Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Illinois

Title Unemployed Persons in Illinois
Series ID LASST170000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-08-01
Last Updated 2024-10-02 10:06 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 337194
1976-02-01 336777
1976-03-01 336318
1976-04-01 336360
1976-05-01 337416
1976-06-01 338893
1976-07-01 339995
1976-08-01 340076
1976-09-01 338381
1976-10-01 334992
1976-11-01 330666
1976-12-01 325773
1977-01-01 321538
1977-02-01 318639
1977-03-01 317360
1977-04-01 317937
1977-05-01 320398
1977-06-01 324793
1977-07-01 329678
1977-08-01 333754
1977-09-01 336667
1977-10-01 338291
1977-11-01 338912
1977-12-01 339582
1978-01-01 339865
1978-02-01 339084
1978-03-01 337529
1978-04-01 335098
1978-05-01 331790
1978-06-01 327283
1978-07-01 322760
1978-08-01 319011
1978-09-01 315205
1978-10-01 311468
1978-11-01 308230
1978-12-01 305449
1979-01-01 302987
1979-02-01 300373
1979-03-01 296271
1979-04-01 291114
1979-05-01 286749
1979-06-01 285128
1979-07-01 287061
1979-08-01 293531
1979-09-01 305103
1979-10-01 319586
1979-11-01 334314
1979-12-01 348539
1980-01-01 363022
1980-02-01 379663
1980-03-01 400392
1980-04-01 423935
1980-05-01 447468
1980-06-01 468594
1980-07-01 484819
1980-08-01 494554
1980-09-01 498274
1980-10-01 498440
1980-11-01 497103
1980-12-01 495243
1981-01-01 493126
1981-02-01 489707
1981-03-01 483798
1981-04-01 476460
1981-05-01 469412
1981-06-01 464293
1981-07-01 463223
1981-08-01 466949
1981-09-01 474940
1981-10-01 486582
1981-11-01 501001
1981-12-01 517043
1982-01-01 533512
1982-02-01 551371
1982-03-01 571381
1982-04-01 593033
1982-05-01 614962
1982-06-01 636113
1982-07-01 656463
1982-08-01 675911
1982-09-01 693941
1982-10-01 709506
1982-11-01 721259
1982-12-01 727692
1983-01-01 729039
1983-02-01 725123
1983-03-01 716538
1983-04-01 705081
1983-05-01 691497
1983-06-01 675497
1983-07-01 656343
1983-08-01 634886
1983-09-01 612612
1983-10-01 591312
1983-11-01 573596
1983-12-01 560780
1984-01-01 550755
1984-02-01 540910
1984-03-01 530589
1984-04-01 519391
1984-05-01 509102
1984-06-01 501253
1984-07-01 496246
1984-08-01 494978
1984-09-01 497203
1984-10-01 500258
1984-11-01 501543
1984-12-01 500964
1985-01-01 500331
1985-02-01 501485
1985-03-01 504265
1985-04-01 508123
1985-05-01 512811
1985-06-01 517973
1985-07-01 523025
1985-08-01 524701
1985-09-01 521996
1985-10-01 517292
1985-11-01 511882
1985-12-01 506036
1986-01-01 500578
1986-02-01 496192
1986-03-01 492687
1986-04-01 489763
1986-05-01 486083
1986-06-01 480767
1986-07-01 473722
1986-08-01 466124
1986-09-01 458946
1986-10-01 452271
1986-11-01 447300
1986-12-01 444834
1987-01-01 444684
1987-02-01 445639
1987-03-01 446422
1987-04-01 445270
1987-05-01 441197
1987-06-01 434914
1987-07-01 427667
1987-08-01 420866
1987-09-01 415394
1987-10-01 412196
1987-11-01 411101
1987-12-01 411366
1988-01-01 411387
1988-02-01 409898
1988-03-01 407027
1988-04-01 403218
1988-05-01 398610
1988-06-01 393866
1988-07-01 389965
1988-08-01 387398
1988-09-01 385444
1988-10-01 382289
1988-11-01 377001
1988-12-01 369857
1989-01-01 362247
1989-02-01 355918
1989-03-01 351122
1989-04-01 348317
1989-05-01 348614
1989-06-01 352111
1989-07-01 358210
1989-08-01 365757
1989-09-01 373174
1989-10-01 378578
1989-11-01 380773
1989-12-01 379664
1990-01-01 375266
1990-02-01 368689
1990-03-01 362788
1990-04-01 360349
1990-05-01 362267
1990-06-01 367299
1990-07-01 373250
1990-08-01 378379
1990-09-01 381576
1990-10-01 383291
1990-11-01 384139
1990-12-01 384738
1991-01-01 387135
1991-02-01 392106
1991-03-01 398690
1991-04-01 405410
1991-05-01 411664
1991-06-01 418319
