, ILIL20,790405–

59Carroll County, ILIL15,419395–

60Cass County, ILIL12,463394–

61Mason County, ILIL12,411393–

62De Witt County, ILIL15,118392–

63Washington County, ILIL13,564391–

64Pike County, ILIL14,231390–

65Edgar County, ILIL16,323385–

66Union County, ILIL16,656381–

67White County, ILIL13,250380–

68Richland County, ILIL15,219366–

69Clay County, ILIL12,793360–

70Massac County, ILIL13,502335–

71Crawford County, ILIL18,648333–

72Piatt County, ILIL16,791319–

73Douglas County, ILIL19,880318–

74Menard County, ILIL11,863314–

75Mercer County, ILIL15,229311–

76Clark County, ILIL15,114310–

77Lawrence County, ILIL13,790307–

78Ford County, ILIL13,216296–

79Wayne County, ILIL15,882280–

80Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594258–

81Wabash County, ILIL10,907244–

82Edwards County, ILIL5,898238–

83Marshall County, ILIL11,473237–

84Schuyler County, ILIL6,657220–

85Moultrie County, ILIL14,371219–

86Henderson County, ILIL5,984213–

87Jasper County, ILIL9,032208–

88Bond County, ILIL16,959186–

89Gallatin County, ILIL4,616186–

90Greene County, ILIL11,313181–

91Alexander County, ILIL4,570162–

92Johnson County, ILIL13,363147–

93Cumberland County, ILIL10,208133–

94Pulaski County, ILIL4,820127–

95Hamilton County, ILIL7,859126–

96Hardin County, ILIL3,58896–

97Calhoun County, ILIL4,30094–

98Scott County, ILIL4,86688–

99Pope County, ILIL3,67283–

100Stark County, ILIL5,31981–

101Putnam County, ILIL5,61979–

102Brown County, ILIL6,40174–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS