New Salem Township, IL Unemployment Rate Report

New Salem Township, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New-Salem-Township, Illinois has ranged from 1.5% in April 1997 to 11.6% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for New-Salem-Township is 5.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

New Salem Township, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

New Salem Township, IL Current Unemployment - 5.0%

New Salem Township, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	4.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.2%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.0%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.2%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.6%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.1%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.3%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.0%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	6.7%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.5%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.3%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.7%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.4%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.4%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.9%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.4%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.9%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.7%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.3%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.5%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	3.9%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.2%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.9%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.6%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.0%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.1%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.6%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.2%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.1%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.6%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.7%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.2%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	5.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.9%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.9%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.0%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.7%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.8%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.2%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.7%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	5.2%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.9%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.7%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.1%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.4%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.4%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.2%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.3%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.7%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.3%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.7%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	6.5%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.6%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.2%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.0%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.1%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.0%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	6.4%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.4%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.6%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.4%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	6.8%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.6%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.3%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.6%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.5%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.6%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	9.3%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.8%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.5%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.5%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.0%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.4%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	6.7%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.0%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.7%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.9%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.4%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.9%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.4%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.4%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.0%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.7%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.9%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.9%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	7.8%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.0%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.5%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.6%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.5%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.9%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.4%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.4%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.7%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.9%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.8%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.5%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	9.1%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.7%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.1%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.1%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.8%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.2%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.1%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.8%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.7%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.0%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.7%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.5%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	8.3%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.5%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.1%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.2%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.8%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.2%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.7%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.4%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.8%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.2%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.2%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.6%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	8.6%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.6%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.0%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.2%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	6.9%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.2%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.3%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.5%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.8%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.6%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.2%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.2%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	11.1%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.9%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.0%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.8%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.6%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.8%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.0%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.5%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.4%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.3%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.3%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	6.8%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	7.6%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.2%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.6%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.7%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.1%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.9%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.3%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.4%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.2%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.2%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.5%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.7%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	5.3%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.0%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.4%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.9%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.3%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.0%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.1%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.0%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.0%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.5%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.4%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.8%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	4.6%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.2%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.8%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.4%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.5%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.3%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.9%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.7%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.0%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.8%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.0%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.4%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	4.7%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.7%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.4%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.6%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.5%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.8%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.7%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.6%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.4%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.0%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.3%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.4%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	5.4%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.3%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.4%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.9%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.0%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.5%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.9%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.0%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.3%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.0%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.3%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.5%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	6.1%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.7%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.6%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.5%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.8%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.0%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.3%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.3%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.2%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.1%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.5%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.4%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	5.4%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.4%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.1%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.1%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.6%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.4%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.7%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.9%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.8%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.2%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.3%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.3%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	5.7%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.0%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.8%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.3%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.6%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.9%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.2%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.2%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.9%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.9%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.3%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.5%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	4.8%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.8%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.7%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.0%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.2%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.1%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.4%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.6%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.7%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.7%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.0%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.4%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	3.8%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.1%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.8%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.4%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.1%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.6%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.5%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.8%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.5%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.5%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.1%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.0%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	2.6%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.7%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.2%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	1.7%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.8%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.6%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.8%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.5%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.0%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.9%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.2%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.2%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	3.0%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	2.7%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	2.5%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	1.6%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	1.7%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	2.5%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.9%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.0%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	1.6%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.6%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	1.7%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.8%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	2.6%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	2.4%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.2%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	1.5%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	1.5%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.6%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	2.1%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.0%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.7%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.6%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.8%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	1.9%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	2.9%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	2.6%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	2.7%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	1.7%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.0%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	2.4%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.6%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	2.2%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.7%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.6%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	1.7%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.1%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	2.9%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	2.5%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	2.7%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	1.8%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.0%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.6%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.9%	5.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.6%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	1.7%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	1.9%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.0%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.3%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	3.6%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.1%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	2.9%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.2%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	2.0%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.9%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.1%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.9%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	1.8%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	1.8%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	1.7%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	1.9%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	4.5%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	4.0%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.3%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	2.9%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	2.5%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.9%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.9%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.6%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.2%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.3%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.3%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.5%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	4.9%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	4.3%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	3.8%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.1%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.0%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.9%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.7%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	4.4%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.4%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.3%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.5%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	2.7%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	4.5%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.1%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.1%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.3%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.8%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.5%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.0%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.4%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.5%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.7%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	2.8%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.3%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Salem Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	4.3%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.7%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.2%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.1%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.7%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.6%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.7%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	2.9%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.2%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.5%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	2.6%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	3.3%	6.2%	6.3%