Unemployment Rate in Boone County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.4%
Rank #2,862/3,222 · #95 in IL
11th
Boone 7.4%
IL 5.8% +26.4%
US 5.3% +38.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Boone County's unemployment rate of 7.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Boone County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,859 | Hardy County, WV | 7.3% |
| #2,860 | Wayne County, MO | 7.3% |
| #2,861 | Zapata County, TX | 7.3% |
| #2,862 | Boone County, IL | 7.4% |
| #2,863 | Putnam County, FL | 7.4% |
| #2,864 | Bayamón Municipio, PR | 7.4% |
| #2,865 | Calhoun County, TX | 7.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Boone County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 7.4%, ranking #2,862 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 38.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #95 of 102. This places it in the 11th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.