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Unemployment rate in Hoffman Estates

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 78 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 · Hoffman Estates · Illinois · United States · World
−0.7 pp since 2015
Hoffman Estates 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
Hoffman Estates
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 Hoffman Estates · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.9% · 2025
First value 3.4% · 1990
Highest 9.0% · 2020
Lowest 3.0% · 1997
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearHoffman EstatesChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.9% −0.5 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.4% +0.7 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 3.7% −0.2 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.9% −1.1 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 5.0% −4.0 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.0% +5.8 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.2% −0.1 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.3% −0.9 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.2% −0.9 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.1% +0.5 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.6% −1.0 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.6% −1.9 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.5% +0.3 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.2% −1.0 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 8.2% −0.5 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.7% +0.6 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.1% +3.2 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.9% +1.1 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.8% +0.3 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.5% −1.1 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.6% −0.4 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.0% −0.8 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.8% −0.2 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 6.0% +1.2 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.8% +1.5 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.3% +0.2 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.1% −0.1 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.2% +0.2 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 3.0% −0.2 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 3.2% −0.3 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 3.5% −0.7 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 4.2% −1.0 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 5.2% +0.1 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 5.1% +0.5 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 4.6% +1.2 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 3.4% 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

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
101 Quincy 3.7%
100 Edwardsville 3.7%
99 St. Charles 4.0%
98 O'Fallon 4.0%
97 Normal 4.0%
96 Bloomington 4.0%
95 Wheaton 4.1%
94 Plainfield 4.1%
93 Park Ridge 4.1%
92 Glenview 4.1%
91 Downers Grove 4.1%
90 Collinsville 4.1%
89 Batavia 4.1%
88 Arlington Heights 4.1%
87 Algonquin 4.1%
86 Yorkville 4.2%
85 Naperville 4.2%
84 Lombard 4.2%
83 Lockport 4.2%
82 Gurnee 4.2%
81 Elmhurst 4.2%
80 Buffalo Grove 4.2%
79 Woodridge 4.3%
78 Vernon Hills 4.3%
77 Schaumburg 4.3%
…
66 Orland Park 4.4%
65 New Lenox 4.4%
64 Morton Grove 4.4%
63 Hoffman Estates 4.4%
62 Glen Ellyn 4.4%
61 Wilmette 4.5%
60 Urbana 4.5%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

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.