Very High Unemployment Area
East Chicago, IN Current Unemployment - 8.1%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
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2008
2007
2006
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1990
East Chicago, IN Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2022
6.7%
2.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
7.4%
2.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.6%
2.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.3%
2.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.1%
2.5%
3.6%
6 / 2022
7.9%
3.2%
3.6%
7 / 2022
9.1%
3.5%
3.5%
8 / 2022
8.1%
3.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2021
12.1%
4.7%
6.3%
2 / 2021
12.3%
4.7%
6.2%
3 / 2021
12.5%
4.7%
6.0%
4 / 2021
13.4%
4.2%
6.1%
5 / 2021
13.8%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
12.8%
4.7%
5.9%
7 / 2021
13.9%
3.7%
5.4%
8 / 2021
11.0%
3.3%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.4%
2.9%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.8%
2.5%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.5%
2.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.2%
1.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2020
7.2%
3.6%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.7%
3.4%
3.5%
3 / 2020
7.0%
3.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
22.0%
17.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
18.7%
11.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
20.8%
11.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
15.5%
9.1%
10.2%
8 / 2020
13.2%
6.5%
8.4%
9 / 2020
13.2%
5.8%
7.9%
10 / 2020
13.0%
4.8%
6.9%
11 / 2020
12.1%
4.8%
6.7%
12 / 2020
10.3%
4.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2019
8.2%
4.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
7.7%
3.9%
3.8%
3 / 2019
10.2%
3.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
7.0%
2.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.6%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.8%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.8%
3.5%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.1%
3.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.9%
2.8%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.0%
3.0%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.8%
3.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
6.9%
3.0%
3.5%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2018
7.0%
3.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.9%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.2%
3.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.9%
3.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.9%
3.2%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.5%
3.8%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.5%
3.6%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.7%
3.6%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.9%
3.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.4%
3.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.3%
3.4%
3.7%
12 / 2018
7.0%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2017
8.4%
4.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.6%
4.3%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.7%
3.7%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.7%
2.9%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.5%
3.2%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.8%
3.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
7.2%
3.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.3%
4.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.8%
3.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.6%
3.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.1%
3.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.4%
3.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2016
9.2%
5.1%
4.9%
2 / 2016
9.9%
5.1%
4.9%
3 / 2016
10.3%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
9.2%
4.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.6%
4.1%
4.8%
6 / 2016
9.2%
4.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.8%
4.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.6%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.5%
4.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
8.5%
4.0%
4.9%
11 / 2016
8.1%
3.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
8.3%
3.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2015
11.1%
6.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
11.0%
5.7%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.8%
5.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.6%
4.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.3%
4.8%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.8%
4.9%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.5%
4.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
9.1%
4.5%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.1%
4.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.9%
4.3%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.3%
4.5%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.4%
4.5%
5.0%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2014
10.7%
6.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.9%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.8%
6.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.6%
5.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.9%
5.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.6%
5.9%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.8%
6.1%
6.2%
8 / 2014
11.3%
5.9%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.8%
5.3%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.7%
5.4%
5.7%
11 / 2014
10.5%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
10.8%
5.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2013
13.6%
9.5%
8.0%
2 / 2013
13.0%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.7%
8.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.8%
7.5%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.1%
7.8%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.9%
8.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.5%
7.7%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.3%
7.3%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.9%
6.8%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.5%
6.9%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.5%
6.6%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.4%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2012
12.4%
9.2%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.9%
9.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.2%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.0%
7.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.8%
8.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
14.9%
8.5%
8.2%
7 / 2012
15.4%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.1%
8.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.0%
7.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.3%
