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Unemployment rate in New Lenox

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 81 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2010 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2010 – 2025 percent · New Lenox · Illinois · United States · World
−1.4 pp since 2015
New Lenox Illinois United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
New Lenox
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 New Lenox · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 3.9% · 2025
First value 9.9% · 2010
Highest 9.9% · 2010
Lowest 3.4% · 2019
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearNew LenoxChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.9% −0.5 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.4% +0.6 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 3.8% −0.3 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.1% −0.6 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.7% −3.8 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.5% +5.1 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.4% −0.2 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.6% −0.7 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.3% −1.0 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.3% ±0.0 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.3% −1.3 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.6% −2.1 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 8.7% ±0.0 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.7% −1.0 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.7% −0.2 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.9% 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Dolton 18.2%
2 Maywood 16.6%
3 East St Louis 15.9%
4 Harvey 15.7%
5 Chicago Heights 14.3%
6 Park Forest 13.6%
7 Rockford 12.7%
8 Lansing 12.6%
9 Kankakee 12.0%
10 Danville 11.5%
11 Belvidere 11.4%
12 Decatur 11.3%
13 Chicago 11.2%
14 Belleville 11.0%
15 Burbank 10.9%
16 Joliet 10.9%
17 Niles 10.9%
18 Elmwood Park 10.8%
19 Berwyn 10.7%
20 Hanover Park 10.7%
21 Peoria 10.6%
22 Skokie 10.6%
23 Oak Lawn 10.4%
24 Round Lake Beach 10.3%
25 Carpentersville 10.2%
…
57 Pekin 8.7%
58 Algonquin 8.5%
59 Freeport 8.5%
60 New Lenox 8.5%
61 Woodridge 8.5%
62 Crystal Lake 8.4%
63 Wheeling 8.4%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

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.