# Employment: Rock Island County, IL (U)

Employment: Rock Island County, IL (U) was down 1.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with −2.3% in August 2025.
The level stood at 63,277 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.6% (Apr 2020) to 18.8% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17161.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-rock-island-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 63,277 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 63,038 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 64,321 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 64,001 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 62,749 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 63,057 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 63,524 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 62,976 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 63,072 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 62,047 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 63,050 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 63,852 thousands | −1.4 |
| August 2025 | 63,561 thousands | −2.3 |
| July 2025 | 64,356 thousands | −1.6 |
| June 2025 | 65,144 thousands | 0.2 |
| May 2025 | 64,510 thousands | −0.4 |
| April 2025 | 65,125 thousands | 1.4 |
| March 2025 | 64,428 thousands | 0.5 |
| February 2025 | 63,860 thousands | 0.4 |
| January 2025 | 64,147 thousands | 1.6 |
| December 2024 | 64,741 thousands | 0.4 |
| November 2024 | 64,724 thousands | −0.9 |
| October 2024 | 64,851 thousands | 0.08 |
| September 2024 | 64,791 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17161.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17161.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```