7.9%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.6%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
12.0%
8.5%
7.9%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2011
13.6%
10.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.7%
9.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.8%
9.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.1%
8.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
11.8%
8.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
14.5%
9.3%
9.1%
7 / 2011
15.1%
9.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
15.6%
9.4%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.8%
9.0%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.4%
8.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
11.6%
8.7%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.9%
8.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2010
15.1%
11.8%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.5%
11.8%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.5%
11.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.5%
10.6%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.7%
10.3%
9.6%
6 / 2010
15.2%
10.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
16.0%
10.3%
9.4%
8 / 2010
15.2%
10.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.8%
9.5%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.2%
9.3%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.5%
9.6%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.7%
9.2%
9.3%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2009
13.3%
9.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.0%
10.4%
8.3%
3 / 2009
14.5%
10.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
13.7%
9.9%
9.0%
5 / 2009
14.0%
10.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
15.2%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
15.6%
10.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
15.8%
10.3%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.8%
10.0%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.4%
10.2%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.8%
10.1%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.0%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2008
8.2%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.1%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.9%
5.4%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.7%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.8%
5.2%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.3%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2008
10.0%
6.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
10.6%
6.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.2%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.6%
6.2%
6.5%
11 / 2008
10.9%
6.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
12.9%
8.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2007
8.7%
5.4%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.5%
5.3%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.4%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.8%
4.4%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.3%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.5%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.6%
4.6%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.3%
4.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.7%
4.2%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.5%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.1%
4.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.9%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2006
8.5%
5.4%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.7%
5.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
9.2%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 2006
8.2%
5.0%
4.7%
5 / 2006
8.1%
5.1%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.8%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.6%
5.4%
4.7%
8 / 2006
9.0%
5.1%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.9%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.5%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.9%
4.6%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.7%
4.6%
4.4%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2005
9.6%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 2005
10.8%
6.5%
5.4%
3 / 2005
10.3%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
9.0%
5.3%
5.2%
5 / 2005
9.8%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
10.3%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
10.5%
5.4%
5.0%
8 / 2005
10.4%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
9.2%
5.2%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.6%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
8.7%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
8.3%
5.2%
4.9%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2004
14.4%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2004
14.2%
5.8%
5.6%
3 / 2004
14.7%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
12.9%
5.0%
5.6%
5 / 2004
13.1%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 2004
13.7%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 2004
12.8%
5.5%
5.5%
8 / 2004
13.0%
5.1%
5.4%
9 / 2004
12.0%
4.8%
5.4%
10 / 2004
12.5%
5.1%
5.5%
11 / 2004
12.7%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
12.9%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2003
13.2%
5.5%
5.8%
2 / 2003
13.2%
5.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
13.1%
5.5%
5.9%
4 / 2003
11.8%
5.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
12.3%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
13.7%
5.7%
6.3%
7 / 2003
13.2%
5.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
13.7%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2003
11.4%
5.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
12.1%
4.8%
6.0%
11 / 2003
12.6%
5.0%
5.8%
12 / 2003
13.1%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2002
15.8%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2002
15.8%
5.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
15.7%
5.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
14.8%
5.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
12.8%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2002
14.1%
5.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
13.2%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2002
12.8%
5.0%
5.7%
9 / 2002
11.3%
4.4%
5.7%
10 / 2002
11.3%
4.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.9%
4.9%
5.9%
12 / 2002
11.7%
4.8%
6.0%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2001
9.6%
4.1%
4.2%
2 / 2001
9.8%
4.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
10.5%
4.2%
4.3%
4 / 2001
9.8%
3.7%
4.4%
5 / 2001
9.4%
3.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
10.4%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
9.9%
4.1%
4.6%
8 / 2001
10.8%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
