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Unemployment rate in Carpentersville

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 13 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Carpentersville · Illinois · United States · World
−1.1 pp since 2015
Carpentersville 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
Carpentersville
6.0%
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 Carpentersville · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 6.0% · 2025
First value 8.6% · 1990
Highest 13.1% · 2010
Lowest 5.3% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCarpentersvilleChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 6.0% −0.3 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 6.3% −0.1 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 6.4% +0.3 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 6.1% −1.1 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 7.2% −3.0 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 10.2% +4.9 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 5.3% −0.6 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.9% +0.4 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.5% −0.7 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 6.2% −0.9 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 7.1% −1.0 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 8.1% −2.1 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 10.2% −0.3 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 10.5% −1.4 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 11.9% −1.2 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 13.1% +0.1 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 13.0% +4.6 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 8.4% +2.3 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 6.1% +0.6 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 5.5% −1.8 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 7.3% −0.6 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 7.9% −0.8 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 8.7% +0.7 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 8.0% +0.7 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 7.3% +1.5 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 5.8% −0.6 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 6.4% −0.1 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 6.5% ±0.0 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 6.5% −0.8 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 7.3% −0.1 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 7.4% −1.7 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 9.1% −1.2 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 10.3% −1.4 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 11.7% +1.1 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 10.6% +2.0 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 8.6% 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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
57 Addison 3.9%
69 Algonquin 3.7%
22 Alton 5.3%
99 Arlington Heights 3.3%
34 Aurora 4.5%
90 Bartlett 3.4%
52 Batavia 4.0%
23 Belleville 5.3%
5 Belvidere 7.3%
37 Berwyn 4.4%
60 Bloomington 3.8%
61 Bolingbrook 3.8%
62 Buffalo Grove 3.8%
33 Burbank 4.6%
24 Carbondale 5.3%
86 Carol Stream 3.5%
15 Carpentersville 6.4%
40 Champaign 4.3%
35 Chicago 4.5%
10 Chicago Heights 6.8%
41 Cicero 4.3%
47 Collinsville 4.2%
80 Crystal Lake 3.6%
6 Danville 7.0%
27 DeKalb 5.0%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2023

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.