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Economy & jobs Statistics · Region

Illinois: employment rate

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points 21 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Illinois United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 71.9% +0.5 pp since 2023
Regions of United States · 2024 21 of 51 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +2.7 pp
vs United States +1.6 pp United States: 70.3% · 2024
Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · Illinois · United States
+2.7 pp since 2014
Illinois United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Illinois
71.9%
United States
70.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Illinois · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 71.9% · 2024
First value 75.7% · 2000
Highest 75.7% · 2000
Lowest 67.1% · 2020
Data points 25

By year

All years · 2000 – 2024

YearIllinoisChange United States
2024 71.9% +0.5 pp 70.3%
2023 71.4% −0.9 pp 70.9%
2022 72.3% +2.7 pp 70.0%
2021 69.6% +2.5 pp 67.7%
2020 67.1% −4.4 pp 67.1%
2019 71.5% +0.5 pp 70.1%
2018 71.0% +1.3 pp 69.4%
2017 69.7% +0.4 pp 68.8%
2016 69.3% +0.7 pp 68.1%
2015 68.6% −0.6 pp 67.4%
2014 69.2% +0.7 pp 68.1%
2013 68.5% +0.1 pp 67.4%
2012 68.4% +1.2 pp 67.1%
2011 67.2% −0.2 pp 66.6%
2010 67.4% −0.2 pp 66.7%
2009 67.6% −3.6 pp 67.6%
2008 71.2% −1.5 pp 70.9%
2007 72.7% −0.2 pp 71.8%
2006 72.9% +1.3 pp 72.0%
2005 71.6% +0.4 pp 71.5%
2004 71.2% +0.6 pp 71.2%
2003 70.6% −1.4 pp 71.2%
2002 72.0% −1.8 pp 71.9%
2001 73.8% −1.9 pp 73.1%
2000 75.7% 74.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 Iowa 80.2%
2 New Hampshire 79.6%
3 Minnesota 78.6%
4 Nebraska 78.5%
5 South Dakota 77.5%
6 North Dakota 76.6%
7 Massachusetts 75.6%
8 Wisconsin 75.6%
9 Colorado 75.3%
10 Vermont 75.3%
11 Maryland 75.3%
12 Connecticut 74.1%
13 Utah 74.0%
14 Maine 73.6%
15 Idaho 73.6%
16 Kansas 73.5%
17 District of Columbia 73.4%
18 Delaware 73.0%
19 Washington 72.7%
20 Wyoming 72.6%
21 Rhode Island 72.1%
22 Indiana 72.1%
23 Montana 72.0%
24 Virginia 71.7%
25 Missouri 71.7%
26 Illinois 71.5%
27 Ohio 71.4%
28 Pennsylvania 70.8%
29 New Jersey 70.8%
30 Arizona 70.6%
31 Michigan 70.6%
32 Nevada 70.5%
33 Oregon 69.8%
34 Florida 69.8%
35 Tennessee 69.6%
36 Texas 68.6%
37 North Carolina 68.2%
38 California 67.7%
39 South Carolina 67.3%
40 Georgia 67.2%
41 Alabama 67.0%
42 New York 66.8%
43 Hawaii 66.7%
44 Oklahoma 66.7%
45 Arkansas 65.7%
46 Kentucky 65.2%
47 New Mexico 64.9%
48 West Virginia 63.6%
49 Louisiana 63.5%
50 Alaska 63.0%
51 Mississippi 60.5%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2019

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.