Unemployment Rate in Lawrence County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.1%
Rank #2,956/3,222 · #101 in IL
8th
Lawrence 8.1%
IL 5.8% +39.1%
US 5.3% +52.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lawrence County's unemployment rate of 8.1% 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 Lawrence County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,953 | Genesee County, MI | 8.1% |
| #2,954 | Nye County, NV | 8.1% |
| #2,955 | Bibb County, GA | 8.1% |
| #2,956 | Lawrence County, IL | 8.1% |
| #2,957 | Crawford County, MI | 8.1% |
| #2,958 | Quebradillas Municipio, PR | 8.1% |
| #2,959 | Northampton County, NC | 8.1% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lawrence County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 8.1%, ranking #2,956 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 52.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #101 of 102. This places it in the 8th 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.