Very High Unemployment Area
Equality, IL Current Unemployment - 6.0%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Equality, IL Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2022
5.5%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.3%
5.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.1%
4.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.6%
4.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.9%
4.5%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.4%
4.7%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.8%
4.8%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.0%
4.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2021
7.6%
8.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.6%
7.8%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.4%
7.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.2%
6.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.8%
6.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.8%
7.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.2%
6.6%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.5%
6.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.3%
5.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.9%
4.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.7%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.5%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2020
5.0%
4.0%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.5%
3.5%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.1%
4.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
15.0%
16.9%
14.7%
5 / 2020
12.6%
14.8%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.3%
14.6%
11.1%
7 / 2020
9.8%
11.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.0%
11.1%
8.4%
9 / 2020
8.4%
10.0%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.8%
6.5%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.7%
7.6%
6.7%
12 / 2020
5.5%
7.9%
6.7%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2019
6.3%
5.3%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.6%
4.7%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.4%
4.4%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.4%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.1%
3.5%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.6%
4.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.0%
4.2%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.2%
4.0%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.6%
3.5%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.1%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.4%
3.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.5%
3.5%
3.5%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2018
5.8%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.9%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.6%
4.4%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.7%
3.9%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.9%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.8%
4.7%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.1%
4.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.3%
4.3%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.3%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.4%
4.1%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.5%
4.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.8%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2017
7.2%
6.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.2%
5.6%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.8%
4.9%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.1%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.4%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.7%
5.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.8%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.9%
5.3%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.8%
4.6%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.1%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.5%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.9%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2016
8.3%
6.7%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.7%
6.5%
4.9%
3 / 2016
9.4%
6.3%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.4%
5.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.2%
5.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.2%
6.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.9%
5.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.7%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.1%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.9%
5.5%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.4%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.0%
5.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2015
6.6%
6.8%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.3%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.0%
6.0%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.6%
5.5%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.2%
5.8%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.6%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.0%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.2%
5.8%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.0%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.1%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.1%
5.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.9%
6.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2014
8.6%
8.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.0%
8.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.8%
8.2%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.2%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.8%
6.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.8%
7.1%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.1%
7.3%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.0%
6.9%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.8%
6.2%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.5%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.7%
6.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.9%
5.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2013
9.9%
10.4%
8.0%
2 / 2013
10.0%
9.9%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.6%
9.2%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.7%
8.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.2%
8.8%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.4%
9.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.3%
9.5%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.8%
9.1%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.1%
8.6%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.2%
8.7%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.1%
8.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.6%
8.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2012
8.8%
9.7%
8.3%
2 / 2012
8.7%
9.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
8.3%
9.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
7.3%
8.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
7.8%
8.6%
8.2%
6 / 2012
8.6%
9.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.2%
9.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
8.5%
9.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
7.9%
8.3%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.0%
8.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
7.9%
8.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.7%
9.1%
7.9%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2011
8.6%
10.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
8.5%
9.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
8.1%
9.5%
9.0%
4 / 2011
7.6%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.8%
9.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
9.2%
10.2%
9.1%
7 / 2011
9.7%
10.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
9.8%
10.3%
9.0%
9 / 2011
8.9%
9.8%
9.0%
10 / 2011
8.8%
9.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.5%
9.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
8.8%
9.2%
8.5%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2010
11.6%
12.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
11.1%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
10.3%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
9.3%
10.5%
9.9%
5 / 2010
9.2%
10.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
9.5%
10.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
9.9%
10.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
9.5%
10.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
8.7%
9.4%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.1%
9.3%
9.4%
11 / 2010
8.8%
9.4%
9.8%
12 / 2010
8.5%
9.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2009
9.3%
8.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
9.9%
9.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
9.3%
9.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
8.7%
9.6%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.0%
9.9%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.4%
10.7%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.5%
10.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.3%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.5%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.4%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.3%
10.4%
9.9%
12 / 2009
10.3%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2008
8.1%
6.0%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.6%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.8%
5.7%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.4%
5.2%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.1%
6.0%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.7%
6.7%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.6%
6.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.7%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.8%
6.2%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.0%
6.4%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.0%
6.6%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.3%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2007
5.7%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 2007
5.7%
5.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.1%
4.6%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.4%
4.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.4%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.1%
5.2%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.9%
5.3%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.3%
5.1%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.7%
4.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.2%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.4%
4.8%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.5%
5.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2006
6.6%
5.4%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.9%
5.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.2%
