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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Illinois > Kankakee

Kankakee

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Chicago Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2021
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2020
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2020
Chicago Area Employment — November 2020 Employment News Release Jan 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — December 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Kankakee — May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2020

Kankakee, IL Economy at a Glance:

Kankakee, IL
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2020		 Nov
2020		 Dec
2020		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)55.7 (2)52.3 (2)51.7 51.9 (p)51.4  

Employment(1)

 (2)52.1 (2)48.8 (2)47.8 47.4 (p)47.6  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)3.6 (2)3.5 (2)3.9 4.5 (p)3.9  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)6.5 (2)6.6 (2)7.5 8.7 (p)7.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 42.7 42.5 42.0 41.0 41.6 (p)41.9

12-month % change

 -7.6 -6.8 -8.3 -10.3 -8.4 (p)-7.1

Mining, Logging and Construction(4)

 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 (p)1.2

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -7.1 -8.3 0.0 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(4)

 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.2 (p)7.3

12-month % change

 1.4 4.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 8.8 9.1 9.4 9.0 8.8 (p)8.7

12-month % change

 -9.3 -6.2 -3.1 -5.3 -5.4 (p)-6.5

Information(4)

 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 (p)0.3

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 (p)1.3

12-month % change

 -18.8 -18.8 -18.8 -18.8 -13.3 (p)-13.3

Professional and Business Services(4)

 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.8 5.0 (p)5.0

12-month % change

 -1.9 2.0 0.0 -11.1 -5.7 (p)-2.0

Education and Health Services(4)

 8.0 7.9 7.5 7.5 7.7 (p)7.7

12-month % change

 -8.0 -9.2 -13.8 -14.8 -12.5 (p)-12.5

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.2 (p)3.4

12-month % change

 -25.0 -30.2 -27.9 -30.2 -25.6 (p)-17.1

Other Services(4)

 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 (p)1.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -6.3 -6.3 -6.3 (p)-6.3

Government(4)

 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 (p)5.5

12-month % change

 -8.2 -8.3 -11.5 -8.5 -8.3 (p)-6.8

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary