Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety63#1,143/3,096
Economy58#1,321/3,143
Housing88#365/3,140
Health74#819/3,144
Healthcare53#1,463/3,143
Environment40#1,864/3,108
Education65#1,116/3,144
Infrastructure58#1,330/3,144
Community63#1,175/3,144
Leisure & amenities70#948/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bureau County, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low48 /100k
95/100Illinois 251 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
94/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high4.3 /10k
91/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Restaurants and bars · high16.0 /10k
90/100Illinois 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Distance to an Amtrak station · low8 mi
90/100Illinois 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Suicide rate · low16.2 /100k
90/100Illinois 11.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.70%
4/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low7.8 /1k
10/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
14/100Illinois 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.6 µg/m³
15/100Illinois 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Unemployment rate · high5.2%
15/100Illinois 4.6%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
20/100Illinois 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
2% (2021) → 42% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+40 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
4.1 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
3.9 /1k (2020) → 7.8 /1k (2025)
+100%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Violent crime rateImproving
157 /100k (2020) → 48 /100k (2025)
−70%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Mental health providersImproving
65 /100k (2021) → 102 /100k (2025)
+56%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+52%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bureau County, Illinois improved on 8 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 21 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

New businesses+100%3.9 /1k → 7.8 /1k
Violent crime−70%157 /100k → 48 /100k
Household income+29%$57,935 → $75,022
Students / teacher−1.2×13.1× → 11.9×
Weekly wage+26%$857 → $1,084

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Bureau County, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+28%	Within the margin of error	79%
Average commute time	20.5 min2015-2019	21.1 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	45%
Average weekly wage	$8572020	$1,0842025	+26%	Improved	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%2015-2019	21.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Broadband subscriptions	78.9%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	26%
Child poverty rate	14.0%2019	13.6%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Distance to an airport	88 mi2020	88 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	20.3 /100k2020	10.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−47%	Within the margin of error	73%
Effective property tax rate	1.95%2015-2019	1.70%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	83%
Firearm deaths	9.0 /100k2020	11.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+28%	Within the margin of error	17%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+2.2%	Within the margin of error	63%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	+2.2%	Within the margin of error	54%
High school diploma or higher	90.8%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	92%
Homicide rate	3.2 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,4512019	$62,5382024	+35%	Improved	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4212015-2019	0.4222020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$57,9352019	$75,0222024	+29%	Improved	73%
New business applications	3.9 /1k2020	7.8 /1k2025	+100%	Improved	91%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−39%	Within the margin of error	10%
Poverty rate	11.2%2019	9.2%2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Public libraries	4.3 /10k2019	4.3 /10k2024	+0.3%	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent as share of income	23.7%2015-2019	23.9%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	38.6%2015-2019	33.6%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Restaurants and bars	13.2 /10k2020	16.0 /10k2025	+21%	Within the margin of error	85%
Students per teacher	13.1×2019	11.9×2024	−1.2×	Improved	70%
Suicide rate	14.5 /100k2020	16.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Within the margin of error	33%
Traffic deaths	22.9 /100k2015-2019	28.0 /100k2020-2024	+22%	Within the margin of error	31%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	5.2%2025	−2.3 points	Improved	43%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.3%2019	7.3%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Violent crime rate	157 /100k2020	48 /100k2025	−70%	Improved	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Bureau County, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bureau County, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bureau County, Illinois itself moved +2.3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

32,866 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

14,028 households (±288)

Bureau County, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k15%2,119
$25k–50k20%2,783
$50k–75k19%2,663

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

14,028 households (±288)

Bureau County, Illinois
Illinois share

Own76%10,669
Rent24%3,359

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

15,826 workers (±304)

Bureau County, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone80%12,665
Carpool11%1,683
Public transit0.1%†20

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Ottawa, IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Bureau County has 699 employer establishments, 213 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Illinois's), with 9,051 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,520. The Census Bureau also counts 1,925 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 699; 1,925 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 213; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 9,051
Average annual pay: $51,520; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Bureau County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	50	15.3	0.83×About typical	609	$16,563	10
Specialty trade contractors	43	13.1	0.85×About typical	198	$83,545	163
Truck transportation	42	12.8	2.54×More than typical	361	$92,114	83
Ambulatory health care services	40	12.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	235	$77,409	66
Religious organizations	36	11	1.98×More than typical	171	$16,415	—
Full-service restaurants	27	8.2	1.07×About typical	282	$18,014	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	24	7.3	1.46×More than typical	126	$48,111	25
Insurance agencies and brokerages	22	6.7	1.53×More than typical	50	$75,000	39
Services to buildings and dwellings	22	6.7	1.00×About typical	106	$41,377	149
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	21	6.4	5.29×More than typical	81	$18,136	13
Banks and credit unions	20	6.1	1.89×More than typical	201	$58,234	—
Gasoline stations	20	6.1	1.88×More than typical	230	$32,622	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,748 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.9M on contracts performed in Bureau County, Illinois: $59.78 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.9M; −38% vs FY2025
Per resident: $59.78; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$1.9M100%

Top recipients

AMERICAN WATER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, LLC$1.9M100%

Spending by fiscal year

1.5MFY2017
2.8MFY2018
1.7MFY2019
2.4MFY2020
3.6MFY2021
1.9MFY2022
2.2MFY2023
3.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$1.9M100%

