Unemployment Rate in McDonough County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.9%
Rank #2,927/3,222 · #100 in IL
9th
McDonough 7.9%
IL 5.8% +35.1%
US 5.3% +48.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How McDonough County's unemployment rate of 7.9% 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 McDonough County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,924 | Cameron County, PA | 7.8% |
| #2,925 | Henderson County, IL | 7.8% |
| #2,926 | Watauga County, NC | 7.9% |
| #2,927 | McDonough County, IL | 7.9% |
| #2,928 | Beckham County, OK | 7.9% |
| #2,929 | Siskiyou County, CA | 7.9% |
| #2,930 | Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR | 7.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
McDonough County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 7.9%, ranking #2,927 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 48.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #100 of 102. This places it in the 9th 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.