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Unemployment rate in Glendale Heights

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 58 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 · Glendale Heights · Illinois · United States · World
−1.5 pp since 2015
Glendale Heights 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
Glendale Heights
4.1%
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 Glendale Heights · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.1% · 2025
First value 4.7% · 1990
Highest 10.2% · 2009
Lowest 3.4% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearGlendale HeightsChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.1% −0.4 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.5% +0.8 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 3.7% −0.2 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.9% −1.9 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.8% −3.7 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.5% +6.1 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.4% −0.2 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.6% −0.9 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.5% −1.1 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.6% ±0.0 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.6% −1.1 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.7% −1.6 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 8.3% −0.1 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.4% −0.9 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.3% −0.6 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.9% −0.3 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.2% +4.1 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.1% +1.1 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.0% +0.6 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.4% −1.2 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.6% −0.8 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.4% −0.7 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.1% +0.1 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.0% +1.5 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.5% +1.5 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.0% +0.1 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.9% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 4.1% −0.3 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 4.4% −0.4 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 4.8% +0.5 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.3% −0.7 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 5.0% −1.9 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 6.9% −0.1 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 7.0% +0.9 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 6.1% +1.4 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 4.7% 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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
101 Edwardsville 3.7%
100 Quincy 3.9%
99 Highland Park 3.9%
98 Wheaton 4.0%
97 Elizabethtown 4.1%
96 Wilmette 4.1%
95 Buffalo Grove 4.1%
94 Vernon Hills 4.2%
93 Elmhurst 4.2%
92 Arlington Heights 4.2%
91 St. Charles 4.3%
90 Plainfield 4.3%
89 Park Ridge 4.3%
88 Northbrook 4.3%
87 Normal 4.3%
86 Glen Ellyn 4.3%
85 Downers Grove 4.3%
84 O'Fallon 4.4%
83 Gurnee 4.4%
82 Glenview 4.4%
81 Crystal Lake 4.4%
80 Batavia 4.4%
79 Naperville 4.5%
78 Woodstock 4.6%
77 McHenry 4.6%
…
43 Aurora 5.7%
42 Pekin 5.8%
41 Niles 5.8%
40 Glendale Heights 5.8%
39 Romeoville 5.9%
38 Rock Island 5.9%
37 Oak Forest 6.0%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

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.