Rock Island Today

Rock Island County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4,694 people out of the 144,694 living in Rock Island County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Rock Island County has increased compared to the 5.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 66,893 people who had a job during that time, 147 were employed in the Armed Forces and 66,746 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4,694	6.6%
Employed	66,893	93.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	66,746	93.2%
Employed in armed forces	147	0.2%