Unemployment Rate in Kankakee County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.9%
Rank #1,969/3,222 · #68 in IL
39th
Kankakee 4.9%
IL 5.8% -15.2%
US 5.3% -6.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Kankakee County's unemployment rate of 4.9% 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 Kankakee County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,966 | Rio Arriba County, NM | 4.9% |
| #1,967 | DuPage County, IL | 4.9% |
| #1,968 | Arapahoe County, CO | 4.9% |
| #1,969 | Kankakee County, IL | 4.9% |
| #1,970 | Pulaski County, KY | 4.9% |
| #1,971 | Sedgwick County, KS | 4.9% |
| #1,972 | Marion County, AR | 4.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Kankakee County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 4.9%, ranking #1,969 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 6.9% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #68 of 102. This places it in the 39th 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.