# Employment: Boone County, IL (U)

Employment: Boone County, IL (U) was down 3.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −2.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 24,416 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.1% (Apr 2020) to 18.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17007.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-boone-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 24,416 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 24,432 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 24,834 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 24,349 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 23,919 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 23,869 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 24,059 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 23,878 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 24,050 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 23,866 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 24,135 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 24,412 thousands | −3.2 |
| August 2025 | 24,503 thousands | −2.8 |
| July 2025 | 24,823 thousands | −2.3 |
| June 2025 | 24,778 thousands | −1.9 |
| May 2025 | 24,499 thousands | −2.7 |
| April 2025 | 24,740 thousands | −0.6 |
| March 2025 | 24,498 thousands | −1.6 |
| February 2025 | 24,518 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2025 | 24,684 thousands | 0.1 |
| December 2024 | 25,018 thousands | 0.3 |
| November 2024 | 25,011 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2024 | 25,060 thousands | −0.1 |
| September 2024 | 25,232 thousands | −0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17007.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17007.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```