# Employment: Christian County, IL (U)

Employment: Christian County, IL (U) was down 4.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −3.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 14,331 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since January 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.4% (Apr 2020) to 15.3% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17021.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-christian-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 14,331 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 14,390 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 14,366 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 14,580 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 14,207 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 14,097 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 14,159 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 13,981 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 13,938 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 13,918 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 14,020 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 14,171 thousands | −4.9 |
| August 2025 | 14,273 thousands | −3.7 |
| July 2025 | 14,321 thousands | −4.0 |
| June 2025 | 14,621 thousands | −3.5 |
| May 2025 | 14,302 thousands | −4.0 |
| April 2025 | 14,503 thousands | −2.2 |
| March 2025 | 14,315 thousands | −3.2 |
| February 2025 | 14,276 thousands | −2.2 |
| January 2025 | 14,380 thousands | −1.1 |
| December 2024 | 14,552 thousands | 0.06 |
| November 2024 | 14,624 thousands | −1.9 |
| October 2024 | 14,788 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2024 | 14,904 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17021.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17021.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```