# Employment: Franklin County, IL (U)

Employment: Franklin County, IL (U) was down 2.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 15,653 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −23.5% (Apr 2020) to 22.2% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17055.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-franklin-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 15,653 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 15,519 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 15,716 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 15,575 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 15,307 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 15,287 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 15,457 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 15,325 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 15,200 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 15,200 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 15,240 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 15,428 thousands | −2.2 |
| August 2025 | 15,522 thousands | −0.7 |
| July 2025 | 15,733 thousands | −0.5 |
| June 2025 | 15,789 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 15,612 thousands | −0.4 |
| April 2025 | 15,783 thousands | 1.5 |
| March 2025 | 15,556 thousands | 0.1 |
| February 2025 | 15,569 thousands | 1.3 |
| January 2025 | 15,553 thousands | 1.7 |
| December 2024 | 15,879 thousands | 2.2 |
| November 2024 | 15,782 thousands | 0.1 |
| October 2024 | 15,844 thousands | 0.8 |
| September 2024 | 15,775 thousands | 0.05 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17055.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17055.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```