Unemployment Rate in Boone County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Boone County Compares
National Distribution
Where Boone County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Boone County: 7.4%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,859 | Hardy County, WV | 7.3% |
| #2,860 | Wayne County, MO | 7.3% |
| #2,861 | Zapata County, TX | 7.3% |
| #2,862 | Boone County, IL | 7.4% |
| #2,863 | Putnam County, FL | 7.4% |
| #2,864 | Bayamón Municipio, PR | 7.4% |
| #2,865 | Calhoun County, TX | 7.4% |
Unemployment Rate in Boone County, Illinois
Boone County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 7.4%, which ranks #2,862 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 38.8% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Illinois, Boone County ranks #95 of 102 out of 102 counties. This places it in the 11th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.