East St. Louis Township, IL Unemployment Rate Report

East St. Louis Township, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in East-St.-Louis-Township, Illinois has ranged from 3.0% in March 2020 to 15.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for East-St.-Louis-Township is 5.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

East St. Louis Township, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

East St. Louis Township, IL Current Unemployment - 5.1%

East St. Louis Township, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	5.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.1%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.2%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.4%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.9%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.0%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.1%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	7.6%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.6%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.7%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.3%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.8%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.8%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.6%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.4%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.5%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.9%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.6%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.5%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	4.0%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.0%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.9%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.9%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	14.0%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.2%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.4%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.3%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.3%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.2%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.1%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	5.8%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.1%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.0%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.8%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.5%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.8%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.7%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.1%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.1%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.9%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.0%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	5.3%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.1%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.9%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.2%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.3%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.4%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.4%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.2%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.7%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.9%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.8%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.2%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	6.1%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.4%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.0%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.3%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.1%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.4%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.5%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.9%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	7.0%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.7%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.6%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.8%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.5%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.1%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.3%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.4%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.0%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.7%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.3%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.5%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	7.4%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.7%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.5%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.7%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.2%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.6%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.9%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.6%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.4%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.5%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.6%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.4%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	9.8%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	9.8%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.9%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.1%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.5%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.8%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.2%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.8%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.9%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.8%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.0%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.3%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	10.9%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.4%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.7%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.6%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.2%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.3%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.3%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.2%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.7%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.9%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.6%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.3%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	9.9%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.8%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.2%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.4%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.0%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.0%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.5%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.2%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.2%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.2%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.2%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.6%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	9.9%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.7%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.1%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.5%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.9%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.1%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.6%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.7%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.3%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.2%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.6%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.5%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	11.7%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.6%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.0%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.9%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.7%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.3%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.7%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.4%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.5%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.5%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.8%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.3%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	10.2%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.5%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.0%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.3%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.0%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.0%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	11.6%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.7%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.4%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.3%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.3%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.5%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	7.0%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.0%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.0%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.5%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.6%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.6%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.4%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.9%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.7%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.9%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.5%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.8%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	6.2%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.5%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.7%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.9%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.2%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.9%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.4%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.3%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.3%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.3%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.4%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.5%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	6.4%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.8%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.3%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.4%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.4%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.7%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.0%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.0%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.1%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.2%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.3%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.2%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	7.0%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.7%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.0%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.5%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.6%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.3%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.5%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.9%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.2%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.5%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.7%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.1%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	7.6%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.4%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.8%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.0%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.2%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.5%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.2%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.2%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.5%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.8%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.4%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.3%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	7.4%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.1%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.5%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.0%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.5%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.0%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.5%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.6%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.4%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.3%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.8%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.7%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	6.4%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.4%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.8%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.6%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.5%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.9%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.9%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.6%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.2%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.1%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.3%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.1%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	5.8%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.7%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.9%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.4%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.1%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.2%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.0%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.4%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.1%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.6%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.5%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.3%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	4.8%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.1%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.8%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.1%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.2%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.9%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.0%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.0%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.7%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.7%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.3%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.6%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	5.1%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.2%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.5%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.2%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.3%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.3%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.2%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.6%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.2%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.1%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.1%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.9%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	5.9%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.8%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.4%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.1%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.4%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.7%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.9%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.6%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.2%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.3%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.8%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.4%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	6.0%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.7%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.0%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.9%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.1%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.9%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.9%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.1%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.1%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.8%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.8%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.0%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	6.4%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.8%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.2%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.7%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.2%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.9%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.1%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.4%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.1%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.2%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.1%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.9%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	5.9%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.8%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.3%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.9%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.3%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.9%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.9%	5.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.0%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.7%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.6%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.3%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.2%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	7.2%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.1%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.4%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.8%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.7%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.5%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.8%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.6%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.1%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.1%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.4%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.5%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	8.5%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.4%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.0%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.4%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.3%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.7%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.5%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.5%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.4%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.7%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.9%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.7%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	9.7%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.3%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.3%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.9%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.1%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.3%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.5%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.3%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.1%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.8%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.8%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.0%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	8.0%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.0%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.3%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.8%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.4%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.1%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.9%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.0%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.8%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.1%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.6%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.8%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	East St. Louis Township, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	6.7%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.7%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.3%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.8%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.0%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.5%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.3%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.3%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.4%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.0%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.8%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.5%	6.2%	6.3%