# Employment: Kankakee County, IL (U)

Employment: Kankakee County, IL (U) was down 2.3% year on year in September 2025, compared with −2.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 47,692 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since October 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.2% (Apr 2020) to 15.3% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17091.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-kankakee-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 47,692 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 47,170 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 48,033 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 47,506 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 46,338 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 46,329 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 46,691 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 46,289 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 46,144 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 46,188 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 46,550 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 47,242 thousands | −2.3 |
| August 2025 | 47,189 thousands | −2.1 |
| July 2025 | 48,167 thousands | −1.3 |
| June 2025 | 48,300 thousands | −0.8 |
| May 2025 | 47,262 thousands | −2.0 |
| April 2025 | 47,599 thousands | −0.2 |
| March 2025 | 47,420 thousands | −0.8 |
| February 2025 | 46,900 thousands | −0.8 |
| January 2025 | 47,219 thousands | −0.3 |
| December 2024 | 47,921 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2024 | 47,651 thousands | −1.3 |
| October 2024 | 48,025 thousands | −0.07 |
| September 2024 | 48,365 thousands | 0.09 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17091.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17091.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```