Unemployment Rate in Edwards County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.6%
Rank #2,340/3,222 · #81 in IL
27th
Edwards 5.6%
IL 5.8% -4.3%
US 5.3% +5.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Edwards County's unemployment rate of 5.6% 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 Edwards County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,337 | Florence County, SC | 5.6% |
| #2,338 | Gray County, TX | 5.6% |
| #2,339 | Frio County, TX | 5.6% |
| #2,340 | Edwards County, IL | 5.6% |
| #2,341 | Lauderdale County, TN | 5.6% |
| #2,342 | Hempstead County, AR | 5.6% |
| #2,343 | Rock Island County, IL | 5.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Edwards County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 5.6%, ranking #2,340 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #81 of 102. This places it in the 27th 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.