1991-07-01 427130
1991-08-01 439124
1991-09-01 454353
1991-10-01 471261
1991-11-01 486783
1991-12-01 498250
1992-01-01 504413
1992-02-01 506061
1992-03-01 504526
1992-04-01 501157
1992-05-01 495543
1992-06-01 486431
1992-07-01 474092
1992-08-01 460046
1992-09-01 447148
1992-10-01 438611
1992-11-01 437075
1992-12-01 442557
1993-01-01 452605
1993-02-01 463405
1993-03-01 471615
1993-04-01 475441
1993-05-01 475670
1993-06-01 473391
1993-07-01 467667
1993-08-01 458823
1993-09-01 448137
1993-10-01 436980
1993-11-01 426530
1993-12-01 416467
1994-01-01 405513
1994-02-01 393479
1994-03-01 381507
1994-04-01 369931
1994-05-01 359445
1994-06-01 351608
1994-07-01 346858
1994-08-01 343396
1994-09-01 338844
1994-10-01 331426
1994-11-01 322055
1994-12-01 314316
1995-01-01 310471
1995-02-01 310380
1995-03-01 313131
1995-04-01 317494
1995-05-01 321549
1995-06-01 323611
1995-07-01 324039
1995-08-01 324165
1995-09-01 324876
1995-10-01 326403
1995-11-01 327636
1995-12-01 328104
1996-01-01 328938
1996-02-01 331258
1996-03-01 334498
1996-04-01 337366
1996-05-01 338789
1996-06-01 337998
1996-07-01 335054
1996-08-01 330542
1996-09-01 325634
1996-10-01 322134
1996-11-01 320794
1996-12-01 320264
1997-01-01 318792
1997-02-01 315261
1997-03-01 309221
1997-04-01 302189
1997-05-01 295891
1997-06-01 291610
1997-07-01 290001
1997-08-01 291541
1997-09-01 295409
1997-10-01 300029
1997-11-01 303258
1997-12-01 303064
1998-01-01 299176
1998-02-01 292443
1998-03-01 284352
1998-04-01 276970
1998-05-01 272734
1998-06-01 273245
1998-07-01 277788
1998-08-01 283353
1998-09-01 287302
1998-10-01 287185
1998-11-01 282591
1998-12-01 276232
1999-01-01 270615
1999-02-01 268367
1999-03-01 271475
1999-04-01 278954
1999-05-01 287984
1999-06-01 295529
1999-07-01 299522
1999-08-01 299144
1999-09-01 295060
1999-10-01 289777
1999-11-01 285518
1999-12-01 282988
2000-01-01 282456
2000-02-01 283359
2000-03-01 284922
2000-04-01 286733
2000-05-01 287692
2000-06-01 287118
2000-07-01 285734
2000-08-01 285108
2000-09-01 286416
2000-10-01 290325
2000-11-01 297764
2000-12-01 308323
2001-01-01 319972
2001-02-01 330015
2001-03-01 336347
2001-04-01 338769
2001-05-01 339106
2001-06-01 339825
2001-07-01 342699
2001-08-01 349310
2001-09-01 359800
2001-10-01 372319
2001-11-01 384640
2001-12-01 395410
2002-01-01 404000
2002-02-01 410763
2002-03-01 416007
2002-04-01 419071
2002-05-01 419990
2002-06-01 419304
2002-07-01 417773
2002-08-01 416056
2002-09-01 415152
2002-10-01 415807
2002-11-01 417241
2002-12-01 417934
2003-01-01 418050
2003-02-01 417961
2003-03-01 418487
2003-04-01 421356
2003-05-01 426593
2003-06-01 432660
2003-07-01 437279
2003-08-01 438534
2003-09-01 435152
2003-10-01 427975
2003-11-01 419252
2003-12-01 411532
2004-01-01 405652
2004-02-01 401474
2004-03-01 398881
2004-04-01 396382
2004-05-01 393456
2004-06-01 390736
2004-07-01 388994
2004-08-01 387976
2004-09-01 387336
2004-10-01 386693
2004-11-01 385401
2004-12-01 383785
2005-01-01 382213
2005-02-01 381186
2005-03-01 379964
2005-04-01 378162
2005-05-01 375333
2005-06-01 371075
2005-07-01 366355
2005-08-01 361978
2005-09-01 357599
2005-10-01 352339
2005-11-01 346456
2005-12-01 339470
2006-01-01 330816
2006-02-01 320806
2006-03-01 310957
2006-04-01 302858
2006-05-01 296710
2006-06-01 292302
2006-07-01 288853
2006-08-01 286733
2006-09-01 287064
2006-10-01 289115
2006-11-01 291922
2006-12-01 295405
2007-01-01 300056
2007-02-01 305624
2007-03-01 311365
2007-04-01 317026
2007-05-01 323323
2007-06-01 330663
2007-07-01 339084
2007-08-01 348319
2007-09-01 357094
2007-10-01 364884
2007-11-01 370430
2007-12-01 373332
2008-01-01 375630
2008-02-01 379322
2008-03-01 386322
