Forest City Township, IL Unemployment Rate Report

Forest City Township, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Forest-City-Township, Illinois has ranged from 4.0% in October 2021 to 14.9% in January 2010. The current unemployment rate for Forest-City-Township is 4.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Forest City Township, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Forest City Township, IL Current Unemployment - 4.9%

Forest City Township, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	5.8%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.5%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.8%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.0%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.7%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.9%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.9%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	7.6%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.7%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.3%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.2%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.9%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.9%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.4%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.5%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.4%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.0%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.5%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	5.8%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.7%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.2%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.4%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.4%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.7%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.0%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.4%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.2%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.9%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.4%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.8%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	7.8%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.8%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.1%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.6%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.3%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.1%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.2%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.2%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.6%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.4%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.4%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.4%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	6.9%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.5%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.1%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.9%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.7%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.0%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.0%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.0%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.1%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.3%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.5%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	7.1%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	8.2%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.4%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.4%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.3%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.0%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.1%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	6.2%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	6.5%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.7%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.1%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.3%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.9%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	8.4%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.8%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.5%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.5%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.1%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.5%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	7.5%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.4%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.7%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.5%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.3%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.4%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	8.1%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.4%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.7%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.8%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.3%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.1%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.7%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.4%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.5%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.0%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.4%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.6%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	11.3%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	11.6%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.3%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.9%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.1%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.6%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.6%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.4%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.1%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.8%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.1%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.9%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	12.1%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	11.8%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.9%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	10.2%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	10.3%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	11.7%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	11.6%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	11.3%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	10.8%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	10.7%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	10.6%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	10.6%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	10.8%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.9%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.6%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.7%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.0%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.6%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.7%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.5%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.1%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.5%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.6%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.4%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	11.3%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.2%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.6%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.4%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.5%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.0%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.2%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.5%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.6%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.7%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	10.1%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.4%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	14.9%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	14.9%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	14.5%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.1%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.5%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	12.4%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.1%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.0%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.7%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.2%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.0%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.6%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	10.1%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.9%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.5%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	11.0%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.9%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.4%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	13.3%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	13.0%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	13.2%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	13.3%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	12.8%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	14.0%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	8.1%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.1%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.6%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.4%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.2%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.2%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.1%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	8.5%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.6%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.1%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.7%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.1%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	7.1%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.0%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.0%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.3%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.1%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.5%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.0%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.2%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.5%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.3%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.3%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.5%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	6.6%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.8%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.9%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.3%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.9%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.9%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.2%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.4%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.7%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.5%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.4%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.0%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	8.3%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.1%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.0%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.1%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.0%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.6%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.6%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.4%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.9%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.7%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.1%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.5%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	8.8%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.3%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.0%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.6%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.6%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.6%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	8.2%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.2%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.9%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	7.7%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	7.6%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.8%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	8.7%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.9%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.0%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.9%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.0%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.7%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.5%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.8%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.9%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.6%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.9%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.5%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	7.2%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.2%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.9%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.0%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.0%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.5%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.4%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.2%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.4%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.8%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.2%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.7%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	7.0%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.0%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.8%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.0%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.0%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.0%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.0%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.3%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.3%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.7%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.2%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.8%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	6.1%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.2%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.6%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.4%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.6%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.5%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.9%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.6%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.8%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.8%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.5%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.8%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	5.6%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.0%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.9%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.8%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.3%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	7.0%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.4%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.2%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.4%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.1%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.0%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.1%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	6.8%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	7.2%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.1%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.2%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.0%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.6%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.9%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.5%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.4%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.7%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.3%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.6%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	8.1%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.5%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.3%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.6%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.7%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.5%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.8%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.0%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.6%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.4%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.7%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.0%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	9.6%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.5%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.2%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.7%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.2%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.7%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.0%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.6%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.8%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	6.3%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.7%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.4%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	6.8%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.4%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.5%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.7%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.3%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.9%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.9%	5.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.1%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.2%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.5%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.4%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.2%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	8.7%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.0%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.9%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.2%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.4%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.5%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.4%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.6%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.7%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.8%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.4%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.4%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	12.4%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	12.4%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.6%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.1%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.2%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	9.3%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.4%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.5%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.1%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.2%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.1%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.3%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	13.2%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.5%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.1%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.9%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	10.3%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.2%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.1%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	10.3%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	9.5%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.1%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	9.3%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.2%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	9.2%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	9.8%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	11.0%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.9%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	10.1%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	9.6%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.5%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.4%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.0%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.6%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.3%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	12.7%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Forest City Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	7.8%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.6%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.9%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.1%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.8%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.1%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.8%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.2%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.5%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.5%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.0%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.4%	6.2%	6.3%