High Unemployment Area
Putnam County, IL Current Unemployment - 4.7%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Putnam County, IL Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2022
6.4%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.9%
5.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.4%
4.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.2%
4.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.1%
4.5%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.2%
4.7%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.3%
4.8%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.7%
4.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2021
7.2%
8.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.5%
7.8%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.2%
7.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.1%
6.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
4.5%
6.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
4.8%
7.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
4.6%
6.6%
5.4%
8 / 2021
4.6%
6.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.1%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.8%
4.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.7%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.9%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2020
6.3%
4.0%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.2%
3.5%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.3%
4.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
17.1%
16.9%
14.7%
5 / 2020
12.4%
14.8%
13.3%
6 / 2020
10.8%
14.6%
11.1%
7 / 2020
8.5%
11.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
7.4%
11.1%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.0%
10.0%
7.9%
10 / 2020
4.3%
6.5%
6.9%
11 / 2020
4.7%
7.6%
6.7%
12 / 2020
5.1%
7.9%
6.7%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2019
7.8%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.7%
4.7%
3.8%
3 / 2019
6.8%
4.4%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.5%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.0%
3.5%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.4%
4.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.4%
4.2%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.2%
4.0%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.8%
3.5%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.5%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.2%
3.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.8%
3.5%
3.5%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2018
6.5%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.0%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.6%
4.4%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.8%
3.9%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.6%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.3%
4.7%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.7%
4.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.8%
4.3%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.4%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.8%
4.1%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.9%
4.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2017
6.9%
6.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.2%
5.6%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.6%
4.9%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.5%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.1%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.5%
5.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.6%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.9%
5.3%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.4%
4.6%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.1%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.4%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.1%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2016
7.3%
6.7%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.5%
6.5%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.6%
6.3%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.2%
5.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.9%
5.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.2%
6.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.5%
5.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.4%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.1%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.0%
5.5%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.8%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.6%
5.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2015
7.7%
6.8%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.2%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.9%
6.0%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.4%
5.5%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.5%
5.8%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.8%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.9%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.6%
5.8%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.3%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.8%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.2%
5.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.4%
6.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2014
10.6%
8.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.6%
8.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.6%
8.2%
6.7%
4 / 2014
7.6%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.5%
6.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.2%
7.1%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.6%
7.3%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.9%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.3%
6.2%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.8%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.4%
6.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.3%
5.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2013
12.4%
10.4%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.3%
9.9%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.6%
9.2%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.1%
8.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.7%
8.8%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.1%
9.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.9%
9.5%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.5%
9.1%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.2%
8.6%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.0%
8.7%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.3%
8.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.7%
8.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2012
11.0%
9.7%
8.3%
2 / 2012
10.7%
9.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.1%
9.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.2%
8.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
8.5%
8.6%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.0%
9.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
8.9%
9.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
8.9%
9.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.1%
8.3%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.1%
8.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
8.9%
8.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.0%
9.1%
7.9%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2011
12.1%
10.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.6%
9.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.2%
9.5%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.8%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.7%
9.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
9.9%
10.2%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.2%
10.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.2%
10.3%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.7%
9.8%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.5%
9.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
9.5%
9.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.6%
9.2%
8.5%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2010
15.4%
12.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.4%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.1%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.5%
10.5%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.1%
10.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.5%
10.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.0%
10.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
11.0%
10.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.2%
9.4%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.9%
9.3%
9.4%
11 / 2010
10.6%
9.4%
9.8%
12 / 2010
10.8%
9.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2009
12.0%
8.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.0%
9.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
14.1%
9.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
13.2%
9.6%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.7%
9.9%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.5%
10.7%
9.5%
7 / 2009
15.5%
10.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
14.4%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.3%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.1%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
12.3%
10.4%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.6%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2008
7.8%
6.0%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.8%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.5%
5.7%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.9%
5.2%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.2%
6.0%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.6%
6.7%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.2%
6.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.4%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.0%
6.2%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.3%
6.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.1%
6.6%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.6%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2007
7.4%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.3%
5.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
4.6%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.2%
4.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.6%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.3%
5.2%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.2%
5.3%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.3%
