Unemployment Rate in Lake County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.0%
Rank #2,034/3,222 · #71 in IL
37th
Lake 5.0%
IL 5.8% -13.6%
US 5.3% -5.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lake County's unemployment rate of 5.0% 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 Lake County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,031 | Forsyth County, NC | 5.0% |
| #2,032 | Alexander County, NC | 5.0% |
| #2,033 | Fredericksburg city, VA | 5.0% |
| #2,034 | Lake County, IL | 5.0% |
| #2,035 | Clark County, MO | 5.0% |
| #2,036 | Umatilla County, OR | 5.0% |
| #2,037 | Allegheny County, PA | 5.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lake County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, ranking #2,034 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.1% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #71 of 102. This places it in the 37th 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.