2008-04-01 397047
2008-05-01 410376
2008-06-01 424355
2008-07-01 436829
2008-08-01 446691
2008-09-01 456198
2008-10-01 469482
2008-11-01 489835
2008-12-01 517992
2009-01-01 551332
2009-02-01 586380
2009-03-01 618556
2009-04-01 644502
2009-05-01 664210
2009-06-01 679147
2009-07-01 691415
2009-08-01 703313
2009-09-01 715838
2009-10-01 728474
2009-11-01 740581
2009-12-01 750133
2010-01-01 754040
2010-02-01 750726
2010-03-01 740811
2010-04-01 726217
2010-05-01 708426
2010-06-01 690796
2010-07-01 676780
2010-08-01 666954
2010-09-01 659626
2010-10-01 652560
2010-11-01 644224
2010-12-01 635347
2011-01-01 628312
2011-02-01 624643
2011-03-01 625034
2011-04-01 630125
2011-05-01 639461
2011-06-01 650227
2011-07-01 658886
2011-08-01 663106
2011-09-01 661138
2011-10-01 652777
2011-11-01 639399
2011-12-01 623626
2012-01-01 608788
2012-02-01 598076
2012-03-01 593275
2012-04-01 593027
2012-05-01 594831
2012-06-01 595989
2012-07-01 594679
2012-08-01 591942
2012-09-01 590751
2012-10-01 592422
2012-11-01 596410
2012-12-01 601129
2013-01-01 605461
2013-02-01 608400
2013-03-01 609111
2013-04-01 607810
2013-05-01 605607
2013-06-01 603303
2013-07-01 600942
2013-08-01 596298
2013-09-01 588244
2013-10-01 578716
2013-11-01 569096
2013-12-01 559218
2014-01-01 547499
2014-02-01 532876
2014-03-01 516285
2014-04-01 499029
2014-05-01 482035
2014-06-01 466575
2014-07-01 453314
2014-08-01 442300
2014-09-01 432604
2014-10-01 422509
2014-11-01 411946
2014-12-01 402698
2015-01-01 396152
2015-02-01 393157
2015-03-01 392719
2015-04-01 392931
2015-05-01 391868
2015-06-01 389160
2015-07-01 386180
2015-08-01 384626
2015-09-01 385132
2015-10-01 388222
2015-11-01 394208
2015-12-01 401484
2016-01-01 407415
2016-02-01 409956
2016-03-01 407804
2016-04-01 402226
2016-05-01 395612
2016-06-01 389043
2016-07-01 382881
2016-08-01 378125
2016-09-01 374815
2016-10-01 370796
2016-11-01 363838
2016-12-01 353961
2017-01-01 346578
2017-02-01 336052
2017-03-01 328208
2017-04-01 323894
2017-05-01 322423
2017-06-01 323165
2017-07-01 324883
2017-08-01 325130
2017-09-01 323064
2017-10-01 319254
2017-11-01 313818
2017-12-01 306494
2018-01-01 299294
2018-02-01 292204
2018-03-01 286440
2018-04-01 281853
2018-05-01 279046
2018-06-01 278096
2018-07-01 278652
2018-08-01 281119
2018-09-01 285424
2018-10-01 290751
2018-11-01 296533
2018-12-01 301163
2019-01-01 300845
2019-02-01 295833
2019-03-01 286116
2019-04-01 273670
2019-05-01 261388
2019-06-01 251828
2019-07-01 246235
2019-08-01 243556
2019-09-01 240902
2019-10-01 238210
2019-11-01 236461
2019-12-01 237500
2020-01-01 242986
2020-02-01 253304
2020-03-01 326921
2020-04-01 1130465
2020-05-01 927594
2020-06-01 790587
2020-07-01 713985
2020-08-01 605524
2020-09-01 565121
2020-10-01 509367
2020-11-01 487342
2020-12-01 476860
2021-01-01 451977
2021-02-01 441196
2021-03-01 430404
2021-04-01 424487
2021-05-01 413628
2021-06-01 407584
2021-07-01 391999
2021-08-01 374649
2021-09-01 351216
2021-10-01 332267
2021-11-01 316231
2021-12-01 308334
2022-01-01 304733
2022-02-01 299393
2022-03-01 294981
2022-04-01 292043
2022-05-01 289233
2022-06-01 286873
2022-07-01 286563
2022-08-01 287323
2022-09-01 292249
2022-10-01 294976
2022-11-01 294498
2022-12-01 290435
2023-01-01 283992
2023-02-01 276691
2023-03-01 270360
2023-04-01 267373
2023-05-01 269549
2023-06-01 276275
2023-07-01 286063
2023-08-01 296531
2023-09-01 304518
2023-10-01 307973
2023-11-01 306229
2023-12-01 304470
2024-01-01 305486
2024-02-01 308856
2024-03-01 312166
2024-04-01 313204
2024-05-01 317370
2024-06-01 327876
2024-07-01 341617
2024-08-01 343149

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