5.1%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.6%
4.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.0%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.6%
4.8%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.5%
5.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2006
6.9%
5.4%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.8%
5.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.8%
4.9%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.6%
4.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
4.3%
4.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
4.5%
4.7%
4.6%
7 / 2006
4.4%
4.8%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.6%
4.5%
4.7%
9 / 2006
3.6%
4.0%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.5%
3.6%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.1%
3.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.7%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2005
6.8%
6.4%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.1%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.6%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.5%
5.7%
5.2%
5 / 2005
4.9%
5.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
4.8%
6.0%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.0%
5.8%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.1%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.2%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.4%
5.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.7%
5.2%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.9%
5.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2004
9.0%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.5%
6.8%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.2%
6.7%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.7%
6.0%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.0%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.6%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.4%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.0%
6.1%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.2%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.6%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.6%
5.8%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.0%
5.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2003
8.7%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.2%
7.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.1%
6.9%
5.9%
4 / 2003
6.5%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.1%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.5%
7.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.2%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.1%
7.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.8%
6.6%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.3%
6.3%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.8%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.6%
6.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2002
12.5%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.7%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.9%
6.7%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.2%
6.5%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.4%
6.3%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.0%
7.0%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.5%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2002
5.9%
6.5%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.0%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
5.2%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.7%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.5%
6.4%
6.0%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2001
6.9%
5.4%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.8%
5.4%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.7%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.1%
5.0%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.2%
4.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
4.5%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
4.7%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.2%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.2%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2001
4.1%
5.3%
5.3%
11 / 2001
5.3%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
9.1%
6.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2000
6.3%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.1%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.9%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.9%
4.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.8%
4.1%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.4%
4.5%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.5%
4.5%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.5%
4.5%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.4%
4.0%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.3%
3.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.1%
4.2%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.7%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1999
6.0%
4.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.6%
4.7%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.0%
4.2%
4.2%
4 / 1999
3.9%
4.2%
4.3%
5 / 1999
2.9%
4.1%
4.2%
6 / 1999
4.3%
4.8%
4.3%
7 / 1999
4.8%
4.8%
4.3%
8 / 1999
4.1%
4.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
3.3%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
2.8%
4.0%
4.1%
11 / 1999
3.6%
4.0%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.0%
4.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1998
8.4%
5.4%
4.6%
2 / 1998
8.3%
5.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.8%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 1998
3.8%
3.9%
4.3%
5 / 1998
3.0%
3.9%
4.4%
6 / 1998
4.0%
4.7%
4.5%
7 / 1998
2.7%
4.1%
4.5%
8 / 1998
3.4%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
2.6%
4.3%
4.6%
10 / 1998
2.5%
4.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
3.6%
4.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.4%
4.1%
4.4%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1997
8.6%
5.9%
5.3%
2 / 1997
8.5%
5.6%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.1%
5.3%
5.2%
4 / 1997
4.7%
4.6%
5.1%
5 / 1997
4.3%
4.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
4.6%
4.8%
5.0%
7 / 1997
4.1%
4.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
5.4%
4.5%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.3%
4.5%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.0%
4.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.6%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.5%
4.7%
4.7%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1996
9.6%
6.2%
5.6%
2 / 1996
10.4%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.0%
5.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
7.0%
5.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
6.3%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.3%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.1%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
6.2%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 1996
5.0%
4.8%
5.2%
10 / 1996
4.8%
4.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
4.5%
4.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
6.5%
4.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1995
7.5%
5.7%
5.6%
2 / 1995
7.8%
5.5%
5.4%
3 / 1995
6.5%
5.3%
5.4%
4 / 1995
6.1%
5.5%
5.8%
5 / 1995
4.8%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 1995
4.3%
5.2%
5.6%
7 / 1995
4.8%
5.3%
5.7%
8 / 1995
5.5%
5.2%
5.7%
9 / 1995
4.8%
4.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
5.2%
4.7%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.6%
4.7%
5.6%
12 / 1995
8.1%
5.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1994
9.3%
7.6%
6.6%
2 / 1994
10.2%
7.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
9.0%
6.8%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.1%
6.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
5.4%
5.5%
6.1%
6 / 1994
6.7%
5.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.3%
5.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
5.9%
5.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
3.9%
5.0%
5.9%
10 / 1994
3.4%
5.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.4%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1994
5.8%
4.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1993
11.1%
8.5%
7.3%
2 / 1993
12.2%
8.5%
7.1%
3 / 1993
10.7%
8.1%
7.0%
4 / 1993
9.1%
7.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
6.0%
7.7%
7.1%
6 / 1993
6.4%
8.1%
7.0%
7 / 1993
6.5%
7.6%
6.9%
8 / 1993
6.1%
7.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
4.2%
6.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
5.2%
6.7%
6.8%
11 / 1993
4.8%
6.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
7.1%
6.2%
6.5%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1992
10.8%
9.3%
7.3%
2 / 1992
11.1%
9.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.1%
8.7%
7.4%
4 / 1992
7.4%
8.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
6.3%
8.1%
7.6%
6 / 1992
7.9%
8.6%
7.8%
7 / 1992
7.1%
8.0%
7.7%
8 / 1992
6.7%
7.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
5.0%
6.9%
7.6%
10 / 1992
4.6%
6.3%
7.3%
11 / 1992
7.1%
6.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.9%
7.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1991
9.6%
7.2%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.1%
7.3%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.8%
7.3%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.8%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
5.8%
6.7%
6.9%
6 / 1991
7.0%
7.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
6.8%
7.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
6.9%
7.1%
6.9%
9 / 1991
6.2%
7.0%
6.9%
10 / 1991
6.7%
7.2%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.2%
7.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.5%
8.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Putnam County, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1990
8.5%
6.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
9.6%
6.7%
5.3%
3 / 1990
10.0%
6.3%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.6%
6.0%
5.4%
5 / 1990
4.7%
5.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
5.9%
5.9%
5.2%
7 / 1990
5.8%
6.1%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.3%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1990
4.7%
6.1%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.2%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
5.5%
5.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.9%
6.2%
6.3%