Cities with Lowest Unemployment in Illinois

Cities ranked by lowest civilian unemployment rate. 50 cities ranked from official U.S. government data.

Lowest Unemployment 50

1 Waterloo
1.9%
2 Columbia
1.9%
3 Effingham
2.1%
4 Bloomington
3.1%
5 Normal
3.1%
6 Pontiac
3.5%
7 Pekin
3.6%
8 East Peoria
3.6%
9 Washington
3.6%
10 Morton
3.6%
11 Quincy
3.9%
12 Lincoln
4%
13 Champaign
4.3%
14 Urbana
4.3%
15 Oswego
4.3%
16 Freeport
4.3%
17 Yorkville
4.3%
18 Sterling
4.3%
19 Rantoul
4.3%
20 Plano
4.3%
21 Upper Alton
4.6%
22 Granite City
4.6%
23 Alton
4.6%
24 Edwardsville
4.6%
25 Collinsville
4.6%
26 Godfrey
4.6%
27 Morris
4.6%
28 Glen Carbon
4.6%
29 Minooka
4.6%
30 Taylorville
4.6%
31 Wood River
4.6%
32 Troy
4.6%
33 Crystal Lake
4.7%
34 Algonquin
4.7%
35 Lake in the Hills
4.7%
36 McHenry
4.7%
37 Huntley
4.7%
38 Woodstock
4.7%
39 Cary
4.7%
40 Aurora
4.8%
41 Elgin
4.8%
42 Carpentersville
4.8%
43 St. Charles
4.8%
44 Batavia
4.8%
45 Wasco
4.8%
46 South Elgin
4.8%
47 Geneva
4.8%
48 Montgomery
4.8%
49 North Aurora
4.8%
50 Village of Campton Hills
4.8%

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Data Sources

Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2022 5-year estimates). Health data from the CDC PLACES (2023).