Mercer County Unemployment Rate At 4.3 Percent

The Mercer County unemployment rate at 4.3 percent. The number is for September and represents a 1.4 percent improvement from the same period a year ago, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Unemployment is also down from year over year levels in Henderson, Knox, Warren, Rock Island and Henry Counties mainly due to employment gains in the the Educational-Health Services and Construction sectors. Statewide the unemployment rate is at 4.6 percent. The national unemployment rate is 4.1 percent.  The highest unemployment rate in the region is 5.5 percent in Fulton County.