# Employment: Sangamon County, IL (U)

Employment: Sangamon County, IL (U) was down 5.6% year on year in September 2025, compared with −5.1% in August 2025.
The level stood at 88,271 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since September 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.7% (Apr 2020) to 20.6% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17167.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-sangamon-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 88,271 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 89,092 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 89,462 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 88,016 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 86,610 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 87,322 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 88,054 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 87,394 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 87,306 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 86,581 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 87,616 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 88,579 thousands | −5.6 |
| August 2025 | 90,303 thousands | −5.1 |
| July 2025 | 90,025 thousands | −5.5 |
| June 2025 | 90,066 thousands | −4.4 |
| May 2025 | 89,324 thousands | −4.6 |
| April 2025 | 90,632 thousands | −2.8 |
| March 2025 | 91,036 thousands | −2.6 |
| February 2025 | 89,977 thousands | −2.5 |
| January 2025 | 90,273 thousands | −1.7 |
| December 2024 | 92,860 thousands | 0.5 |
| November 2024 | 92,693 thousands | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 93,537 thousands | 1.2 |
| September 2024 | 93,841 thousands | 3.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17167.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17167.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```