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Unemployment rate in Aurora

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 38 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Aurora · Illinois · United States · World
−1.1 pp since 2015
Aurora Illinois United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Aurora
4.6%
Illinois
4.6%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Aurora · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.6% · 2025
First value 7.6% · 1990
Highest 10.7% · 2009
Lowest 4.0% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearAuroraChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.6% −0.3 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.9% +0.4 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 4.5% +0.2 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.3% −1.4 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.7% −3.0 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.7% +4.7 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.0% −0.5 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.5% −0.2 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.7% −0.7 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.4% −0.3 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.7% −1.1 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.8% −2.0 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 8.8% ±0.0 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.8% −0.7 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.5% −1.1 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.6% −0.1 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.7% +4.1 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.6% +1.6 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.0% +0.6 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.4% −1.6 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 6.0% −0.4 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.4% −0.9 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.3% +0.5 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 6.8% +1.3 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.5% +1.2 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.3% −0.1 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 4.4% +0.2 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 4.2% −0.5 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 4.7% −1.3 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 6.0% +0.5 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 5.5% −1.1 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 6.6% −2.4 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 9.0% −1.2 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 10.2% +0.9 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 9.3% +1.7 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 7.6% 6.3% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
101 Quincy 3.2%
100 Highland Park 3.3%
99 Edwardsville 3.3%
98 Batavia 3.3%
97 Wheaton 3.4%
96 Vernon Hills 3.4%
95 Plainfield 3.4%
94 Normal 3.4%
93 Downers Grove 3.4%
92 Buffalo Grove 3.4%
91 Wilmette 3.5%
90 Naperville 3.5%
89 Gurnee 3.5%
88 Glenview 3.5%
87 Crystal Lake 3.5%
86 Arlington Heights 3.5%
85 St. Charles 3.6%
84 Park Ridge 3.6%
83 Northbrook 3.6%
82 Glen Ellyn 3.6%
81 Bartlett 3.6%
80 Algonquin 3.6%
79 Oswego 3.7%
78 O'Fallon 3.7%
77 Lombard 3.7%
…
49 Niles 4.2%
48 Romeoville 4.3%
47 Mundelein 4.3%
46 Aurora 4.3%
45 Addison 4.3%
44 Rock Island 4.4%
43 Homer Glen 4.4%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2022

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.