Chicago Heights, IL Unemployment Rate Report

Chicago Heights, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Chicago-Heights, Illinois has ranged from 3.2% in September 1994 to 20.6% in January 2010. The current unemployment rate for Chicago-Heights is 7.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Chicago Heights, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

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Chicago Heights, IL Current Unemployment - 7.3%

Chicago Heights, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	10.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	10.8%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	9.9%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	7.1%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	6.6%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	7.4%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.7%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	7.3%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	15.6%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	17.1%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	15.5%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	14.1%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	14.0%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	14.9%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	13.4%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	11.8%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	8.9%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	8.6%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	7.9%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	8.8%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	6.8%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.5%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	10.6%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	19.9%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.0%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	17.6%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	14.3%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	14.8%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	14.2%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	11.9%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	10.6%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	13.5%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	8.3%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	7.6%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	7.3%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.6%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.7%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.9%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.7%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.0%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.1%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.4%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.7%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.5%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	8.9%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	8.5%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.9%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.8%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.9%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.3%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.7%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.2%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.5%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.0%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.8%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	6.7%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	9.7%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.8%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	8.0%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.0%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.7%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	8.0%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	8.2%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	7.3%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	7.2%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.9%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.7%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	11.1%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	10.8%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	10.3%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	9.0%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.4%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.6%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.5%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.3%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.5%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	7.8%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.4%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.4%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	12.6%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	11.4%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	10.8%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	9.3%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.2%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.4%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.3%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.1%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.1%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.3%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	8.5%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	9.9%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	15.7%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	15.2%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	14.1%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	11.1%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	10.0%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.2%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	10.2%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.6%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	8.6%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	8.7%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.3%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	10.5%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	18.2%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	17.0%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	16.2%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	14.6%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	13.1%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	14.4%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	14.3%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	13.9%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	12.6%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	12.5%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	12.2%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	14.0%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	17.8%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	16.9%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	16.1%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	13.6%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	13.7%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	14.4%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	14.5%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	13.9%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	12.1%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	12.4%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	12.6%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	15.6%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	18.2%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	17.8%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	17.2%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	15.2%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	15.2%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	16.4%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	16.5%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	16.2%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	16.1%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	15.6%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	14.9%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	16.3%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	20.6%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	19.8%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	19.1%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	16.7%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	15.4%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	16.6%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	16.1%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	15.1%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.8%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	14.2%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	15.3%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	16.6%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	16.9%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	17.3%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	17.7%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	16.2%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	16.3%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	17.2%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	16.6%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	16.5%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	15.8%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	16.3%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	16.5%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	18.9%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	11.9%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.6%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	10.7%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	9.4%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	9.5%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	10.6%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	10.5%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	10.5%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	9.6%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	9.5%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	10.7%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	14.1%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	11.6%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	11.1%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	9.8%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	9.0%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	7.9%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	8.7%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	8.7%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.9%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.5%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	7.6%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	8.4%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	10.0%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	11.2%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	11.5%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	10.5%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	9.1%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	7.7%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	8.0%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.8%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	7.7%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.4%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.0%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.8%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	9.1%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	14.0%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	14.3%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	13.0%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	11.0%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	9.4%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	9.8%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	9.3%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	8.5%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	8.0%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.6%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	8.1%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	10.2%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	14.3%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	13.6%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	13.2%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	11.1%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	10.0%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	10.5%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	9.9%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	9.4%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	8.8%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	9.1%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	9.6%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	11.1%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	14.2%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	13.9%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	13.5%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	11.6%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	10.3%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	12.0%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	11.1%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	11.1%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	10.1%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	9.3%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	10.0%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	11.7%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	12.9%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	12.6%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	12.3%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	12.0%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	10.5%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	11.6%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	11.9%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	10.6%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	9.5%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	9.3%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	10.5%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	11.7%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	10.0%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	10.2%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	9.9%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	8.6%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	7.3%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	8.2%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	7.8%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.6%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.0%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.7%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.7%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	9.0%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	9.0%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.9%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	8.3%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	7.0%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.1%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.9%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	6.6%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.2%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.5%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.3%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.7%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	7.7%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	9.7%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	9.1%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.3%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.9%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.4%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	7.7%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.9%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	7.0%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.4%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.9%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.7%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.9%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	9.9%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.2%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	9.2%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	7.1%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.9%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.0%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.5%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.2%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.2%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.2%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.4%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.1%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	10.0%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	9.6%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	9.4%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.2%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.2%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.8%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.7%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.2%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.9%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.5%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.4%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	7.9%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	10.5%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.8%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.0%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	8.5%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	7.8%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	7.7%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.1%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.0%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.3%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.8%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.3%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.5%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	5.4%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.9%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.9%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.5%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.7%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.6%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.3%	5.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.0%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.0%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.5%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.8%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.5%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	6.8%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.6%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.3%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.7%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.8%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.0%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.3%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.6%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.2%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.3%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.2%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.7%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	6.9%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.6%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.4%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.8%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.9%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.9%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.3%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.2%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.5%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.7%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.8%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.0%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	6.5%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.6%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.2%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.9%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.7%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.2%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.7%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.4%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	4.9%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.4%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.1%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.5%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	5.7%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.0%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.0%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.4%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.2%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.8%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.4%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.3%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.4%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.6%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.0%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.5%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Chicago Heights, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	6.1%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.7%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.1%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.2%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.6%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.1%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.8%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.4%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.2%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.9%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.6%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.1%	6.2%	6.3%