Unemployment Rate in Marion County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.9%
Rank #2,468/3,222 · #85 in IL
23th
Marion 5.9%
IL 5.8% +0.7%
US 5.3% +10.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Marion County's unemployment rate of 5.9% 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 Marion County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,465 | Ector County, TX | 5.9% |
| #2,466 | Carbon County, UT | 5.9% |
| #2,467 | Santa Isabel Municipio, PR | 5.9% |
| #2,468 | Marion County, IL | 5.9% |
| #2,469 | Hemphill County, TX | 5.9% |
| #2,470 | Bleckley County, GA | 5.9% |
| #2,471 | Ware County, GA | 5.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Marion County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 5.9%, ranking #2,468 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.6% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #85 of 102. This places it in the 23th 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.