St. Clair County, IL Unemployment Rate Report

St. Clair County, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in St. Clair County, Illinois has ranged from 3.0% in March 2020 to 15.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for St. Clair County is 5.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

St. Clair County, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

St. Clair County, IL Current Unemployment - 5.1%

St. Clair County, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	5.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.1%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.2%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.4%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.0%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.1%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	7.6%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.6%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.7%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.3%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.8%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.8%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.6%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.4%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.5%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.9%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.6%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.5%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	4.0%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.0%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.9%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.9%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	14.0%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.2%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.4%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.3%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.3%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.2%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.1%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	5.8%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.1%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.0%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.8%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.5%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.8%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.7%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.1%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.1%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.9%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.0%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	5.3%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.1%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.9%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.2%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.3%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.4%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.4%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.2%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.7%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.9%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.8%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.2%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	6.1%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.4%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.0%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.3%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.1%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.4%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.5%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.9%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	7.0%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.7%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.6%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.8%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.5%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.1%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.3%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.4%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.0%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.7%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.3%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.5%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	7.4%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.7%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.5%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.7%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.2%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.6%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.9%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.6%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.4%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.5%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.6%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.4%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	9.8%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	9.8%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.9%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.1%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.5%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.8%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.2%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.8%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.9%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.8%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.0%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.3%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	10.9%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.4%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.7%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.6%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.2%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.3%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.3%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.2%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.7%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.9%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.6%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.3%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	9.9%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.8%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.2%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.4%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.0%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.0%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.5%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.2%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.2%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.2%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.2%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.6%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	9.9%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.7%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.1%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.5%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.9%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.1%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.6%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.7%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.3%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.2%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.6%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.5%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	11.7%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.6%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.0%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.9%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.7%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.3%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.7%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.4%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.5%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.5%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.8%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.3%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	10.2%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.5%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.0%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.3%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.0%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.0%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	11.6%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.7%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.4%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.3%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.3%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.5%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	7.0%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.0%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.0%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.5%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.6%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.6%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.4%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.9%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.7%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.9%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.5%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.8%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	6.2%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.5%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.7%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.9%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.2%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.9%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.4%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.3%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.3%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.3%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.4%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.5%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	6.4%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.8%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.3%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.4%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.4%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.7%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.0%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.0%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.1%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.2%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.3%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.2%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	7.0%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.7%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.0%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.5%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.6%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.3%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.5%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.9%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.2%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.5%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.7%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.1%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	7.6%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.4%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.8%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.0%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.2%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.5%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.2%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.2%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.5%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.8%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.4%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.3%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	7.4%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.1%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.5%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.0%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.5%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.0%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.5%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.6%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.4%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.3%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.8%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.7%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	6.4%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.4%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.8%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.6%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.5%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.9%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.9%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.6%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.2%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.1%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.3%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.1%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	5.8%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.7%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.9%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.4%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.1%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.2%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.0%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.4%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.1%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.6%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.5%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.3%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	4.8%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.1%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.8%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.1%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.2%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.9%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.0%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.0%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.7%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.7%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.3%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.6%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	5.1%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.2%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.5%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.2%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.3%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.3%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.2%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.6%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.2%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.1%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.1%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.9%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	5.9%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.8%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.4%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.1%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.4%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.7%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.9%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.6%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.2%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.3%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.8%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.4%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	6.0%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.7%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.0%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.9%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.1%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.9%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.9%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.1%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.1%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.8%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.8%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.0%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	6.4%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.8%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.2%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.7%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.2%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.9%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.1%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.4%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.1%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.2%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.1%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.9%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	5.9%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.8%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.3%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.9%	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	6.0%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.7%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.6%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.3%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.2%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	7.2%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.1%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.4%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.8%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.7%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.5%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.8%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.6%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.1%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.1%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.4%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.5%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	8.5%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.4%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.0%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.4%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.3%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.7%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.5%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.5%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.4%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.7%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.9%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.7%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	9.7%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.3%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.3%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.9%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.1%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.3%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.5%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.3%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.1%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.8%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.8%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.0%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	8.0%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.0%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.3%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.8%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.4%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.1%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.9%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.0%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.8%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.1%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.6%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.8%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Clair County, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	6.7%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.7%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.3%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.8%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.0%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.5%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.3%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.3%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.4%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.0%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.8%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.5%	6.2%	6.3%