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Kankakee, Illinois Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kankakee fell 0.0 percentage points in March 2023 to 5.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than the Illinois rate. The unemployment rate in Kankakee peaked in April 2020 at 16.2% and is now 11.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.0% in January 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Kankakee unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.5% -0.1 -0.1
Illinois 4.4% -0.1 -0.1
Kankakee 5.1% 0.0 -0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2023 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Kankakee, Illinois, National

Kankakee, Illinois monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Kankakee, Illinois Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Kankakee peaked in April 2020 at 8,346. There are now 5,710 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,581 in January 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 55. Kankakee employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kankakee, Illinois) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Kankakee 2,636 +3 -181

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kankakee, Illinois Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Illinois
Unemployment Rate
Kankakee
Unemployment Rate
Kankakee
Unemployed
April
2023
3.4%
March
2023
3.5% 4.4% 5.1% 2,636
February
2023
3.6% 4.5% 5.1% 2,633
January
2023
3.4% 4.5% 5.0% 2,581
December
2022
3.5% 4.6% 5.1% 2,629
November
2022
3.6% 4.6% 5.1% 2,633
October
2022
3.7% 4.6% 5.1% 2,650
September
2022
3.5% 4.6% 5.2% 2,679
August
2022
3.7% 4.5% 5.2% 2,703
July
2022
3.5% 4.4% 5.2% 2,724
June
2022
3.6% 4.4% 5.3% 2,745
May
2022
3.6% 4.4% 5.3% 2,770

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.