9.9%
4.1%
5.0%
10 / 2001
10.5%
4.5%
5.3%
11 / 2001
11.7%
5.0%
5.5%
12 / 2001
12.9%
5.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2000
9.5%
3.6%
4.0%
2 / 2000
10.1%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
10.2%
3.8%
4.0%
4 / 2000
8.4%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
8.5%
3.2%
4.0%
6 / 2000
8.9%
3.3%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.4%
3.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
8.3%
3.1%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.4%
2.3%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.1%
2.2%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.2%
2.7%
3.9%
12 / 2000
7.5%
2.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1999
7.6%
3.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
8.1%
3.5%
4.4%
3 / 1999
7.9%
3.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
7.1%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
7.1%
2.8%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.5%
3.1%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.5%
2.9%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.2%
3.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.1%
2.9%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.9%
2.8%
4.1%
11 / 1999
7.5%
3.1%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.8%
3.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1998
8.5%
3.8%
4.6%
2 / 1998
8.3%
3.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
8.9%
3.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.0%
2.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.1%
2.7%
4.4%
6 / 1998
6.8%
3.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
5.5%
2.9%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.1%
3.0%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.0%
3.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.1%
2.9%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.5%
3.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
7.4%
3.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1997
8.0%
3.9%
5.3%
2 / 1997
8.2%
3.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.3%
4.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
8.0%
3.3%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.8%
3.4%
4.9%
6 / 1997
7.7%
3.6%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.4%
3.4%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.9%
3.6%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.3%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.2%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
7.2%
3.2%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.1%
3.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1996
11.8%
5.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
11.1%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
10.7%
4.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
10.4%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.4%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.8%
4.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
9.4%
4.2%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.8%
3.6%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.0%
3.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.7%
3.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.4%
3.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
7.2%
3.3%
5.4%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1995
11.9%
4.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
11.8%
4.8%
5.4%
3 / 1995
13.0%
5.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
13.1%
5.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
12.5%
4.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
11.2%
4.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
10.8%
4.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
11.1%
4.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
10.6%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
10.5%
4.1%
5.5%
11 / 1995
11.2%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.8%
4.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1994
14.3%
5.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
13.6%
5.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
13.3%
5.7%
6.5%
4 / 1994
12.5%
5.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
12.1%
4.7%
6.1%
6 / 1994
12.1%
4.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.1%
5.0%
6.1%
8 / 1994
11.3%
4.8%
6.0%
9 / 1994
10.6%
4.3%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.5%
4.4%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.8%
4.1%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.2%
4.0%
5.5%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1993
15.1%
6.9%
7.3%
2 / 1993
15.7%
6.9%
7.1%
3 / 1993
13.8%
6.4%
7.0%
4 / 1993
14.2%
6.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
15.1%
6.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
15.2%
6.3%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.1%
4.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.6%
4.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.1%
3.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
11.0%
4.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
10.6%
4.3%
6.6%
12 / 1993
11.3%
4.7%
6.5%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1992
13.4%
6.9%
7.3%
2 / 1992
14.9%
7.2%
7.4%
3 / 1992
15.3%
7.0%
7.4%
4 / 1992
14.7%
6.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
15.9%
6.8%
7.6%
6 / 1992
16.5%
7.2%
7.8%
7 / 1992
14.8%
6.9%
7.7%
8 / 1992
14.4%
6.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
13.4%
6.1%
7.6%
10 / 1992
13.2%
5.5%
7.3%
11 / 1992
13.1%
5.9%
7.4%
12 / 1992
13.2%
6.1%
7.4%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1991
11.2%
6.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
12.3%
7.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
12.5%
7.5%
6.8%
4 / 1991
11.6%
5.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
13.6%
6.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
13.4%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
12.2%
5.6%
6.8%
8 / 1991
11.5%
5.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.4%
5.0%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.8%
5.1%
7.0%
11 / 1991
11.2%
5.4%
7.0%
12 / 1991
12.0%
5.8%
7.3%
Month/Year
East Chicago, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1990
11.1%
5.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.9%
6.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.2%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
11.5%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
11.9%
5.1%
5.4%
6 / 1990
10.5%
4.8%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.7%
4.8%
5.5%
8 / 1990
11.5%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1990
10.3%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
10.5%
4.7%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.3%
5.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
11.1%
5.6%
6.3%