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Ford County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ford County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ford County economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.7% the month before

  • 6,259

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 13,396

    people in Ford County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $60,782

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ford County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ford County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Ford County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Charles Kirchner And Son1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ford County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Illinois workNet Center - Ford County

    Paxton · Affiliate · 217-850-0801

    By Appointment

Cities in Ford County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Ford County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.