# Employment: DeKalb County, IL (U)

Employment: DeKalb County, IL (U) was down 2.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −1.9% in August 2025.
The level stood at 50,443 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.9% (Apr 2020) to 19.2% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.1%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17037.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-dekalb-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 50,443 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 49,938 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 50,927 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 50,303 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 49,481 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 49,413 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 49,760 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 49,304 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 49,151 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 49,113 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 49,587 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 50,403 thousands | −2.2 |
| August 2025 | 50,263 thousands | −1.9 |
| July 2025 | 51,125 thousands | −1.9 |
| June 2025 | 51,252 thousands | −0.7 |
| May 2025 | 50,484 thousands | −1.1 |
| April 2025 | 50,725 thousands | 0.9 |
| March 2025 | 50,011 thousands | −0.5 |
| February 2025 | 49,781 thousands | 0.3 |
| January 2025 | 49,990 thousands | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 50,977 thousands | 0.5 |
| November 2024 | 50,969 thousands | −1.0 |
| October 2024 | 51,301 thousands | 0.3 |
| September 2024 | 51,542 thousands | 0.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17037.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17037.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```