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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Illinois, Wisconsin > Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI

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 Jul 2021
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Dec 2020
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — June 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2021
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2021
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2020
Chicago Area Employment — May 2021 Employment News Release Jul 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake County-Kenosha County — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — March 2021 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Economy at a Glance:

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI
Data Series Back
Data		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Apr
2021		 May
2021		 June
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 442.9 438.2 437.7 439.8 441.5 (p)454.8

Employment(1)

 411.6 411.3 410.5 415.3 421.0 (p)430.0

Unemployment(1)

 31.3 26.9 27.2 24.5 20.5 (p)24.9

Unemployment Rate(2)

 7.1 6.1 6.2 5.6 4.6 (p)5.5

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 386.9 387.3 390.4 397.2 403.4 (p)409.9

12-month % change

 -6.2 -6.1 -5.0 8.9 7.6 (p)5.8

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 (p)0.1

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 12.7 12.3 13.1 14.4 15.0 (p)15.4

12-month % change

 -6.6 -8.2 -4.4 12.5 3.4 (p)1.3

Manufacturing(3)

 61.0 61.3 61.7 61.8 62.2 (p)62.4

12-month % change

 -1.8 -2.1 -1.3 3.0 3.2 (p)2.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 91.5 90.0 90.1 90.0 91.1 (p)92.4

12-month % change

 -0.9 -1.1 -0.8 9.0 7.7 (p)3.0

Information(3)

 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 (p)3.0

12-month % change

 -9.4 -9.4 -9.4 0.0 3.4 (p)3.4

Financial Activities(3)

 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.4 22.3 (p)22.4

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 1.4 0.5 (p)0.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

 65.0 65.4 65.1 68.5 68.8 (p)70.3

12-month % change

 -4.7 -4.4 -4.5 5.2 2.4 (p)3.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 43.8 44.2 44.1 43.5 43.8 (p)43.2

12-month % change

 -9.7 -9.4 -8.7 4.3 3.3 (p)-0.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 30.0 29.9 31.5 33.9 36.2 (p)38.7

12-month % change

 -22.3 -21.7 -15.5 59.9 50.8 (p)37.2

Other Services(3)

 12.1 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 (p)12.6

12-month % change

 -9.0 -8.3 -6.2 32.3 19.2 (p)5.0

Government(3)

 45.3 46.5 46.9 47.4 48.5 (p)49.4

12-month % change

 -9.0 -8.3 -7.9 1.1 5.0 (p)9.8

Consumer Price Index: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

CPI-U, All items(4)

 246.008 247.387 248.984 251.491 253.934 254.974

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   0.7 1.2 2.6 4.6 4.7 4.7

CPI-W, All items(5)

 237.602 239.091 240.820 243.551 245.943 247.637

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   0.9 1.5 2.8 5.2 5.2 5.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary