Unemployment Rate in Cook County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Cook County Compares
National Distribution
Where Cook County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Cook County: 7.0%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,796 | West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 7.0% |
| #2,797 | Oswego County, NY | 7.0% |
| #2,798 | Klamath County, OR | 7.0% |
| #2,799 | Cook County, IL | 7.0% |
| #2,800 | Grays Harbor County, WA | 7.0% |
| #2,801 | Gila County, AZ | 7.0% |
| #2,802 | San Bernardino County, CA | 7.0% |
Unemployment Rate in Cook County, Illinois
Cook County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 7.0%, which ranks #2,799 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 32.1% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Illinois, Cook County ranks #93 of 102 out of 102 counties. This places it in the 13th 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.