# Employment: Pope County, IL (U)

Employment: Pope County, IL (U) was down 13.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with −10.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,088.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since May 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −35.2% (Jun 2016) to 27.6% (Apr 2021), averaging −2.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17151.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-pope-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,088.0 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,090.0 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,081.0 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,097.0 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,083.0 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,071.0 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,086.0 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,065.0 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,040.0 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,057.0 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,056.0 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,058.0 thousands | −13.6 |
| August 2025 | 1,093.0 thousands | −10.5 |
| July 2025 | 1,115.0 thousands | −7.2 |
| June 2025 | 1,140.0 thousands | −6.9 |
| May 2025 | 1,146.0 thousands | −5.8 |
| April 2025 | 1,183.0 thousands | −2.6 |
| March 2025 | 1,191.0 thousands | −2.0 |
| February 2025 | 1,191.0 thousands | −0.6 |
| January 2025 | 1,200.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| December 2024 | 1,230.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| November 2024 | 1,217.0 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 1,222.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| September 2024 | 1,224.0 thousands | −0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17151.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17151.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```