Unemployment Rate in Mercer County, IL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Mercer County Compares
National Distribution
Where Mercer County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Mercer County: 3.1%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #766 | Yates County, NY | 3.1% |
| #767 | Lancaster County, NE | 3.1% |
| #768 | Linn County, MO | 3.1% |
| #769 | Mercer County, IL | 3.1% |
| #770 | Preble County, OH | 3.2% |
| #771 | Lincoln County, WI | 3.2% |
| #772 | Tishomingo County, MS | 3.2% |
Unemployment Rate in Mercer County, Illinois
Mercer County, Illinois has a unemployment rate of 3.1%, which ranks #769 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 40.6% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Illinois, Mercer County ranks #17 of 102 out of 102 counties. This places it in the 76th 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.