Unemployment Rate in Putnam County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.2%
Rank #1,424/3,222 · #40 in IL
56th
Putnam 4.2%
IL 5.8% -28.3%
US 5.3% -21.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Putnam County's unemployment rate of 4.2% 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 Putnam County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,421 | Van Buren County, MI | 4.2% |
| #1,422 | Obion County, TN | 4.2% |
| #1,423 | Livingston Parish, LA | 4.2% |
| #1,424 | Putnam County, IL | 4.2% |
| #1,425 | Gratiot County, MI | 4.2% |
| #1,426 | Greene County, OH | 4.2% |
| #1,427 | Le Sueur County, MN | 4.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Putnam County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 4.2%, ranking #1,424 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 21.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #40 of 102. This places it in the 56th 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.