South Chicago Heights, IL Unemployment Rate Report

South Chicago Heights, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

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

South Chicago Heights, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

South Chicago Heights, IL Current Unemployment - 5.5%

South Chicago Heights, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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	South Chicago Heights, 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%