# Unemployment: Lake County, IL (U)

Unemployment: Lake County, IL (U) was up 1.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with −5.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 13,324 thousands.
That is the highest reading since July 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −59.6% (Apr 2021) to 254.5% (May 2020), averaging 5.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-IL-17097.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-lake-county-il-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 13,324 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 13,933 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 13,491 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 15,785 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 15,160 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 16,007 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 21,950 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 22,278 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 22,637 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 20,806 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 18,190 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 15,820 thousands | 1.2 |
| August 2025 | 16,955 thousands | −5.7 |
| July 2025 | 16,848 thousands | −13.4 |
| June 2025 | 15,096 thousands | −18.9 |
| May 2025 | 13,661 thousands | −18.6 |
| April 2025 | 14,735 thousands | −18.9 |
| March 2025 | 18,041 thousands | −21.0 |
| February 2025 | 18,988 thousands | −19.8 |
| January 2025 | 19,640 thousands | −20.0 |
| December 2024 | 16,437 thousands | −20.1 |
| November 2024 | 14,936 thousands | −9.0 |
| October 2024 | 14,963 thousands | −12.4 |
| September 2024 | 15,625 thousands | −14.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17097.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-IL-17097.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```