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Unemployment rate in Arlington Heights

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 86 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 · Arlington Heights · Illinois · United States · World
−0.7 pp since 2015
Arlington 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
Arlington Heights
3.8%
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 Arlington Heights · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.8% · 2025
First value 3.6% · 1990
Highest 8.0% · 2010
Lowest 2.8% · 1999
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearArlington HeightsChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.8% −0.3 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.1% +0.8 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 3.3% −0.2 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.5% −0.7 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.2% −3.3 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.5% +4.7 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.8% −0.4 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.2% −0.7 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.9% −0.9 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.8% +0.3 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.5% −1.1 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.6% −1.4 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.0% −0.3 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.3% −0.4 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.7% −0.3 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.0% +0.5 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 7.5% +3.1 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.4% +0.8 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.6% +0.3 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.3% −1.0 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.3% −0.2 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.5% −0.5 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.0% −0.3 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.3% +0.9 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.4% +1.1 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.3% +0.5 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 2.8% −0.1 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 2.9% −0.1 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 3.0% −0.2 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 3.2% −0.1 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 3.3% −0.5 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 3.8% −1.3 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 5.1% +0.1 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 5.0% +0.4 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 4.6% +1.0 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 3.6% 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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
46 Addison 9.1%
58 Algonquin 8.5%
34 Alton 9.6%
82 Arlington Heights 7.5%
55 Aurora 8.7%
65 Bartlett 8.2%
89 Batavia 7.2%
14 Belleville 11.0%
11 Belvidere 11.4%
19 Berwyn 10.7%
93 Bloomington 7.0%
43 Bolingbrook 9.2%
83 Buffalo Grove 7.5%
15 Burbank 10.9%
44 Carbondale 9.2%
52 Carol Stream 8.8%
25 Carpentersville 10.2%
96 Champaign 6.7%
13 Chicago 11.2%
5 Chicago Heights 14.3%
31 Cicero 9.7%
68 Collinsville 8.1%
62 Crystal Lake 8.4%
10 Danville 11.5%
47 DeKalb 9.1%
…

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.