Wards Grove Township, IL Unemployment Rate Report

Wards Grove Township, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Wards-Grove-Township, Illinois has ranged from 2.1% in August 1998 to 17.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Wards-Grove-Township is 3.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Wards Grove Township, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Wards Grove Township, IL Current Unemployment - 3.2%

Wards Grove Township, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	5.1%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.7%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.5%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.8%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.5%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.1%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.2%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.2%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	6.8%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.2%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.1%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.6%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.6%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.1%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.8%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.9%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.3%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.3%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.0%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.5%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	5.5%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.4%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.7%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.7%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	15.3%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.1%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.8%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.7%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.6%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.4%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.7%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.2%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	6.7%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.8%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.6%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.8%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.6%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.9%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.4%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.4%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.2%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.1%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.7%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	5.9%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.7%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.3%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.1%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.7%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.4%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.6%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.6%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.0%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.3%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	6.9%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.0%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.5%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.6%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.2%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.9%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.9%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.2%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.9%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.9%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.2%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	7.6%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.3%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.2%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.3%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.0%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.6%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.4%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.6%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.6%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.4%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.4%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.3%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	6.9%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.7%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.3%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.8%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.6%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.7%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.7%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.7%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.7%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.0%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.7%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.6%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	8.8%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	9.0%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.3%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.0%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.3%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.1%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.4%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.3%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.9%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.8%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.3%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.4%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	10.0%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.8%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.3%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.5%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.8%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.1%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.0%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.6%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.5%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.7%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.3%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.4%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	9.4%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.5%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.6%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.7%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.6%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.1%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.2%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.9%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.3%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.1%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.1%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.0%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	9.5%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.4%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.9%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.6%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.1%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.6%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.7%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.5%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.3%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.3%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.5%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.7%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	12.4%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	12.6%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.9%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.3%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.9%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.9%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.7%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.6%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	6.9%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.0%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.7%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.2%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	11.6%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.7%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.8%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.4%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.5%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.1%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.7%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.8%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.8%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.1%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.0%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.4%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	6.4%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.2%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.1%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.1%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.2%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.1%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.0%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.0%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.8%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.8%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.6%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.2%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	5.0%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.0%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.7%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.8%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.2%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.6%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.7%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.6%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.5%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.4%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.9%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.0%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	5.2%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.4%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.3%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.8%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.1%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.4%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.9%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.2%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.7%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.5%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.3%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.7%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	5.6%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.8%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.1%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.0%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.5%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.7%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.0%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.5%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.5%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.4%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.8%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.4%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	7.0%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.1%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.4%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.2%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.7%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.8%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.7%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.1%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.7%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.2%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.3%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.6%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	6.2%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.0%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.6%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.4%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.8%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.3%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.3%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.1%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.0%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.2%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.4%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.7%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	6.3%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.0%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.0%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.9%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.3%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.4%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.6%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.0%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.9%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.8%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.2%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.8%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	6.0%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.3%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.2%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.0%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.1%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.0%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.8%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.3%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.9%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.2%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.8%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.2%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	5.2%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.4%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.0%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.2%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.2%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.4%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.7%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.7%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.4%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.4%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.2%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.5%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	4.2%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.7%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.2%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.7%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.1%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.5%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.2%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.1%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.4%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.5%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.8%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.1%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	5.0%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.4%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.2%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.2%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.6%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.6%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.3%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.1%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.2%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.3%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.3%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.9%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	5.4%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.6%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.2%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.5%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.8%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.8%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.1%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.0%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.3%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.4%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.5%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.4%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	6.2%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.3%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.9%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.7%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.1%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.8%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	3.8%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.3%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.1%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.9%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.3%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.8%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	4.5%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.5%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.2%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.7%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.0%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.4%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.0%	5.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.2%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.1%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.6%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.6%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.8%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	5.2%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.6%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.4%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.4%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.8%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.8%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.9%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.0%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.7%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.5%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.4%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.7%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	6.7%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.3%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.1%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.8%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	3.9%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.8%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.0%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.7%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.4%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.3%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.2%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.4%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	9.3%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.1%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.8%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.2%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	4.6%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.2%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.7%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	3.5%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	3.6%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.0%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.8%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.8%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	6.6%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.6%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.4%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.5%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.5%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.7%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.7%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.0%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.9%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.9%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.2%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.1%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Wards Grove Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	4.9%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.4%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.4%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.1%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.8%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.3%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.8%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.4%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.5%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.8%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	3.9%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.0%	6.2%	6.3%