River Forest Township, IL Unemployment Rate Report

River Forest Township, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in River-Forest-Township, Illinois has ranged from 2.9% in December 2019 to 18.1% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for River-Forest-Township is 5.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

River Forest Township, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

River Forest Township, IL Current Unemployment - 5.5%

River Forest Township, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	5.6%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.3%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.5%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.6%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.4%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.4%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.5%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	9.8%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.5%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	8.4%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.7%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.5%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.8%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	8.0%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.2%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.9%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.7%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.0%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.7%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	3.6%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.8%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	18.1%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	16.4%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	17.4%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.8%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	13.9%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	12.9%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.4%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.8%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	9.3%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	4.8%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.3%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.0%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.7%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.2%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.0%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.3%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.4%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.1%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.9%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	5.1%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.8%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.0%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.7%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.4%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.2%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.8%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.0%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.6%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.8%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	5.9%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.4%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.7%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.7%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.7%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.5%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.5%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.8%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.0%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.9%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.7%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.5%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	6.6%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.6%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.3%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.2%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.6%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.5%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.2%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.2%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.9%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.9%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.3%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.2%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	7.0%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.7%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.2%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.0%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.3%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.6%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.5%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.1%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.7%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.9%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.9%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.0%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	9.1%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	9.2%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.5%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.4%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.4%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.7%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.8%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.3%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.6%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.5%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.3%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.0%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	10.8%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.3%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.7%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.4%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.6%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.5%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.2%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.8%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.2%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.2%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.7%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.6%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	10.2%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.0%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.6%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.2%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.5%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.3%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.4%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.0%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.0%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.2%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.9%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.6%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	10.6%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.3%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.0%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.0%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.3%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.3%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.3%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.1%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.6%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.4%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.7%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.7%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	12.3%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	12.0%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.6%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	11.2%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.7%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.1%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.2%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.8%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.0%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.9%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.0%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.7%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	8.8%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.7%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.9%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.0%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.4%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.2%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	11.2%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.1%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.0%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.2%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.8%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.3%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	6.0%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.9%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.6%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.4%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.3%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.0%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.9%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.0%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.4%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.6%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.6%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.5%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	5.4%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.2%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.6%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.1%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.0%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.8%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.8%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.4%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.2%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.1%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.0%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.4%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	5.6%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.5%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.0%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.2%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.8%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.2%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.2%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.9%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.4%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.0%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.2%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.4%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	6.8%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.1%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.6%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.8%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.6%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.1%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.7%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.1%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.2%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.7%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.7%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.4%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	7.3%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.0%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.1%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.8%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.8%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.3%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.1%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.8%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.5%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.5%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.5%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.3%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	7.9%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.6%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.5%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.3%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.3%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.5%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.0%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.8%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.4%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.9%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.8%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.5%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	7.9%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.7%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.7%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.9%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.6%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.3%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.2%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.6%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.1%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.2%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.3%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.2%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	5.7%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.7%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.0%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.9%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.6%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.3%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.0%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.2%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.9%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.1%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.5%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.8%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	5.0%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.0%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.0%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.7%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.8%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.2%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.2%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.0%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.5%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.2%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.6%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.8%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	5.0%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.0%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.6%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.2%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.1%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.9%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.7%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.2%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.0%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.7%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.6%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.5%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	6.0%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.5%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.5%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.7%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.8%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.7%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.0%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.3%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.4%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.1%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.8%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.6%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	6.3%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.0%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.0%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.6%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.3%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.9%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.7%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.5%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.6%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.4%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.3%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.4%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	6.6%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.1%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.0%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.2%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.4%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.4%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.6%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.9%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.6%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.4%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.3%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.4%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	6.3%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.9%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.0%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.7%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.2%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.2%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.3%	5.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.1%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.7%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.4%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.2%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.4%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	8.4%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.7%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.5%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.0%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.5%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.7%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.7%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.4%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.9%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.9%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.3%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.1%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	9.1%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.0%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.8%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.8%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	9.2%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	9.6%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.0%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.4%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.5%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.0%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.3%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.0%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	10.0%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.8%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.4%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.1%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.4%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.9%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.1%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.4%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.1%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.3%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.8%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.1%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	7.8%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.6%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.8%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.4%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.8%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.3%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.2%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.2%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.3%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.5%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.0%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.4%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	River Forest Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	7.3%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.1%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.9%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.1%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.9%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.1%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.3%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.4%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.3%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.9%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.8%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.0%	6.2%	6.3%