Unemployment Rate in Shelby County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.0%
Rank #674/3,222 · #12 in IL
79th
Shelby 3.0%
IL 5.8% -48.2%
US 5.3% -43.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Shelby County's unemployment rate of 3.0% 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 Shelby County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #671 | Baldwin County, AL | 3.0% |
| #672 | Crockett County, TX | 3.0% |
| #673 | Ottawa County, OK | 3.0% |
| #674 | Shelby County, IL | 3.0% |
| #675 | Bristol County, RI | 3.0% |
| #676 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 3.0% |
| #677 | Pickens County, GA | 3.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Shelby County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 3.0%, ranking #674 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 43.1% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Illinois, it ranks #12 of 102. This places it in the 79th 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.