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Unemployment rate in Crystal Lake

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 74 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 · Crystal Lake · Illinois · United States · World
−1.1 pp since 2015
Crystal Lake 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
Crystal Lake
3.9%
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 Crystal Lake · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.9% · 2025
First value 5.1% · 1990
Highest 9.4% · 2009
Lowest 3.1% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCrystal LakeChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.9% −0.4 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.3% +0.7 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 3.6% +0.1 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.5% −0.9 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.4% −4.0 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.4% +5.3 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.1% −0.2 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.3% −0.8 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.1% −1.0 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.1% +0.1 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.0% −1.0 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.0% −1.9 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.9% −0.2 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.1% −0.9 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.0% −0.4 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.4% ±0.0 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.4% +3.7 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.7% +1.2 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.5% +0.7 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.8% −1.3 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.1% −0.2 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.3% −0.5 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.8% −0.1 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.9% +0.5 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.4% +1.4 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.0% +0.1 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.9% −0.4 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 4.3% −0.2 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 4.5% −0.4 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 4.9% +0.2 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.7% −0.1 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 4.8% −1.4 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 6.2% −0.6 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 6.8% +0.3 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 6.5% +1.4 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 5.1% 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
1 Dolton 9.0%
2 Chicago Heights 8.0%
3 Maywood 8.0%
4 Kankakee 7.9%
5 Harvey 7.8%
6 East St Louis 7.6%
7 Belvidere 6.9%
8 Round Lake Beach 6.9%
9 Rockford 6.7%
10 Park Forest 6.6%
11 Lansing 6.5%
12 Decatur 6.4%
13 Carpentersville 6.1%
14 Waukegan 6.0%
15 Zion 5.9%
16 Danville 5.8%
17 North Chicago 5.8%
18 Elgin 5.7%
19 Galesburg 5.7%
20 Hanover Park 5.4%
21 Joliet 5.4%
22 Burbank 5.3%
23 Melrose Park 5.3%
24 Oak Lawn 5.2%
25 Peoria 5.2%
…
84 Park Ridge 3.6%
85 St. Charles 3.6%
86 Arlington Heights 3.5%
87 Crystal Lake 3.5%
88 Glenview 3.5%
89 Gurnee 3.5%
90 Naperville 3.5%
…

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.