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Unemployment rate in St. Charles

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 83 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 · St. Charles · Illinois · United States · World
−0.6 pp since 2015
St. Charles 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
St. Charles
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 St. Charles · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.9% · 2025
First value 3.3% · 1990
Highest 8.7% · 2010
Lowest 3.2% · 2006
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSt. CharlesChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.9% −0.1 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 4.0% −0.1 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 4.1% +0.5 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.6% −0.7 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.3% −3.2 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.5% +4.2 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.3% −0.5 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.8% +0.1 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.7% −0.5 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.2% −0.3 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.5% −0.9 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.4% −1.5 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.9% −0.1 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.0% −0.9 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.9% −0.8 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.7% +0.1 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.6% +3.6 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.0% +1.4 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.6% +0.4 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.2% −1.1 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.3% −0.2 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.5% −0.4 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 4.9% ±0.0 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.9% −0.1 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.0% +1.4 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.6% +0.2 pp 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 3.4% −0.1 pp 4.4% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.5% ±0.0 pp 4.5% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 3.5% −0.9 pp 4.8% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 4.4% +0.1 pp 5.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.3% +1.0 pp 5.2% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 3.3% −1.1 pp 5.8% — 5.8%
1993 4.4% −0.4 pp 7.5% — 5.5%
1992 4.8% +0.5 pp 7.9% — 5.3%
1991 4.3% +1.0 pp 7.3% — 5.1%
1990 3.3% 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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
55 Addison 5.2%
74 Algonquin 4.9%
15 Alton 6.8%
80 Arlington Heights 4.8%
47 Aurora 5.4%
75 Bartlett 4.9%
91 Batavia 4.6%
24 Belleville 6.2%
18 Belvidere 6.4%
32 Berwyn 5.9%
84 Bloomington 4.7%
41 Bolingbrook 5.6%
92 Buffalo Grove 4.6%
25 Burbank 6.2%
37 Carbondale 5.8%
59 Carol Stream 5.1%
26 Carpentersville 6.2%
69 Champaign 5.0%
19 Chicago 6.3%
4 Chicago Heights 9.7%
33 Cicero 5.9%
48 Collinsville 5.4%
60 Crystal Lake 5.1%
7 Danville 8.4%
49 DeKalb 5.4%
…
57 Schaumburg 5.2%
58 Skokie 5.2%
51 Springfield 5.4%
100 St. Charles 4.2%
31 Streamwood 6.0%
52 Tinley Park 5.4%
66 Urbana 5.1%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

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.