Illinois’ unemployment rate was 7.9 percent for April 2014, while the country’s unemployment rate was 6.3 percent. While Illinois still has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, the unemployment rate fell in almost every southern Illinois county.
County | April 2014 | Rank | April 2013 | Rank |
Alexander | 9.6 | 2 | 9.6 | 17 |
Franklin | 9.4 | 3 | 10.8 | 3 |
Gallatin | 7.3 | 36 | 9.0 | 30 |
Hamilton | 6.8 | 50 | 7.3 | 70 |
Hardin | 8.4 | 16 | 10.3 | 6 |
Jackson | 5.6 | 89 | 6.4 | 93 |
Jefferson | 6.3 | 72 | 7.4 | 65 |
Johnson | 7.9 | 25 | 9.4 | 20 |
Massac | 6.4 | 68 | 7.0 | 79 |
Perry | 8.5 | 14 | 9.9 | 14 |
Pope | 8.2 | 20 | 8.4 | 37 |
Pulaski | 8.6 | 13 | 9.3 | 24 |
Randolph | 6.2 | 76 | 7.2 | 74 |
Saline | 7.5 | 32 | 9.3 | 24 |
Union | 8.8 | 9 | 9.9 | 14 |
Washington | 5.0 | 99 | 5.9 | 100 |
Williamson | 6.7 | 55 | 7.7 | 57 |