# Employment: Winnebago County, IL (U)

Employment: Winnebago County, IL (U) was down 2.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with −2.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 122,696 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since February 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.5% (Apr 2020) to 18.0% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17201.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-winnebago-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 122,696 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 122,283 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 124,929 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 121,902 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 119,908 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 120,077 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 121,242 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 120,356 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 121,085 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 119,834 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 121,224 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 122,960 thousands | −2.9 |
| August 2025 | 123,257 thousands | −2.7 |
| July 2025 | 125,054 thousands | −2.2 |
| June 2025 | 124,465 thousands | −1.7 |
| May 2025 | 123,531 thousands | −2.5 |
| April 2025 | 124,785 thousands | −0.1 |
| March 2025 | 123,601 thousands | −1.2 |
| February 2025 | 123,451 thousands | −0.3 |
| January 2025 | 124,227 thousands | 0.3 |
| December 2024 | 126,123 thousands | 0.6 |
| November 2024 | 125,612 thousands | −0.7 |
| October 2024 | 126,256 thousands | 0.4 |
| September 2024 | 126,679 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17201.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17201.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```