4.9%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.7%
4.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.2%
4.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.8%
4.7%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.9%
4.8%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.2%
4.5%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.7%
4.0%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.1%
3.6%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.8%
3.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.7%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2005
7.2%
6.4%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.2%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.2%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.6%
5.7%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.1%
5.6%
5.1%
6 / 2005
6.3%
6.0%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.2%
5.8%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.5%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.1%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.0%
5.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.2%
5.2%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.2%
5.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2004
8.7%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.3%
6.8%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.0%
6.7%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.8%
6.0%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.1%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.2%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.9%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.4%
6.1%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.2%
5.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.5%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.3%
5.8%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.5%
5.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2003
8.0%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.9%
7.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.6%
6.9%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.9%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.2%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.2%
7.5%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.2%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.0%
7.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.4%
6.6%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.6%
6.3%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.4%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.2%
6.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2002
7.2%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.5%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.3%
6.7%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.7%
6.5%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.3%
6.3%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.0%
7.0%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.1%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.5%
6.5%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.5%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.7%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.6%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.3%
6.4%
6.0%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2001
6.9%
5.4%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.5%
5.4%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.2%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.6%
5.0%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.2%
4.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.7%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.5%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.2%
5.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.1%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.3%
5.3%
5.3%
11 / 2001
5.9%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.1%
6.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 2000
6.4%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.9%
4.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.4%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.0%
4.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.3%
4.1%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.8%
4.5%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.6%
4.5%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.9%
4.5%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.9%
4.0%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.6%
3.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.9%
4.2%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.9%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1999
6.4%
4.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.5%
4.7%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.2%
4.2%
4.2%
4 / 1999
4.6%
4.2%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.8%
4.1%
4.2%
6 / 1999
5.7%
4.8%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.1%
4.8%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.5%
4.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.4%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.1%
4.0%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.7%
4.0%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.3%
4.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1998
7.9%
5.4%
4.6%
2 / 1998
8.3%
5.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
8.0%
5.0%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.1%
3.9%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.9%
3.9%
4.4%
6 / 1998
8.0%
4.7%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.3%
4.1%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.5%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.5%
4.3%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.6%
4.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.8%
4.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.2%
4.1%
4.4%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1997
7.3%
5.9%
5.3%
2 / 1997
7.4%
5.6%
5.2%
3 / 1997
6.8%
5.3%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.9%
4.6%
5.1%
5 / 1997
6.2%
4.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
6.2%
4.8%
5.0%
7 / 1997
6.1%
4.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.9%
4.5%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.8%
4.5%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.5%
4.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.7%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.5%
4.7%
4.7%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1996
10.3%
6.2%
5.6%
2 / 1996
9.3%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.2%
5.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
6.8%
5.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
8.0%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.3%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.9%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
7.9%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 1996
7.0%
4.8%
5.2%
10 / 1996
6.5%
4.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
6.8%
4.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
6.4%
4.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1995
10.6%
5.7%
5.6%
2 / 1995
10.0%
5.5%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.2%
5.3%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.7%
5.5%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.7%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 1995
9.0%
5.2%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.5%
5.3%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.2%
5.2%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.3%
4.8%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.6%
4.7%
5.5%
11 / 1995
9.4%
4.7%
5.6%
12 / 1995
9.4%
5.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1994
17.1%
7.6%
6.6%
2 / 1994
14.3%
7.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
12.9%
6.8%
6.5%
4 / 1994
11.6%
6.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
12.9%
5.5%
6.1%
6 / 1994
13.8%
5.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
12.9%
5.8%
6.1%
8 / 1994
14.5%
5.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
13.7%
5.0%
5.9%
10 / 1994
13.0%
5.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
12.4%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1994
11.3%
4.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1993
11.8%
8.5%
7.3%
2 / 1993
12.9%
8.5%
7.1%
3 / 1993
11.6%
8.1%
7.0%
4 / 1993
9.9%
7.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
10.2%
7.7%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.3%
8.1%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.3%
7.6%
6.9%
8 / 1993
12.1%
7.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
16.9%
6.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
17.6%
6.7%
6.8%
11 / 1993
17.2%
6.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
15.3%
6.2%
6.5%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1992
13.5%
9.3%
7.3%
2 / 1992
14.9%
9.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
13.4%
8.7%
7.4%
4 / 1992
11.9%
8.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
11.7%
8.1%
7.6%
6 / 1992
13.0%
8.6%
7.8%
7 / 1992
13.1%
8.0%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.6%
7.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
11.1%
6.9%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.5%
6.3%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.8%
6.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
11.8%
7.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1991
8.1%
7.2%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.5%
7.3%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.2%
7.3%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.2%
6.5%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.3%
6.7%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.7%
7.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.4%
7.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.1%
7.1%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.5%
7.0%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.9%
7.2%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.0%
7.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
10.7%
8.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Equality, IL%
Illinois%
National %
1 / 1990
9.8%
6.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
9.3%
6.7%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.4%
6.3%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.1%
6.0%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.5%
5.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
8.2%
5.9%
5.2%
7 / 1990
8.1%
6.1%
5.5%
8 / 1990
8.7%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.5%
6.1%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.7%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.9%
5.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.3%
6.2%
6.3%