Peoria Standard

Peoria County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 6,394 people out of the 182,439 living in Peoria County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Peoria County has decreased compared to the 7.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Peoria County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.2%.

Of the 81,470 people who had a job during that time, 130 were employed in the Armed Forces and 81,340 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	6,394	7.3%
Employed	81,470	92.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	81,340	92.6%
Employed in armed forces	130	0.1%