Adams County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Adams County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 16 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Adams County economy

2.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
33,144
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,166
people in Adams County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,962
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Adams County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 1.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 2.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.9%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+414 jobs)

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Adams County layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Adams 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.

Duly Health and Care2 open roles
Phibro Animal Health2 open roles
Quincy Medical Group2 open roles
Burrell Behavioral Health1 open role
EDI Staffing1 open role
Philip Morris International1 open role
Rush Enterprises1 open role
SERVPRO of Quincy1 open role
Townsquare Media1 open role
United Rentals1 open role

Colleges in Adams County

Colleges in Adams County
College	City	Type	Students
Quincy University	Quincy	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences	Quincy	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Illinois? How to file for unemployment in Illinois (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Two Rivers Regional Council
Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Pike, Schuyler, Warren

Quincy Workforce Service Center
Quincy · Comprehensive · 217-224-8171
Closed to the public; open by appointment

Cities in Adams County

Quincy16 jobs

Other Illinois counties

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

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