Rock Island County, IL Unemployment Rate Report

Rock Island County, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Rock Island County, Illinois has ranged from 2.6% in July 1998 to 17.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Rock Island County is 4.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Rock Island County, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Rock Island County, IL Current Unemployment - 4.4%

Rock Island County, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	5.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.2%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.6%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.7%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.2%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.3%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.4%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	7.9%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.7%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.6%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.9%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.2%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.9%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.3%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.3%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.5%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.4%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.1%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	5.0%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.3%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.8%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.7%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	16.7%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.2%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	10.5%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.4%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.7%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.9%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.7%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.0%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	6.6%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.9%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.7%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.3%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.2%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.4%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.6%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.7%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.7%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.6%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.6%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.0%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	5.8%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.7%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.4%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.5%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.4%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.0%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.8%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.0%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.1%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.3%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.7%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.7%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	6.9%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.2%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.5%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.4%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.8%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.8%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.1%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.0%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.9%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.9%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	7.4%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.1%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.0%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.1%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.5%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.9%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.0%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.0%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.5%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.4%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.5%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.0%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	7.2%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.7%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.5%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.6%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.0%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.0%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.3%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.0%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.1%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.8%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.4%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.6%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	8.7%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.6%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.0%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.2%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.6%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.6%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.2%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.5%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.7%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.6%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.3%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.2%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	9.6%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.1%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.4%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.5%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.0%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.4%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.3%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.0%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.6%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.8%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.8%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.7%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	9.2%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.9%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.1%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.2%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.5%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.0%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.2%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.0%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.3%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.0%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.5%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.1%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	9.2%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.1%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.6%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.6%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.9%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.4%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.6%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.7%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.5%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.9%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.5%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.5%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	11.8%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.7%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.2%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.5%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.1%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.1%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.2%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.8%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.3%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.6%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.5%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.5%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	7.7%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.4%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.9%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.9%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.4%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.2%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.3%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.9%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.6%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.8%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.8%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.6%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	5.5%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.3%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.1%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.4%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.0%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.5%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.4%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.8%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.3%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.7%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.8%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.7%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	4.9%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.9%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.4%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.0%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.8%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.3%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.2%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.3%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.8%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.7%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.3%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.1%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	5.0%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.3%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.8%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.1%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.9%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.0%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.0%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.0%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.3%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.1%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.7%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.0%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	5.5%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.5%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.7%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.0%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.0%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.2%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.0%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.1%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.0%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.8%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.6%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.5%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	7.1%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.1%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.9%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.8%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.9%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.2%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.7%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.9%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.5%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.7%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.7%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.7%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	7.2%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.5%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.1%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.2%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.4%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.9%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.8%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.1%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.4%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.3%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.4%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.7%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	6.7%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.8%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.7%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.0%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.7%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.2%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.2%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.0%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.4%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.8%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.8%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.4%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	4.9%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.6%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.5%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.8%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.6%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.7%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.5%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.0%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.2%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.4%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.7%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.4%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	6.0%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.8%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.7%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.6%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.8%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.7%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.6%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.8%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.6%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.5%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.6%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.9%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	5.8%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.9%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.6%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.0%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.9%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.6%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.0%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.6%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.2%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.7%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.3%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.4%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	4.3%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.4%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.0%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.8%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.8%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.3%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.6%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.4%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.0%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.1%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.4%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.6%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	4.7%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.9%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.4%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.2%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.1%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.3%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.2%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.3%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.1%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.0%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.9%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.2%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	5.1%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.1%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.7%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.9%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.1%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.1%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.4%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.8%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.6%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.6%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.6%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.0%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	5.3%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.3%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.0%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.5%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.3%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.5%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.5%	5.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.6%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.3%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.5%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.6%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.6%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	6.4%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.3%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.9%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.9%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.5%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.9%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.0%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.7%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.6%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.7%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.1%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.0%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	9.6%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.2%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.2%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.7%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.2%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.5%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.4%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.5%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.3%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.6%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.0%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.1%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	8.5%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.3%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.8%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.5%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.5%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.8%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	6.3%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.1%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.6%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.4%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.2%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.4%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	5.9%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.4%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.2%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.6%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.4%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.9%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.5%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.8%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.8%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.8%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.9%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.7%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Rock Island County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	5.6%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.3%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.7%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.9%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.6%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.5%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.4%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.2%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.3%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.0%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.2%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.6%	6.2%	6.3%