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Unemployment rate in Zion

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 12 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Zion · Illinois · United States · World
−1.6 pp since 2015
Zion Illinois United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Zion
6.1%
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 Zion · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 6.1% · 2025
First value 6.0% · 2000
Highest 13.8% · 2010
Lowest 5.1% · 2019
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearZionChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 6.1% −0.3 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 6.4% −0.3 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 6.7% +0.8 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 5.9% −2.5 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 8.4% −1.5 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.9% +4.8 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 5.1% −0.6 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.7% +0.2 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.5% −0.8 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 6.3% −1.4 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 7.7% −1.4 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 9.1% −1.7 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 10.8% −0.1 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 10.9% −1.7 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 12.6% −1.2 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 13.8% +1.2 pp 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 12.6% +3.4 pp 10.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 9.2% +2.4 pp 6.5% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 6.8% +0.7 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 6.1% −0.6 pp 4.6% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 6.7% −0.8 pp 5.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 7.5% −0.8 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 8.3% +1.0 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.3% −0.2 pp 6.5% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 7.5% +1.5 pp 5.4% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 6.0% 4.5% 4.0% 6.1%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
101 Edwardsville 6.0%
100 Normal 6.1%
99 Quincy 6.3%
98 Urbana 6.6%
97 Highland Park 6.6%
96 Champaign 6.7%
95 Wilmette 6.9%
94 Gurnee 6.9%
93 Bloomington 7.0%
92 Elizabethtown 7.1%
91 Wheaton 7.1%
90 O'Fallon 7.1%
89 Batavia 7.2%
88 Elmhurst 7.3%
87 Downers Grove 7.3%
86 Vernon Hills 7.5%
85 St. Charles 7.5%
84 Glen Ellyn 7.5%
83 Buffalo Grove 7.5%
82 Arlington Heights 7.5%
81 Woodstock 7.7%
80 Northbrook 7.8%
79 Naperville 7.8%
78 Yorkville 7.9%
77 West Chicago 7.9%
…
32 Des Plaines 9.7%
31 Cicero 9.7%
30 Oak Forest 9.8%
29 Zion 9.9%
28 Romeoville 10.0%
27 Streamwood 10.2%
26 Elgin 10.2%
…

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.