Largest awards

UTILITY PRIVATIZATION OF THE POTABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AT SCOTT AFB, IL.$55.1M
AMERICAN WATER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, LLC· Bureau County, IL· Facilities & utilities· Nov 29, 2016 – May 22, 2026· SP060007C8253

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $237.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Bureau County, Illinois: $7,316 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $237.9M; −7.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,316; US $12,955
Loan face value: $3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 6.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$155.1M65%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$16.4M6.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$13.9M5.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$13.3M5.6%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$9.7M4.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$7.5M3.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.1M1.7%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$3.3M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$8.2M3.5%
SPRINGFIELD, IL
DEPUE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #103$2.8M1.2%
DEPUE, IL
ARUKAH INSTITUTE OF HEALING INC$2.3M1.0%
PRINCETON, IL
BUREAU COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$1.7M0.7%
PRINCETON, IL
ILLINOIS VALLEY FOOD PANTRY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$189.5M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$15.1M6.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$12.9M5.4%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$8.2M3.5%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$2.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

228.3MFY2021
223.2MFY2022
246.2MFY2023
241.7MFY2024
257.3MFY2025
237.9MFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Bureau County, Illinois compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Bureau County, Illinois
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bureau County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
FY2017	$46.52	$1,436
FY2018	$84.86	$1,552
FY2019	$51.63	$1,654
FY2020	$73.71	$1,880
FY2021	$110	$1,810
FY2022	$56.94	$1,917
FY2023	$68.30	$2,079
FY2024	$115	$2,047
FY2025	$96.02	$2,165
FY2026	$59.78 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bureau County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
FY2017	$0.02	$93.28
FY2018	$38.97	$105
FY2019	-$4.33	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$42.47	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bureau County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$791	$5,748
FY2022	$926	$5,221
FY2023	$1,660	$5,364
FY2024	$1,238	$5,501
FY2025	$829	$5,732
FY2026	$524

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bureau County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$509	$298
FY2022	$722	$357
FY2023	$1,480	$301
FY2024	$931	$319
FY2025	$577	$360
FY2026	$253

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bureau County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$77.98	$239
FY2022	$68.54	$185
FY2023	$87.95	$229
FY2024	$79.36	$229
FY2025	$91.26	$249
FY2026	$82.67

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bureau County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$133	$2,304
FY2022	$41.22	$2,197
FY2023	$19.69	$2,274
FY2024	$41.63	$2,267
FY2025	$55.37	$2,397
FY2026	$9.23

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bureau County, Illinois and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
FY2021	$873	$1,186
FY2022	$75.93	$465
FY2023	$23.66	$76.52
FY2024	$198	$120
FY2025	$48.88	$148
FY2026	$4.52

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Bureau County, Illinois
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Bureau County, Illinois and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	−0.8%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2023, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/17011

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bureau County, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Bureau County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Ottawa, IL57Central county

Cities and towns in Bureau County

Places whose residents live mostly in Bureau County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/17011

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	−3.2%	−4.2%
2015	−1.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+3.3%
2018	+5.2%	+6.8%
2019	+7.3%	+10.5%
2020	+15.2%	+19.4%
2021	+23.1%	+26.1%
2022	+27.2%	+30.6%
2023	+34.9%	+35.0%
2024	+37.8%	+41.0%
2025	+45.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	+0.5%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.0%	+4.1%
2018	+4.7%	+8.9%
2019	+8.3%	+13.5%
2020	+21.8%	+20.8%
2021	+37.4%	+32.1%
2022	+36.1%	+35.4%
2023	+41.1%	+42.9%
2024	+43.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	0.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	−2.4%	−6.9%
2015	−4.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+4.7%
2018	+5.0%	+7.5%
2019	+8.5%	+14.0%
2020	+8.1%	+16.9%
2021	+15.0%	+21.0%
2022	+18.0%	+29.7%
2023	+25.2%	+34.9%
2024	+40.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	13.1%	15.5%
2015	12.6%	14.7%
2016	11.5%	14.0%
2017	10.7%	13.4%
2018	11.6%	13.1%
2019	11.2%	12.3%
2020	10.0%	11.9%
2021	12.1%	12.8%
2022	12.6%	12.6%
2023	11.4%	12.5%
2024	9.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	7.3%	6.2%
2015	6.4%	5.3%
2016	6.1%	4.9%
2017	4.9%	4.4%
2018	5.1%	3.9%
2019	4.6%	3.7%
2020	7.5%	8.1%
2021	5.1%	5.4%
2022	4.6%	3.7%
2023	5.7%	3.6%
2024	5.7%	4.0%
2025	5.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	+2.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+6.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+37.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+42.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+55.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+65.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+72.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	9.6%	13.5%
2015	6.4%	10.9%
2016	6.5%	10.0%
2017	6.1%	10.2%
2018	7.1%	10.4%
2019	7.3%	10.8%
2020	7.3%	10.4%
2021	7.8%	10.2%
2022	7.4%	9.5%
2023	5.9%	9.5%
2024	7.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Bureau County, Illinois	United States
2014	3.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	3.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	3.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	3.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	3.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	3.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	5.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	5.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.8/1k	16.6/1k

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